Re[2]: Hope for your old, yellow, Star Trek sitdowns

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From: "Clay Cowgill" <c.cowgill@comcast.net>
To: <vectorlist@vectorlist.org>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 23:53:48 -0800
Subject: RE: VECTOR: Hope for your old, yellow, Star Trek sitdowns

> > I was just reading a thread on the KLOV forums the other day
> > about Star Trek sitdown restorations. One guy used a "tub
> > and tile re-finishing" product.
> > The results look great.
>
> Hahah... Funny you should mention that-- I was actually thinking about
> getting the local "Miracle Method" people look at my machine when they come
> out to do our old shower. (I assume that's a national chain, but if not--
> it's an outfit that will refinish your existing bathroom sinks, showers,
> tubs, etc. with a smooth, white, porcelain looking finish in one day. I
> assume it has a little flex additive in it to keep from cracking since it
> works on fiberglass showers, etc.) My machine is actually one of the better
> looking ones I've seen, but it's still a little off-white.
>
> The neat thing about the process with the peroxide/oxi/uv method is that in
> theory it's literally only stripping the bromide from the outer layer of
> plastic, so there's really no loss of material or alteration of the plastic
> to speak of. OTOH, I guess if you tried the 'retr0bright' method and didn't
> like the results there's no harm done and you can always paint over it if
> need be. I figure an autobody shop could do a nice job with a good oil
> based paint too if you took 'em the parts too...
>
> -Clay
>

i wonder if it's safe on inks & deyes?
a lot of plastics that i have have art or text on them.

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Received on Wed Mar 4 07:17:39 2009