Re: IML: IML Paint the Radiator, '58 Southampton

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

Can someone on the list fill us in on a process called "Powder Coating"? A car that I recently bought came with a few parts that the previous owner had this done to. They came out as a perfectly smooth soft gloss black which I think is very attractive. I am not familiar with this process.

Paul

In a message dated 10/27/2004 10:24:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>If you have asked them not to paint it already, and they actually 
>listen to you and do not paint it, i have one small word of caution: ?
>don't use too much paint if you do it yourself.
>
>I painted the radiator on my 71 and discovered it took a LOT of paint 
>to get it uniformly black. ?I then discovered that if you put too much 
>paint on it it will gunk up the fins or the blades or whatever the heck 
>the thin little strips of metal are called, and interfere with the 
>radiator's ability to dissipate heat. ?You will also smell burning 
>paint for quite awhile when the radiator gets hot.
>
>So my advice to you is, either let them paint it, or go out and buy a 
>paint made for radiators and don't use too much.
>
>As for color, I'm guessing black, but whether it is a gloss black or a 
>flat black I don't know. ?in 71 it seemed to be a matte black.
>
>Mark M
>
>On Wednesday, October 27, 2004, at 07:55 PM, FltSgt@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Patrick
>>
>> You will find the shop will have painted it when you go to pick it up.
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