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Re: Radiator tank paint

To: Blue One Hundred <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Radiator tank paint
From: "M.E. & E.A. Driver" <edriver@sasktel.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 20:40:53 -0600
Once the previous paint has been stripped, etch the copper , and
paint with a good  flat black paint.  If you do not etch the copper the
  paint will peel.

Kind regards
Ed
Saskatoon
www.vintage-sportscar-touring.ca
'65 BJ8                     '89 Morgan 4/4

Blue One Hundred wrote:
> David -
> 
> You have to use good quality engine paint on the tank.  It gets very
> hot and expands and contracts... regular paints won't stick to the
> tank long term.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Alan
> 
> '53 BN1 '64 BJ8
> 
> On 8/30/05, davidwjones <davidwjones@cox.net> wrote:
> 
>>I seem to keep having trouble with the black paint wanting to lift off the
>>brass radiator top tank. -It starts around the filler and progresses...
>>
>>Other than stripping and scuffing the surface before repainting it, --any
>>suggestions on a paint that would be more impervious to this "peeling" or
>>other techniques that would help?
>>Better off with a brush paint, or spray?
>>
>>David W. Jones
>>'62 Mk II BT7 tricarb
>>Cumberland, RI USA




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