Chassis paint for 1970
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Unless using your own spray equipment with a good quality chassis paint, I would recommend a brush-on paint. It will take a bunch of spray cans, and there isn't much paint in one.
Buy a quart of Eastwood chassis black (satin or semi-gloss) or even some Rustoleum semi-gloss black. Be sure to use a rust converter on surface rust before you start painting.
Buy a quart of Eastwood chassis black (satin or semi-gloss) or even some Rustoleum semi-gloss black. Be sure to use a rust converter on surface rust before you start painting.
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Unless using your own spray equipment with a good quality chassis paint, I would recommend a brush-on paint. It will take a bunch of spray cans, and there isn't much paint in one.
Buy a quart of Eastwood chassis black (satin or semi-gloss) or even some Rustoleum semi-gloss black. Be sure to use a rust converter on surface rust before you start painting.
Buy a quart of Eastwood chassis black (satin or semi-gloss) or even some Rustoleum semi-gloss black. Be sure to use a rust converter on surface rust before you start painting.
Last edited by TWINRAY; Mar 5, 2010 at 12:24 PM.
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Hi 70c,
I'll agree with the suggestions so far and add 3 more...John Deere Blitz- Black, a semi-flat black from the SEM family of paints, and the semi-flat black from Quanta Products. They're all available in spray cans.
I like the Krylon #1613 the best because of it's sheen and the ease with which it can be successfully touched up. It's not as easy to find anymore.
Regards,
Alan
PS: This picture of my 71 shows #1613 over powder coating which I realize you're not doing. But the look will be very similar.
I'll agree with the suggestions so far and add 3 more...John Deere Blitz- Black, a semi-flat black from the SEM family of paints, and the semi-flat black from Quanta Products. They're all available in spray cans.
I like the Krylon #1613 the best because of it's sheen and the ease with which it can be successfully touched up. It's not as easy to find anymore.
Regards,
Alan
PS: This picture of my 71 shows #1613 over powder coating which I realize you're not doing. But the look will be very similar.
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The Eastwood Chassis black is pretty good stuff. I was just at their show room in Pottstown PA this week and they have an entirely completed chassis with the whole drive train in the middle of the show room to show what all their products look like.....it's a 68 Vette chassis!
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Alan...looks great! What did you do to the driveshaft? I've got a Pace Car I'm restoring and have looked at a lot of different products in an attempt to get the sheen correct. In fact, I believe I've tried every product mentioned above. Thx for sharing
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The Eastwood Chassis black is pretty good stuff. I was just at their show room in Pottstown PA this week and they have an entirely completed chassis with the whole drive train in the middle of the show room to show what all their products look like.....it's a 68 Vette chassis!
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Hi h4ca,
The drive-shaft and half-shafts were stripped of rust, and the tubes were given some 'texture' in the 'long' direction with some emery cloth; they should be quite shiny and show longitudinal marks from being 'extruded'. Then the castings were given a 'tiny' bit of cast-blast, a bit of very dark gray was sprayed in a band at the joint between the tube and casting to duplicate the 'heat area' discoloration of the original weld, and then a bit of semi-gloss clear was sprayed on the whole thing.
Remember we do this for fun!
Regards,
Alan
The drive-shaft and half-shafts were stripped of rust, and the tubes were given some 'texture' in the 'long' direction with some emery cloth; they should be quite shiny and show longitudinal marks from being 'extruded'. Then the castings were given a 'tiny' bit of cast-blast, a bit of very dark gray was sprayed in a band at the joint between the tube and casting to duplicate the 'heat area' discoloration of the original weld, and then a bit of semi-gloss clear was sprayed on the whole thing.
Remember we do this for fun!
Regards,
Alan
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Hi h4ca,
The drive-shaft and half-shafts were stripped of rust, and the tubes were given some 'texture' in the 'long' direction with some emery cloth; they should be quite shiny and show longitudinal marks from being 'extruded'. Then the castings were given a 'tiny' bit of cast-blast, a bit of very dark gray was sprayed in a band at the joint between the tube and casting to duplicate the 'heat area' discoloration of the original weld, and then a bit of semi-gloss clear was sprayed on the whole thing.
The drive-shaft and half-shafts were stripped of rust, and the tubes were given some 'texture' in the 'long' direction with some emery cloth; they should be quite shiny and show longitudinal marks from being 'extruded'. Then the castings were given a 'tiny' bit of cast-blast, a bit of very dark gray was sprayed in a band at the joint between the tube and casting to duplicate the 'heat area' discoloration of the original weld, and then a bit of semi-gloss clear was sprayed on the whole thing.
