Re: Painted TB hat ATTN: Dester

From: Gary Shook (gary.shook@wcom.com)
Date: Tue Sep 21 1999 - 14:38:57 EDT


no, but if you're willing to give me the $20K+ that you paid for your truck,
I'll come over and paint your airhat myself!!!

seriously, I don't know what kind of plastic the airhat is made of, since I
have a Ram (no airhat)... I can guess, but that's all it is... the issue
with molded plastics is that they have a slicone "release" agent that is
left on them, which paint can't stick to... the acetone removes the agent,
allowing the paint to stick to the plastic.

If I were in business to do this kind of thing, I most certainly would
warranty my work... I've often thought that (if I won the lottery) I'd like
to have the coolest Dodge dealership around... I'd allow (and do) major
modifications while leaving the warranty in place, as long as the
modifications were done correctly... if they weren't, I'd offer assistance
to correct the root problem as well as the broken parts (for a fee, of
course... business is business). But basically, I would do my best to get
Chrysler to warranty (dealers are reimbursed for warranty work) any work on
a modified vehicle, unless it's obvious that the modifications caused the
failure. I'm not sure if you could do this, or if DC would give you too
much of a hard time about it, but it would be awesome...

Gary Shook
Penrose, CO

> Gee. are you trying to pull a "chrysler" on me now?? no warranties and
no
> promises?
> -Dester
>
>
> << you may be able to get the paint to stick better by "washing" the
plastic
> part in acetone first... I've done this in the past when painting molded
> plastic parts, and it did the trick. Jjust a quick dip,
though...(acetone
> dissolves plastic) and paint right after the acetone has dried off... I
> take no repsonsibility for you melting your airhat.. test it first...
>
> Gary Shook
> Penrose, CO
> >>



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