On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Doug Alcock<doug.alcock@gmail.com> wrote:
> When they fade to charcoal grey take them off and spray them black again.

......

> I'll be watching this thread to see if anyone has a longlasting and
> cosmetically good fix for this :-)
>

I can't say "long lasting" yet, but my refurbished plastic caps have
lasted at least a year.

Still look ok.

What I did:

http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/bumperendcaps

If Mr. Squirrels caps aren't cracked, shouldn't be a lot of work.
(mine were cracked) Thing is, with Krylon plastic paint and emery/sand
paper etc figured in, @ $10 ea. for new ones, well....

Neil.

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