I bought a bottle of lamp black at Home Depot a couple years ago for a
non-vanagon related project; it was recommended as an epoxy additive to
achieve blackness.  IIRC, it was a quart bottle for around $12 - I still
have about 31 oz.

Karl Wolz

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Don Hanson
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 10:26 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Bad plastic(s)

  For a black plastic repair using epoxy (as outlined in another of my
posts) you use the graphite additive in your epoxy mix...that makes a black
blob to put the screw/bolt into...Graphite for black..Micro balloons for
brown (it is a bit on the reddish shade, but close enough)  White would be
Cabosil added...or you can buy pigments to match other colors.

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Mark L. Hineline <hineline@ocotillofield.net
> wrote:

> Two more bad plastic parts:
>
> The washer fluid reservoir (one of the three attachment ears crumbled
> as I was taking mine off to test the pump)
> The curtain cover back from the sliding door
>
> I'm inclined to go with Karl's idea that the heat makes it worse. But
> I like the idea that the black plastic is better plastic. That gives
> me hope, and it's a lot easier to get things to match up.
>
> Mark
>

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