I used the radiator black on my Bugeye rebuilt radiator. The stuff flowed well
and covered even. It's a nice gloss and the temp holds at 190 degrees so far.
Mike Maclean-60 Sprite
Charles Christ wrote:
> chassis black , yes! by the quart. it is an awsome high solid good
> coverage paint. on top of that it is epoxy hardened. the stuff holds up
> under adverse conditions in places like undersides of front inner fenders
> and engine compartments. i have had very good results on customer's cars.
> i did a complete 69 corvette chassis in the stuff after it was chemically
> stripped at redi-strip in allentown. that was 7years ago with no signs of
> it's finish failing and the car is in chessapeake va.. my 67 impala 's
> underside and engine compt. are done in the stuff too. and doing a 72
> cutlass442 that the paint has been used on also. seriously krylon semigloss
> black is a good paint for brackets and other stuff that you can spray bomb.
> but when doing big area's you can not beat loading up a quart of paint in
> the big gun and coloring your world!!! i am a bit suspicious about the
> formulas of all the named black paints. like all the same can with diffrent
> labels? i have been told by my radiator expert that painting a radiator
> with an enamel paint is an insulator instead of a material that would assist
> in heat dissipation. the black paint he uses has to be heated up to cure
> and is a non insulating finish that looks like gloss black when cured. evry
> time i tell him i need a certain finish on a radiator and i need him to
> refran from spraying it black i get the scolding about heat retention vs.
> dissipation! so , as far as eastwood goes i am uncertain about the specific
> formulas they are selling? but i do know the chassis black stuff really
> works, it just is expensive. you could match the finish with dupont code
> 13 black by mixing in flatner and test shooting it untill the desired
> semigloss finish is achieved. but the time invested, and materials invested
> at that point would honestly represent more than you are paying eastwood for
> the quarts of chassis black.
>
> chuck
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