Nevin:
My local CarQuest parts store was able to match the paint on my 77, send the
specs to an outfit in Utah that then put the paint in spray cans for me.
I'm much better with spray than brush and this really worked well.
Walt Goddard
77B
waltcpa@sierra.net
-----Original Message-----
From: dresden@tiac.net <dresden@tiac.net>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: What type of paint
>>If you go to bare metal use a self etching primer, Krylon makes it in dark
>>red, muddy brown, Polys are also sold in spray cans. Some great spray jobs
>>have been done with cans. Under the car I would use under coat, Keeps the
>>sound down and was an original option. Just allow plenty of time for the
>>primer to dry ,and the recomended times on the cans between coats of
paint.
>>Good Luck Carl E.
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>While we're on the subject, I don't want to paint my whole car from spray
>cans, but once I've done some rust repair, I'll want to do some large spot
>touch-up, not large enough to justify a new paint job (IMHO); does anyone
>offer BL colors in a convenient spray can? I have a Brooklands Green '78 B.
>Also, my car is, as I said, a Brooklands green '78, it had black carpeting,
>now removed, and has beige seats. The soft top was absent when I bought it.
>What color hood would it have had from the factory? Black, beige, or
>either? I think either color would look fine as a replacement, but would
>like to know which is correct. Thanks.
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>Nevin
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