Re: painting the 51 200

Posted by David Grubbs On 2013/1/1 19:28:17

Larry, I'll check with the painter (he's the guy in the photos). It is a PPG self etching primer. It goes on yellow and dries to gall bladder green. The nice thing is that it has a bit of a sheen, so you can see the spots you missed. He will be using another type of primer, a high build type (Rage I think), after we block sand. Then another sanding and then several coats of PPG Acrylic urethane followed by several coats of clear coat. Then color sanding with 1500 and 2000 grit sandpaper and hours of polishing. The bumpers have been cleaned up, and painted with rust converter, then zinc oxide, which dries to a nice flat gray on the back side. The stainless steel that I could remove has been straightened and polished. More photos to follow.