I've seen red and blue anodized washers at the local hardware store. Maybe
more colors are available. I'd probably need 4 colors - how many colors does
everyone else need?
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hodad1@... [mailto:hodad1@...]
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 3:28 PM
> To: motm@onelist.com
> Subject: [motm] colored washers yet again
>
>
> From: hodad1@...
>
> Since I have nothing better to do, I thought I'd bring this up yet again.
> My question to those who care: have you tried paint?
> A while back I got a bit caught up in the colored washer frenzy &
> did a bit
> of experimenting.
> I painted some steel & aluminum washers I borrowed from work(first primed
> them with Zinc
> Chromate, then sprayed with whatever color was at hand), & the
> results were
> reasonably
> satisfying. Aesthetically they were satisfactory, but the finish
> would not
> tolerate excessive
> wear. Still, seems somehow to be a little more satisfying than Sir
> Marks-a -Lot.
>
> tomr
>
> >