Steve,
When you did this, did you have your wheels sandblasted? After mine were
blasted they had fairly coarse surface finish, so I used self etching
primer, then a thick layer of spray filler which I sanded to get a smooth
surface, then steel wheel paint.
Are you telling me that this baked engine paint can save me all this
work?!
Could you give instructions on the baking (temp and time) and how bad does
it smell?
Thanks a lot!
Ulix
P.S. I have an old oven in the garage, I wonder if it still works? Hehehe
On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Steve Byers wrote:
> Hi, Jeff! Come on down here and you can bake your parts. My wife is very
> accommodating, although she keeps threatening to buy me an oven for the
> garage. One note about the paint: if you are going to bake the parts (and
> I know you aren't), you can use Plastikote engine enamel. It comes in
> several different colors, including "aluminum", which does the Rostyles
> very nicely, and it doesn't need a primer. You just spray it on and bake
> it, and it comes out looking like porcelain. Plastikote also has a clear
> engine enamel, but when baked it takes on a brown tint.
>
> Steve Byers
> Havelock, NC USA
> '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
> "It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
> than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
>
>
> ----------
> > From: Jeff Church <jchurch@exis.net>
> > To: Sprite List <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
> > Subject: Re: Tires
> > Date: Thursday, June 19, 1997 12:27 AM
> >
> > Just got my Bugeye wheels sandblasted at the local monument (grave, that
> is)
> > shop for $50. Went over to my local tire store and got 155R13 Dunlop
> SR20's
> > for $29.95. I had looked around locally for some 145's but could find
> none.
> > The 155's will be a big improvement that the 165's the PO put on back in
> > '82. When I locked the front wheels, those old tires would rub on the
> bend
> > in the sway bar. Put a nice groove on the inside face of them though ;7)
> >
> > I'm painting the wheels right now. Wish one could get cutting primer in
> a
> > spray can around here instead of the standard sandable primer. I'm using
> > the Plasticoat "steel" color on them and will follow up with some clear
> > coats.
> >
> > Frank, will your wife be out of town any time soon so I can use her oven
> to
> > cure them in. My wife didn't think it would be one of my better moves to
> > try that at home. The woman has no sense of humor.
> >
> > Jeff Church
> >
> >
>
Ulix __/__,__
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