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Subject:Re: Honing and cylinder painting
From:Joe Luther
Date:Tue, 8 Mar 2011 14:54:24 -0500

Ha, I totally missed that one.

Don't Westy's come with those as part of the camping package or are they an
aftermarket upgrade?

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Rocket J Squirrel
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:13 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Honing and cylinder painting

Ok, I'll be the first to ask where one normally finds "high efficiency teat
sinks."

On Tue, 2011-03-08 at 11:25 -0600, Tom Hargrave wrote:

> The black paint works but you have to use the right paint.
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> It's like taking 1 step backwards and one step forward. The backward
> step is the insulation value of the paint layer & the 2 steps forward
> are the increased radiating properties of black verses silver or dull
> grey. High efficiency teat sinks are anodized black for the same reason.
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> Tom Hargrave
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> www.towercooler.com
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