[Healeys] Correct Wheel Color for painted wheels

[Wilko2]

Gary makes a good point here about today's shiny silver and I will try to
clarify what I meant by "good results can be had".

The Eastwood folks are first to point out that you should use their clearcoat
for best (modern) results because while the silver looks pretty bright when
you first spray it, it dulls very quickly without a clear coat to what is a
very close--if not exact match--to the original paint used back in  the day.

Here it is on my disc wheels:
http://ewilkins.com/wilko/healeys/healey_disk_wheels.png



On Oct 17, 2013, at 11:31 AM, editorgary at aol.com wrote:

> IMANSHO, the Argent would be more typical of what we see today, i.e. bright
> (shiny) silver, but the original wheels were actually more of a dove gray
than
> shiny gray. Given that most people are trying to decide between painted and
> chrome wheels, rather than between shiny gray and dove gray, most people
> expect to see shiny silver wheels if they are, in fact, painted. Pretty
much
> your choice.
>
> G.
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> Gary Anderson
> Editor-in-Chief, The Star Magazine
> Mercedes-Benz Club of America
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> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:35:12 -0400
> From: "John Sims" <ahbn6 at verizon.net>
> To: "'Wilko2'" <e-wilkins at cox.net>
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> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Correct paint for original wire wheels
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> Welcome back!
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> John Sims, BN6
> Aberdeen, NJ
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> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net
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> On Behalf Of Wilko2
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 1:04 PM
> Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Correct paint for original wire wheels
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> Long time no see.
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> I've been off the list for a few years.
>
> Anyway, IMNSHO, that paint is too dark. It's like the color on the center
of
> BBS wheels.
>
> Good results can be had with their "Argent" silver:
> http://www.eastwood.com/silver-argent-rally-wheel-paint-set.html
>
> Cheers,
> Rick
> http://ewilkins.com/wilko
>
> On Oct 17, 2013, at 8:02 AM, Richard J. Hockert wrote:
>
>> Just noticed this Eastwood paint on sale:
>>
>> http://www.eastwood.com/vintage-racing-wheel-paint-11-oz-silver.html
>>
>> Is this paint correct for original painted wire wheels?
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