[Shop-talk] Chassis enamel

[Elton E. (Tony) Clark]

*If you do race car restoration, you have some of the books published by
Carroll Smith:  "Engineer to Win", Design to Win", etc. . . He said there
was only one spray paint fit for our use: *
**
*http://www.zynolyte.com/zynopages/rustmaster.asp*
**
*After using 20 or 30 cans of this epoxy spray paint . . I agree!!!!  It can
be hard to find but it's worth it.*
**
*Tony in Texas*



On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Karl Vacek <kvacek at ameritech.net> wrote:

> Not having done any serious amount of restoration work for some time, I'm
> out
> of the loop as to what's good in chassis enamel.  I'm aware of POR-15 (in
> fact
> I have a gallon unopened, which the company assures me is still good if
> it's
> not thickened) but the UV deterioration worries me.
>
> I'll be painting an axle housing, exposed parts of frame rails, brake drums
> and backing plates, and misc. small parts from that area of the car.
>
> My best results in the past have been DuPont Corlar epoxy primer and Imron
> topcoat, which I'll do if necessary.  However, is there anything worthwhile
> in
> spray cans nowadays ?  Once upon a time I used some incredible epoxy enomel
> in
> spray cans that's still holding up 30+ years later, but is there anything
> like
> that now ?
>
> Thanks !
> Karl
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