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RE: Fluif Reservoir Paint

To: "'Bill Brewer'" <bbrewer@lightspeed.net>, Triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Fluif Reservoir Paint
From: "Westerdale, Bob" <bwesterdale@edax.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 09:05:54 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
        Perhaps some residual fluif in the pores of the aluminum/potmetal,
maybe some vaporous component of the fluif, but even greater likelihood of
the dreaded Rustoleum Grunge. A previous thread left unsolved the mysteries
of why Rustoleum frequently reacts badly to it's own primer when progressive
coats are sprayed within the time frame of about 3 hours to about 2 days (
depends on drying conditions.)  I had thought that the
"Industrial/Professional" version of aerosol Rustoleum had overcome that
characteristic,  but ironically today I have a couple parts in my attaché
case ( sprayed on sun. nite- Rusty's gloss black..) that I will be stripping
in our shop ( bead blaster).  I suppose the only way to tell whether it is
the Grunge or a fluif problem is by how long it took to manifest itself-
the grunge forms in about 5-20 minutes after spraying, while the fluif
effect can take mush longer, and is probably dependant on the degree of
contamination on the affected surface... YMMV, of course.  
regards,
Bob Westerdale
59 3A  TS36967E
  


Bill B. Wrote ->

     My brake/clutch reservoir is due to be painted. I painted it years ago
with gloss black rustoleum. Within a short time it appeared to be like
crinkle paint and then began falling off. What does one paint them with that
stays on?

     Bill Brewer
     Tehachapi, CA
     1960 & 1961 TR-3A's


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