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

["Blomberg" <blomberg@xxxxxxxxxx>]

For those interested this link  http://www.qualitypowdercoaters.com.au/Powder%20Coat%20Description.htm  gives a pretty good description of Powder Coating. I am going to have a few of my Interior parts Powder Coated. The black trim around the dash of my 60 will be one part. It is very common here in Australia to have bathroom accessories powder coated.

 

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Larry B

 

 

 

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From: RandalPark@xxxxxxx

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Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 12:53 PM

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

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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