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Re: What is Hammorite Paint

To: MILESJE@novell2.bham.ac.uk, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: What is Hammorite Paint
From: EPaul21988@aol.com
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 21:42:04 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 97-10-24 10:44:26 EDT, MILESJE@novell2.bham.ac.uk writes:

<<  Anyone have any good information ?  I believe it is well regarded in
 > England for restoration work.
 > 
 > Bob Paul
 
 Hammerite, made by Finnigans (also makers of Waxoyl) is a paint which 
 is used for coating metal without the need for special primers etc. 
 It is especially useful in applications where the metal is already 
 rusty, because according to the manufacturers, you can just wire 
 brush the loose rust off the metal and slap the Hamerite on. It will 
 supposedly stop further rust from occuring. Hence the widespread use 
 in restoration work in Britain.
 Original Hammerite goes on very thickly and reacts with its solvent 
 to give an attractive hammered metal finish (hence the name). More 
 recently the makers have introduced Smoothrite which is the same 
 thing but with a smooth finish. There is also Finnigans NO. 1 primer 
 which is a rust inhibiting primer but which, unlike Hammerite and 
 smoothrite, can be painted over with other conventional automotive 
 paints.
 
 Hope this is useful,
 
 Jonathan
  >>

Thank you for that response.  Very informative and useful.  
Bob Paul

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