Dash refinishing experiences
Posted by HH56 On 2013/7/6 14:46:28
Played around with the dash a little while the heat wave was in progress. Not much has been done other than practice pieces yet but have some observations. Don't know if anyone else noticed this or if I've done something wrong but find it interesting.
To start with, had the dash beadblasted resulting in a nice shiny silvery finish -- appears to be made of cold rolled steel.
When I got the pieces home degreased with some GIT cleaner/degreaser and put on a coat of GIT's red oxide primer.
Wanted to keep the good product for the side to be worked on so primed the rear with Rustoleum "Professional" red oxide primer. GIT product is more red compared to the Rustoleum. Quite the difference in shade.
Following their advice started with a small item to use as a test piece for drying time and pattern. Primed and let dry a day and then coated those with the base color Carpathian Elm #1 and let dry another day. The basecoat says high viscosity so it must really be thin. Went on smooth and dried nicely though. Note the different shade after it dried.
Printed with the Carpathian Elm printing ink. Quite the different finish look resulting from the different primers. Their primer is the small square piece with notch, Rustoleum is the larger rectangle. The printed result is noticeably lighter using their primer vs Rustoleum. Will be interesting to see how the toner coat changes it in a day or so.
Wasn't quite expecting the difference in primer to make such a big difference in the way the finish piece looks and not sure now which one I like better. At any rate, will either be a very interesting or very frustrating experience by the time it's over with.
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To start with, had the dash beadblasted resulting in a nice shiny silvery finish -- appears to be made of cold rolled steel.
When I got the pieces home degreased with some GIT cleaner/degreaser and put on a coat of GIT's red oxide primer.
Wanted to keep the good product for the side to be worked on so primed the rear with Rustoleum "Professional" red oxide primer. GIT product is more red compared to the Rustoleum. Quite the difference in shade.
Following their advice started with a small item to use as a test piece for drying time and pattern. Primed and let dry a day and then coated those with the base color Carpathian Elm #1 and let dry another day. The basecoat says high viscosity so it must really be thin. Went on smooth and dried nicely though. Note the different shade after it dried.
Printed with the Carpathian Elm printing ink. Quite the different finish look resulting from the different primers. Their primer is the small square piece with notch, Rustoleum is the larger rectangle. The printed result is noticeably lighter using their primer vs Rustoleum. Will be interesting to see how the toner coat changes it in a day or so.
Wasn't quite expecting the difference in primer to make such a big difference in the way the finish piece looks and not sure now which one I like better. At any rate, will either be a very interesting or very frustrating experience by the time it's over with.
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