When using rattle can spray paint,what is the best choice to paint the rear axle tubes,etc? Satin rustoleum? Thanks! Archie
Archie, I have used rustoleum on my firebird vert and it came out nice. Has held up well and can be touched up easily. For the 67 GS I have been using Eastwood which is more expensive but I wanted to try and have found excellent. Dries better than the rustoleum and I think matches well with the existing factory colors. IMO.
Satin Rustoleum would be my choice. Satin because its my choice for suspension and bracket parts, Rustoleum because you can apply direct to metal and its durable, I "think" its an epoxy based paint.
we canadians have our own product - Tremclad. Used to be a great product but took a day to cure. I guess the manufacture changed the formula, for the worse.
This! Duplicolor is the best Ive found Autozone does not carry it around here, but Advance does. About $6 a can The rustoleum, I used just this past week because it was a certain color I needed...learned the hard way AGAIN that it takes forever to dry. 24 hrs after spraying, it felt dry, picked up the item I was painting and put fingerprints in it! Now I have to use a stripper to remove it as sand paper will just gum up. pain in the A$$
would Duplicolor Semi Gloss black for a 67 gs be the correct color ? or eastwood satin chassis black ? what kind of prep. clean bare metal, check then what. lacquer thinner? and primer ? I've seen guys do the axles black and the 3rd member diff. cast iron grey. thoughts on this color combination. chevy?
Not sure on 67 correctness but it's very close for 70. And my rear diff is cast color and the tubes are black.
Forgot... No special prep. Sand or blast it. Clean it and prime with a decent primer. Then spray black.
Fast dry paints do not adhere as well. Rustoleum may take a day to dry but it also sticks very well. I would only use Duplicolor or Krylon on something very porous like wood. Here's a little tip for using Rustoleum satin black #7777. Apply 2 thin coats, no primer. Let it tack up, about 3-4 hours at 65 degrees and then bake it in the oven for 2 hours at 200 degrees. You'll be amazed how tough it is. Gloss colors tend to dull down when baked but still gets hard. Should go without saying but don't bake in the house. Get an old electric oven from Craigs list for your garage.
thats going to be one big oven if a rear end housing needs to go into it. make sure your seals are out so ya don't melt them. I have baked a few parts in the wife's oven. she's cute when shes mad. there's always powder coat. I have done a lot of that so far. maybe I will get a quote. a curiosity quote.
I've had them powder coated before. Not that expensive. Just be sure all the gear lube is cleaned out of it. I mean a solvent wash not just a rag wipe. I was talking in general about using the oven to cure Rustoleum. I use 500 watt halogen lights to heat parts that don't fit the oven.
I know you were talking smaller parts. I just couldn't resist the poke at it. it's a flaw of mine. I'm sorry. no disrespect intended. just funnin'. the 500 watt lights is a new one. but that would work pretty good. those things get hot hot. I need 3 fans set up when using the wifes oven and she still complains. she doesn't get that it's for the greater good.:kodak:
