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Subject:Re: Spray paint to match old brown dash?
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Sun, 29 May 2011 20:35:12 -0700

re
It's be super cool if it was some kind of wrinkly paint to get some
texture, too.

I think having it the same color as the dash would be a little dull/boring.
but black crinkle paint..
easily found, would be an elegant touch perhaps.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Hargrave" <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: Spray paint to match old brown dash?

Some larger paint shops will mix and fill a rattle can and most have a
spectrometer that they can use to match the color. Call around your area -
you might be surprised.

The next solution would be a friend with a airbrush and a pint of mixed
paint.

Thanks, Tom Hargrave
www.stir-plate.com
www.towercooler.com
www.kegkits.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Rocket J Squirrel
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 4:02 PM
To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Spray paint to match old brown dash?

I'll be mounting some gauges atop the instrument pod. A friend of my
son's fabricated a nice meter pod out of cold-rolled steel to sit over
them and shade the meter faces. It's going to look quite handsome! Now I
need to paint it to match the brown plastic of the instrument pod.
Anyone know of a paint color that's a good match?

It's be super cool if it was some kind of wrinkly paint to get some
texture, too.

--
Rocky J Squirrel
'84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
'74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
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