[Healeys] Satin Black

[Linwood Rose]

Thanks, Gary.
Lin

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> On Aug 8, 2014, at 2:50 PM, editorgary at aol.com wrote:
>
> This is one of those questions where the answer is actually a bit more
> complicated than the question. When we first wrote the standards, our
> conclusions were that the suspension parts painted black had probably gotten
a
> quick coat of gloss black paint -- no one would have bothered to have
several
> different shades of black -- for rust protection during storage as much as
for
> any other reason, but that the color would obviously have dulled, perhaps
even
> by the time the car was shipped, much less sold -- after sitting in a dock
> yard for days or weeks.
>
> Given that a modern restoration would be using
> materials that aren't going to change in nature -- especially if they're
done
> with techniques like powder coating, -- whatever you use at the outset is
what
> the color is going to be, so we recommended use of satin black, and I think
> that's what Roger does on the restorations he works on.
>
> For my own taste, I
> don't like the gleam of glossy black paint jumping out at me from underneath
a
> fender anyhow. It just doesn't look right.
>
> For whatever it's worth, the
> Mercedes-Benz concours committee also specifies satin black for suspension
> parts.
>
> G.
>
>
>
> Gary Anderson
> Editor-in-Chief, The Star Magazine
> Mercedes-Benz
> Club of America
>
> Registrar, Austin-Healey Concours Registry
>
> editor at large,
> Austin-Healey Magazine