What paint should be used on the air cleaner assembly? I tried the
Rustoleum hammered silver and it is very difficult to get a good
finish. Is there another product that works better?
What about powdercoating? They have a nice looking product, but I
don’t think that they can do the triangular fiberglass piece.
thanks
Dave Christensen–
davchr
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In reply to a message from davchr sent Tue 29 Jul 2003:
It’s been my experience that hammered finish paint is very
temperature sensitive…the hotter, the fewer the ‘dimples.’ I got
very good results on my delta and air horns using Hammerite paint.
I’ve used Rustoleum and never had a good result! Same with
Krylon.
Best ‘shake’n’shoots’ Ive ever used? Kmart cheapies…made by Dutch
Boy…and always worked better than Rustoleum/Krylon foo-foo bombs!–
The original message included these comments:
What paint should be used on the air cleaner assembly? I tried the
Rustoleum hammered silver and it is very difficult to get a good
finish. Is there another product that works better?
What about powdercoating? They have a nice looking product, but I
don’t think that they can do the triangular fiberglass piece.
–
Paul Wigton, whom Tweety rules!
Brighton, CO, United States
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In reply to a message from davchr sent Tue 29 Jul 2003:
I just finished stripping the air cleaner housings on my 71 2+2.
Although I like the look of the hammered finish I wanted the
housings to look as close to the original color as possible.
I couldn’t find any off the shelf spray paints that were close and
I didn’t want to wait to order some or wait for the local paint
shop to mix some up so I used standard off the shelf enamels that I
had laying around. I was able to mix approx 5 parts grey enamel
with 2 parts of aluminum paint and 2 parts of black paint. I was
able to get a grey with a tinge of metallic in it that matched
pretty closely.–
71 2+2 Coupe aka Bethy. Plus a couple of Triumphs on the sid
Creve Coeur, Il, United States
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