Don't ask paint colors, please, it only causes chaos!
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From: glenn barratt <FURY@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Paint questions
>[1]What prep and paint do you use to get the crinkled finish on the
>dashboard? I think it's different on DeSoto than Plymouth.....Don't
>know. My buddy with the 58 wants to know that too.
>
>[2]The local shops say that unless they do the prep they won't stand
>behind the paint. Since the car is 98% rust free and the paint is just
>dull I'm inclined to have them go ahead. Comments? Yep. Would be worth
>paying them the small charge for prep (If it is as good as you say), in
>order to get the warranty. Don't know what it's like where you are, but
>down here, you damn near have to have video evidence to get people to
>stand by their crappy work sometimes.
>
>[3]Is there a paint company that stocks the grey/blue trunk color? I am
>going to shoot the trunk and inner fenders myself. I ended matching
>mine up to the underside of the parcel tray where the paint sees no
>light, and painted it myself. Inner fenders apparently are
>black/underseal/sound deadener.
>
>[4] What's the best rust converting paint [for surface rust on the
>floorboards] and does it really work? Depends who you ask. I stick to
>POR-15 Black, and have had some amazing results. Be sure and follow all
>their instructions, using all their other prep products-Marine Clean,
>Metal Ready etc, and sand well. Did my interior floor, and also the
>floor of my trunk (until I find a trunk mat), and the inner fenders. I
>have a choice pic of this if you want it sent.
>
>[5][another engine question!!!] What's the correct color for the spark
>plug covers? Don't know.
>
>Glenn.
>
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