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Re: Interior paint

To: <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Interior paint
From: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 10:41:32 -0600

>Hi All,
>
>My Porsche-Devin is getting to the point that I will soon be welding on its
>new floor pan.  I have been preping all the interior steel panels while its
>convenient and plan to paint the floor, tube frame and vertical surfaces in
>the near future.  I have two questions:
>
>1.  At the various events and shows I've attended, sports racer's interiors
>often have a light to medium grey paint color.  Is there any "historically
>correct" interor grey (I'm not kidding, here.  For all I know,  Lotus or
>some other race car manufacturer chose a grey color and others followed
>suit)?  Is gloss or semigloss best?  What wears well?


Carroll Smith, in his   "____ to Win"  series of books, touts the Zynolyte
line of "rattle-can" epoxy paint as the absolute best.  I tried it and I
totally agree.  I seriously prefer it to powder coat 'cause you can do
touch-up as required.  The chassis color I've used on various Lotus race
cars is "machinery grey".  Find a source from their site:
http://www.zynolyte.com   .

Tony





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