Has anyone ever used the Eastwood chasiss black or Extreme Chasiss Black paint? Can I get some feedback on how you liked it. They claim it is very durable as far as chip & chemical resistance. What do you think????
Used the regular chassis black on front upper and lower control arms. Have held up well for two years including driving in torrential downpours in W.Virginia while driving to the GS nationals in 2005! :ball:
The semigloss is glossier than most semiglosses....IMO. Comes out even slightly glossier when you spray multiple coats in one painting operation (like most of us would when spraying anything). They even mention that in the fine print on the back of the can. How much gloss????---more than: Krylon SemiFlat Duplicolor Engine Semi Gloss Rustoleum Satin Black Eastwood Underhood Black PPG DP90 (Black) Epoxy If you get spray cans don't leave it on the shelf for >9 mos or a year (even inside a house in climate controlled conditions)....twice I have had problems with this stuff out of a spray can (yes it sat INSIDE MY HOUSE)...no matter how hard you shake it up it ended up with "trash" in the coating that came out of the can (meticulously prepped parts and dust free spray environment). I think some of the solids (ie maybe the "epoxy" additives they mention in their pitch) settled and refused to go back into the solution when shaken. This is not a gripe in the normal sense as I didn't use the stuff inside their recommended use window and I plan on buying some more and trying it again. On the parts I sprayed recently I did notice that the stuff seemed to dry harder than regular spray can paints and did seem a little tougher so, yes, I think it may be more durable. As for chemical resistance always take that with a grain of salt....none of these paints are bulletproof and any kind of liquid with a solvent of some sort will effect them. To me it depends what gloss level you are looking for. I guess a person could get the quart cans and add some flattener also if they wanted less gloss.
FYI, Eastwood now makes a Satin black Chassis black for a more correct gloss. And I agree with Patten that the Eastwood paint has a more durable and hard wear qualities than hardware spray bombs.
While we're on the topic of Eastwood paints (chassis black or any other) ..... Always buy a couple more cans than you think you'll need. In my experience, their spray bombs have a high failure rate, It's not uncommon to get a can which spits and sputters, and I'm pretty sure it's nothing I'm doing wrong. Really sucks to have to wait several days with a half-finished project while they ship you just one more can. :af:
Looking at the Eastwood site it appears they have: Regular Chassis Black Semigloss (I discussed above)--60-70% gloss Regular Chassis Black Gloss Extreme Chassis Black Satin ---no gloss level given on their site BUT click on it and check out the pick of the differential---looks PRETTY GLOSSY Extreme Chassis Black High Gloss Good advice Brian---I was cussing Eastwood a couple weeks ago when I had the spray bomb problem. Fortunately it was only a couple small parts. One thing I would like to do, in a "perfect" world , would be get about 100-200 of those sprayout cards and get a bunch of these various black paints (EWood, PPG DP90, Duplicolor,GM Underhood Paint, Rustoleum, Krylon, ZeroRust, POR and all those other rustproof paints, etc, etc) and put together sample packs of each paint on a spray card. 10-15 different spray cards/pack showing all the different brands and gloss levels. People could get these spray card packs and pick out the sheen/brand they like. Looking at gloss levels on 'Net pictures, etc doesn't cut it too well.
