John, Keith;
I've had good success using the original Rustoleum-- the brown spray paint
that takes forever to dry, not their newer stuff. Another good coating for
steel is one called "Cold Galvanize", a zinc- rich spray paint. When
scratched through to the base metal, it acts as a sacrificial anode to
protect the underlying steel.
I'm not as much of a fan of powder coating as I once was. I've been seeing
quite a few chassis that have fine cracks in the powder coating. The cracks
then wick moisture into the base metal and then the cracks become outlined
with ugly rust stains. Maybe powder coatings that are less brittle (if there
are any) would prevent that problem.
One disadvantage of powder coatings have is that it isn't easy to cut or
weld a chassis or a part without screwing up the coating. It's easy to
touchup a coat of paint but not so easy with a powder coating.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John Beckett
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 10:48 AM
To: Keith Turk; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Working on Stuff
Might suggest you use something better than Rustoleum on those rust prone
areas.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 5:29 AM
Subject: Working on Stuff
> Spent the entire day yesterday stripping the car of all it's mechanical
> parts... got just about everything except the rear suspension... so this
> morning I'm off to finish that and take the belly pan off... ( it's made
out
> of 1/8th inch plate ) The pan hasn't been off since the car was built so
this
> oughta be a hoot...
>
> My intent is to take the chassis outside and sand blast it... Ron had
powder
> coated it and I'm just not a fan of the power coating because it's so
thick
> that it looks like it could hide cracks, Don't know if that's a true
> statement it's just the way it looks to me and I want to start from the
ground
> up with the car this year...figure I'll go back with a quality coat of
> Rustoleum Gloss Black
>
> Just thought I'd give a quick update to what I'm up to ... what are you
folks
> doing?
>
> Keith ( morning Dave... Dan.... )
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