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Old 09-12-2008, 09:09 PM
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You can use a flex agent for the blue dot style paint design you want on the tires (you must dewax and degrease the area you plan to paint several times while cool and out of the sun), but painting hoses that will go through a large temperature change day in and day out will not work more than a week or two before they crack, flake, and discolor. There are no additives to mix into the paint to take that type of abuse, at least not that will work on a rubber hose. Although I have seen Krylon paint oversprayed on lower radiator hoses that are 5+ years old, but I've never seen a hose that was completely sprayed and covered in such a way as you want to, so you never know.....

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