On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 9:27 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
> Sometime ago I pulled out most all of that silver plastic from around
> the windows - gave the old '88 GL that Cal Look - mostly. But the one
> area that really bothers me is the middle window in the sliding door and
> on the driver side opposite the sliding door. The Frame for the glass is
> aluminum, and with the rest of the crappy plastic gone, that aluminum
> looks crappy. I sure would like to make it black but don't know how.
> Can't put tape on it, sliding glass tears up the tape, making it again
> look crappy. So, what to do??

Get some etching satin black spray (Brolite Satinetch is great but VHT
Black Oxide Case Paint is pretty good). Satinetch is extra-hard. Both
paints won't leave visible runs, even if the paint DOES run... the
runs flatten and disappear as the paint dries.

I'll be doing the same, unless I can find a set of fixed 1-piece
windows to replace the sliders with.

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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut

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