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Subject:Re: Tremclad colour match and useage?
From:neil
Date:Fri, 4 May 2007 09:02:29 -0700

Hi Frank.

I thought POR-15 wasn't for exterior application.

It can be used on exterior and painted after?

(obviously it's available in Canada eh?  ;^)

Thanks.

Neil.

On 5/4/07, RAlanen@aol.com <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote:
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> In a message dated 03/05/2007 4:31:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
> Finally got around to sanding/scraping rust off of one particularly
> bad spot. A crazy compound dent at eye level on post forward of rear
> side window. (what the h**l did PO back into ?!)  Have primed with
> Tremclad gray and have started on a few other spots as well.
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> Does anyone know which stock Tremclad colour best matches the Turd
> Brown Vanagon colour?
>
> BTW, if I'm wasting my time using Tremclad, I'd appreciated input. Am
> using it because I had some primer laying around, and prefer to brush
> paint on as opposed to spraying.
>
> Not looking for perfection, just staving off the inevitable rust.....
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>                 Tremclad will not stave off rust for more than a few months
> at best.  BTDT.  Waste of time.  POR-15 is the only way your gonna top the
> rust.
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> Cheers,
>
> Frank Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> '87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg (Forsale) & Lionel Trains (Collection
> for sale) Frank Condelli & Associates - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in
> the Ottawa Valley Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems  BusFusion a VW
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