Not really; the quality of the sorta-semi yellow paint was
crappy/thin----I can send you a pic, if you don't recall
my initial-pics that I sent to the List, showing how the caps looked.Besides the crummy paint-job, the caps also had "DELCO" in raised letters on them. The underside of the Tar Topper is flush, confirming that the raised letters are solid-items, and not vac-u-formed protrusions. The plastic-substance is thin, but tough.I initially tried using a medium file to see how well the letters would grind-off. The letters didn't like the file, so I introduced the Tar Topper to Mr. Bench-Grinder, which was able to get the "Delcos" to go bye-bye.Some primer, to smooth out the abrasions, finish-sanding, a lot of masking-off work, and two minutes of spray painting, and VOILA! Talk about anal; though: I think I'll go clear-coat the green caps, now that the paint has set up fully! Neil Vedder brians wrote: Neil, You're not getting too anal about the battery are you? Brian----- Original Message ----- From: "Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 7:13 PM Subject: [FWDLK] Energizered...batteryAnd El third....BTW, I used laquer thinner to take some of the gloss off of the tar topper (to make it look mo-likea tar-topped battery). ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1 ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
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