Don't ask paint colors, please, it only causes chaos! -----Original Message----- From: glenn barratt <FURY@xxxxxxxxxx> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Paint questions >[1]What prep and paint do you use to get the crinkled finish on the >dashboard? I think it's different on DeSoto than Plymouth.....Don't >know. My buddy with the 58 wants to know that too. > >[2]The local shops say that unless they do the prep they won't stand >behind the paint. Since the car is 98% rust free and the paint is just >dull I'm inclined to have them go ahead. Comments? Yep. Would be worth >paying them the small charge for prep (If it is as good as you say), in >order to get the warranty. Don't know what it's like where you are, but >down here, you damn near have to have video evidence to get people to >stand by their crappy work sometimes. > >[3]Is there a paint company that stocks the grey/blue trunk color? I am >going to shoot the trunk and inner fenders myself. I ended matching >mine up to the underside of the parcel tray where the paint sees no >light, and painted it myself. Inner fenders apparently are >black/underseal/sound deadener. > >[4] What's the best rust converting paint [for surface rust on the >floorboards] and does it really work? Depends who you ask. I stick to >POR-15 Black, and have had some amazing results. Be sure and follow all >their instructions, using all their other prep products-Marine Clean, >Metal Ready etc, and sand well. Did my interior floor, and also the >floor of my trunk (until I find a trunk mat), and the inner fenders. I >have a choice pic of this if you want it sent. > >[5][another engine question!!!] What's the correct color for the spark >plug covers? Don't know. > >Glenn. > |