The Tank is getting on in age and some of it's plastic components that get exposed to the Sun's ultraviolet rays have yellowed to the point of attractiveness.
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Believe it or not the yellow parts were originally white. |
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I bought some flat white spray paint that adheres to plastic ( most don't so you have to be careful when you buy) and waited for a nice, low wind day to paint the offending yellow plastic trim.
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Beginning painting the lower screen door panel. |
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The outside door has two pull down shades that I had to remove but that was just a matter of removing four screens on each shade.
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The pull down shade had to be removed but no biggie. |
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The slowest part of the project was having to tape around the inside of the windows and outside of the trim to prevent overspray.
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The screen door after the paint...no more yellow! |
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It looks five years younger! |
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I've recieved the replacement hatch from Amazon and I'll do a post on the (hopefully) smooth installation process.
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