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Paul (Pcelenta)
Member
Username: Pcelenta
Post Number: 293
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, April 03, 2003 - 7:23 am: | |
I did mine with a quick scuff and feather edge of any chips then applied barbeque black paint...this was about 10 years ago and has chipped or flaked off since....it was a semi-flat.. |
DJParks (Djparks)
Junior Member
Username: Djparks
Post Number: 110
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 02, 2003 - 8:34 pm: | |
Sounds good to me,
DJ |
Tommy Anastasiou (Tommya)
Junior Member
Username: Tommya
Post Number: 64
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 9:36 pm: | |
DJ,
I have just sand blusted it along with the control arms and powder coat everything in black semigloss. It looks great. |
DJParks (Djparks)
Junior Member
Username: Djparks
Post Number: 109
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 7:30 pm: | |
Happen to have three cans of semi-flat Krylon on the shelf. MMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..............
DJ |
david handa (Davehanda)
Member
Username: Davehanda
Post Number: 556
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 7:08 pm: | |
Regular paint should work fine. I had my previous 308 valance bead blasted and paint with a satin type black finish, sort of in between flat and semi-gloss, but closer to flat. The heat seemed to have no effect, at least during the two years after, until I got rid of the car... |
Stephen J. MacKellar (89gtb)
New member
Username: 89gtb
Post Number: 16
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 7:06 pm: | |
I've been told by several noted Ferrari body shops/restorers that for doing small areas/touch-ups, Krylon Semi-Flat (out of a spray can) is 'spot on' to the factory semi-flat on the areas you are referencing. |
DJParks (Djparks)
Junior Member
Username: Djparks
Post Number: 106
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 4:34 pm: | |
Hi Lee, When I say valance I mean the black louvered apron below the rear bumper that hides the muffler and pipes from those following the car. The tailpipes exit through this piece also. There is no burnt paint on mine just old and pitted.
The first step I used was to chemically strip the piece to bare metal. One hour. I am going to sand all of the rust off and then sand the entire part until all of the pits and bumps are smoothed out. I'm going to use Phosphoric Dichromate (OSPHO,found at ACE Hardware) to etch the metal to stop the rusting process at a molecular level and then prime with DP90. From there you might hire somebody to shoot the final coats.
I'm no expert, just going by what the local body guy told me.
Hope that helps, DJ
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Lee Pierce (Leepierce)
Junior Member
Username: Leepierce
Post Number: 56
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 4:04 pm: | |
DJ and everyone: Is the valance the louvered part over the engine, or is it the exhaust shield? Either way, I need to sand, prime and repaint my exhaust shield, where (thankfully) 95% of the rust is on my '78 308.
Any pointers to getting it back to stock-looking? I'm no great painter, either, so advice on getting it nice and smooth would help, too. |
Philip Airey (Pma1010)
Junior Member
Username: Pma1010
Post Number: 191
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 3:11 pm: | |
Most paint will burn off any area close to the exhaust unless you have it powder coated - even the BBQ stuff |
DJParks (Djparks)
Junior Member
Username: Djparks
Post Number: 105
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 2:56 pm: | |
The BBQ grill paint I've seen is pretty much flat black. That it? Gotta get it right.
DJ
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Mike Charness (Mcharness)
Member
Username: Mcharness
Post Number: 405
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 2:35 pm: | |
Yeah, like high heat grill paint for the barbeque. |
DJParks (Djparks)
Junior Member
Username: Djparks
Post Number: 103
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 1:55 pm: | |
More like a satin finish then. Sounds right. Thanks,
DJ |
mike 308 (Concorde)
Junior Member
Username: Concorde
Post Number: 153
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 1:10 pm: | |
Definitely NOT high gloss. It's semi-gloss, actually almost flat. |
DJParks (Djparks)
Junior Member
Username: Djparks
Post Number: 101
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 01, 2003 - 12:28 pm: | |
I stripped the rear valance on my '78 308 in preparation for new paint. The old paint was so old I couldn't tell if it was gloss black or semi-gloss originally. Any paint guys out there?
Thanks again, DJ
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