Re[5]: Leaking Windshields -- disagree!

[Toby Erkson <Toby_Erkson@ccm2.hf.intel.com>]

In Jim's reply to my request he did agreed that the paint was allowed to dry 
before items were placed upon the vehicle.  However, the suggestion of the holes
used for paint drainage was in his initial message.  I was trying to drive the 
point home that the holes were not used for this purpose since there were others
who believed that the paint drainage was a logical idea.  Sheesh!

As for the dipping:  I'd be willing to bet the farm it is a primer coating and 
it's for covering the entire car -- primer is thinner than paint and would flow 
off the vehicle much more smoothly and fill many more gaps.  The paint is 
sprayed on.  As we know many auto manufacturers use this process.  Larry is 
correct about the paint surviving the heat but I'd be hard pressed to think that
there isn't primer in the channels.  Larry?
     Toby Erkson
     air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback 1.6L modified to 2.0L
     '75 Porsche 914 stock 1.8L

...
I don't think anyone has suggested that the glass and seals were installed
until after the paint was dry.  Here's the sequence I envision:
...
Jim
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       Melissa Kepner                                    Jim Adney
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Subject: Re[4]: Leaking Windshields -- disagree!
Author:  type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    1/20/97 7:16 PM

Jim,
Would you please elaborate on your comment about allowing the paint to
drain.  It sounds like you're saying that the car was dipped in a paint vat
with the windows and seals installed immediately afterwards...an very
awkward and strange procedure, to say the least!
     Toby Erkson
     air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback 1.6L modified to 2.0L
     '75 Porsche 914 stock 1.8L


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Subject: Re: Leaking Windshields
Author:  type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    1/17/97 5:45 PM


I believe on a type III the bottom corners of the windshield form pockets,
or low points that will hold water.  There are also a couple of holes there
that lead into the interior that I am guessing were to allow the paint to
drain from the body.  These are covered by tape at the factory, but might be
to blame for part of the trouble many of us have.


Jim
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       Melissa Kepner                                    Jim Adney
       jadney@vwtype3.org              jadney@vwtype3.org
                             Laura Kepner-Adney
                             Madison, Wisconsin
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