Painting headlight cups
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Burning Brakes
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Painting headlight cups
Hi everyone
I sandblasted the 4 headlight cups of my 77, and want to give them a nice coat of paint to protect them (they were very rusty...).
What was the original black color (when new) that was used on these cups (satin, gloss, ...)?
Do I need to use high temp paint or will regular Krylon spray paint do the job?
I sandblasted the 4 headlight cups of my 77, and want to give them a nice coat of paint to protect them (they were very rusty...).
What was the original black color (when new) that was used on these cups (satin, gloss, ...)?
Do I need to use high temp paint or will regular Krylon spray paint do the job?
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Blackout paint was semi-FLAT black (now called satin black). Krylon or John Deere "Blitz" black are good matches for factory blackout paint.
I suggest that you shoot the cups with self-etching primer (for bare metal) before you do the black.
I suggest that you shoot the cups with self-etching primer (for bare metal) before you do the black.
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Alan71, it's that same semi-gloss blackout that GM used on everything, Blitz black is a very good match and sprays nice
Remember the pots have a specific order (C B D A from left to right) and it matters
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