[TR] Chassis paint

[FRED E THOMAS]

I did my frame in ="powder-coat"= in 1992,  still looks brand new  :)  :) 
:)  FT
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ZoboHerald at aol.com>
To: <trmarty at hotmail.com>; <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] Chassis paint


> In a message dated 9/26/2009 11:00:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> trmarty at hotmail.com writes:
>
> Anybody  tried Summit Racing's Chassis Shield paint? Work OK for you? Was
> one
> quart  enough to do a Triumph frame?
>
> ==AM==
> I can't vouch for Summit Racing's paint. However, I did a Rotoflex GT6+
> chassis and some of the small suspension bits with POR-15's chassis paint.
> One quart (two coats in some spots, and all applied with foam brushes) 
> just
> barely made it, so I suspect it might not be enough for a TR  chassis, or 
> for
> a later Spitfire "Federal" chassis with the rear  extensions, or a Herald
> chassis?
>
> I am, so far, very happy with the POR-15 paint. The project has been
> stalled for about a year now, but the chassis still looks great -- if 
> dusty --
> and the paint seems extremely hard and durable.
>
> --Andy  Mace
>
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