All,
The shop that re-cored my TR6 radiator painted it with a thinned / diluted
black latex paint, very light on the core.
Problem is that the steel parts will soon rust, so I re-painted the steel with
Rustoleum.
When he re-cored my jeep radiator, I asked him to paint only the core, which he
did.
I put Rustoleum on the rest of the radiator - they both run cool, and no rust
on the support members.
Stan
1974 TR6
1942 GPW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
To: "John & Pat Donnelly" <pdonnel1@san.rr.com>
Cc: "list Triumph" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:16:41 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [TR] Radiator Paint - little LBC
Something is amiss, maybe it's me as I have seen only one post in the
past 12 hours... so my apologies if this has already been mentioned:
I do not think the issue is heat tolerance (200F isn't all that hot)
but rather a paint that does not build thick and thus insulate the rad
which must be able to disipate heat.
I would imagine that a paint specifically for radiators would go on
quite thin. I think I have seen in hobby shops a black paint used by
guys with little brass locomotives that is real thin (to preserve
small details in the casting). It is almost like ink. Thin, very
black and dries almost instantly -- like the ink of a black marker.
That might be a local alternative.
Geo
On 1/27/09, John & Pat Donnelly <pdonnel1@san.rr.com> wrote:
> I'm interested in spiffing up my engine compartment and want to renew the
> look of the radiator. I read somewhere that the paint used on radiators is
> different than the normal enamel or acrylic, even the high temp ones. So,
> what's special about it? Is the paint used on barbeques the same stuff?
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