Abstract: A method for repairing a defect, such as a scratch, in a clear coat layer of a composite color-plus-clear coating system is described. First, a sufficient amount of catalyzed transparent coating composition is directed through a cylindrical tube attached to a container for the coating, into the scratch so as to cause a portion of the catalyzed transparent coating composition to overfill the volume of the scratch. The catalyzed transparent coating composition is then allowed to cure, whereupon the excess above the uppermost surface of the clear coat layer is then lightly sanded away to produce a substantially planar surface. The area can then be optionally polished. In this manner, scratches in the clear coat layer of composite color-plus-clear coating systems can be repaired while simultaneously restoring the original thickness of the clear coat layer.

Abstract: An ice making machine selectively produces both white and clear ice. Water is frozen in a tube 14 which has disposed thereabout in heat exchange relation a refrigerant evaporator tube 92. During a freezing cycle a reversing valve 84 directs cold refrigerant through the evaporator tube 92 in a first direction FC. During a harvest cycle the reversing valve 84 directs hot refrigerant through the evaporator in a reverse direction HC. After thawing ice is discharged from the tube 14 by pressurized gas.

Abstract: An ice making machine selectively produces both white and clear ice. Water is frozen in a tube 14 which has disposed thereabout in heat exchange relation a refrigerant evaporator tube 92. During a freezing cycle a reversing valve 84 directs cold refrigerant through the evaporator tube 92 in a first direction FC. During a harvest cycle the reversing valve 84 directs hot refrigerant through the evaporator in a reverse direction HC. After thawing ice is discharged from the tube 14 by pressurized gas.