A while back I was asking if anyone knew where to get Kennedy touch
up paint here in Canada.

Industrial supply companies here just said it wasn't available. Didn't
seem
to know why. Said maybe something about the border.

Got a similar reply from MSC.

I thought Kennedy would be more informative but just got something
about the chemicals in the spray can... Huh??

So I went out and bought a can of Rust-Oleum MultiColour Textured
in brown. The brown was a little too light so I also got a can of VHT
Wrinkle Plus in black.

I mixed them about 60/40 to get just the right color. (Sprayed into a
little cup.) Then I dabbed it on and ... Voilla! Problem solved.


But got to wondering what the real problem was.

Oh yeah! A few years back I had a similar problem with my favorite one
part
machinery paint - Hammerite. The problem had NOTHING to
do with the chemistry, safety...

The problem was that the importer, and I suppose the manufacturer,
did not want to go through the trouble of making up bilingual
packaging!

In Canada, you get harassed by the "Language Police" if you try to
sell consumer goods without bilingual packaging.

So my strong suspicion is that Kennedy has found that it's
just not worth it to do a special run for bilingual packaging.

The Rust-Oleum and VHT are both made in the States and the
cans are nicely bilingual. That's prolly because there's a large
enough market here to bear the extra cost.


And for the bright boys in Ottawa who are currently wondering
how come consumers in Canada pay a LOT more than in the
States...

The need for bilingual packaging is certainly one of the reasons.


DOC

Plausible deniability status requested!