At this point I don't think anyone has responded to Neils plea. It is a bit far
for me to go (Denver CO to Eastern PA) and certainly for Neil (Australia to
Eastern PA), but certainly someone out there could check this out.
It sounds like Eastwood would reformulate the maroon powder coat paint if we
could get some response. This would be a great deal for all of us that would
like to powder coat some engine parts.
Any takers?
Larry Hoy, Denver, CO. USA
1967 MGB Roadster, Vintage Racer
1969 MGB Roadster, Driver
1970 MGB Roadster, Fixer upper
http://home.cwix.com/~larryhoy@cwix.com
> Hi all,
>
> Forwarding this to the list on behalf of Curt Strohacker from Eastwood. He's
> having problems posting to the list and asked me to post this for him. A
> couple of months ago I arranged for Kelvin Dodd from Moss to send a can of
> their MG Engine Red spray paint to Curt's team at Eastwood (Thanks Kelvin!),
> who have subsequently produced a powder coating for Pre 18V MGB and MGA
> motors. If there is anyone in the region who could take a look at the colour
> for Curt that would be great. Many thanks to Curt for taking the step to
> develop this product which I think may benefit a lot of people, those
> willing to try powder coating instead of conventional painting. I've seen
> many examples of Powder coating myself and have been blown away by the
> results, not to mention the longer lasting, chip resistant properties of
> powder vs. paint. I can't wait to try this out on my current Engine rebuild!
> So someone PLEASE go check it out!!!!! <VBG>
>
> Cheers,
> Neil
>
> Curt's Message
> --
> We have produced a MG engine red powder that can be used with our HotCoat
> powder coating system - http://www.hotcoat.com. As with any coating the
> shades of a color can vary
> from batch to batch. With powder the shade can be perceived to be slightly
> different just because it is a different medium than liquid coatings.
>
> To arrive at the shade we used an aerosol MG engine paint from Moss Motors
> and then compared some OEM engines. We think that our color is correct.
> Since you folks are the experts we solicit your help.
>
> Are there any listers in the area of Eastern PA that can stop by our shop
> and look at the color? It will be at the counter. We also would be will to
> send color samples to you for evaluation.
>
> Before we go off and produce a batch of this stuff (which will replace our
> standard #10139 Maroon) we want to get the blessing of the MG fraternity.
> It also will help us gauge demand for a new product.
>
> Curt Strohacker mailto: strohacker@chesco.com
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