On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:18:57 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:27:17 -0500, the infamous "Lloyd E.
Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com scrawled the following:

Joe fired this volley in
m:

I wonder what the stand is supposed to test, but the paint job does
look nice.

My main reason for replying, though, is: what is the "charcoal
pinhole
texture"? I like the effect, but haven't heard of that before.


Larry called it "trunk paint", but it isn't.

I thought it might be the light gray undercoat with flecks of multi-
colored paints dusted over it that was popular in automobile trunks
for eons.

http://www.tcpglobal.com/autobodydepot/trunkfinish.aspx
or
http://www.metropartsmarket.com/auto...color-c20.html

I like it about as much (GAG!) as the gray epoxy with glitter they use
on garage floors. g

Anyone remember "roxatone" from the '50's? My employer rented overflow
space for me in a place that had been spray painted with only the
window glass and light bulbs masked off. I still shudder at the
thought!
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada