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<BODY bgColor=#ffffff><tt>From:</tt> <tt>
"alberg30" <alberg30@interactive.net></tt>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So yesterday I made the new instrument panel for
the cockpit out a piece of commercial 1/4" thick Lexan. After cutting the
instrument holes etc, I spray painted the Lexan with Rustoleum Multi-purpose
Semi-gloss black paint on the backside, just like someone previously
suggested.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It looked great.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today I checked to see how the paint looked and
deciding that it needed one more coat on the back side to even the color
throughout the Lexan, I repainted the black, with the same paint.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The paint instantly began to crack and obviously
there was a chemical reaction going on. All the paint on the back of the
Lexan cracked up and then I was able to smear it off with thinner. The Lexan is
now marked on the back by traces of the chemical reaction. Maybe its
salvageable, I don't know.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Whats the deal? Any ideas?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Could the problem be thinning agents mixed in the
bottom of the can? I was near the end of the can of spray paint.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How about a temperature difference? I brought the
can of paint in from the garage where its probably in the 40's. The panel was
inside in 70 degrees.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Or maybe its the wrong paint all
together?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe#499</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"One Less Traveled"</FONT></DIV>
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