Drew,
I have had excellent results with a quality engine enamel. A down side is
it takes a week or more to THOROUGHLY dry.
Many parts were dipped rather than sprayed by the factory or vendors.
This creates the "thick" look you mention. You can duplicate this method
by filling a container with water and pouring in paint until 1/4" to 1/2"
of paint covers the water. Slowly dip the part into the container using a
wire hanger and carefully remove. The paint displaces the water and
covers the part completely. This method works well with suspension
springs.
Hope this helps,
Jim Davis
Fortson, GA
'75 TR6 CF38690UO
'75 TR6 CF37325U
On Tue, 2 Sep 97 17:06 PDT drew@pixar.com (Drew Rogge) writes:
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>Hi All,
>
>I'm sure that I'm going to get a bunch of different answers to
>this question but here goes anyway.
>
>Short of powder coating, what's the best way to get a nice thick
>smooth coat of black paint on things like suspension and steering
>pieces and/or a water pump housing? This weekend I painted some
>stuff with Plasti-Coat Ultra Enamel but it goes on pretty thin and
>doesn't fill in the texture on sand cast parts very well. Maybe
>with 5 or 6 coats it would be smooth but I was hoping to find
>something which would work in a couple of coats.
>
>Anyone know of any magic to gets results similar to what came
>on a TR3? When I sanded the old paint off the steering column,
>the original paint seemed pretty thick.
>
>Thanks,
>Drew
>
>
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>Drew Rogge
>drew@pixar.com
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>Drew Rogge
>drew@pixar.com
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