[Healeys] Hood frame color on a 100

Chris Dimmock austin.healey at gmail.com
Sat Aug 13 06:38:28 MDT 2011


Fair's fair Kees.
The discussion was about hood bows. Just stop tailgating the snow  
grader and put your side screens in if salt corrosion is affecting  
your hood bows!!
;-)
Chris

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On 13/08/2011, at 6:16 PM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:

> Curt,
> I am sorry, but I have to disagree. Most older powder coating jobs I
> have seen are just looking terrible if you look at it closer and peel
> away some of the loose bits. There may be better powder coatings  
> around
> now but so far I did not come across them. Of course these coatings do
> look much better than the paint jobs when new and/or in good condition
> but AFAIAC they are for trailer queens or dry warm climates only, not
> for chassis parts of cars that are in frequent use in bad weather or
> winterly conditions with salt on the road. You simply cannot detect
> deterioration early enough to prevent serious corrosion.
> Kees Oudesluijs
> NL
>
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