Carl:
I'm sorry you had a bad experience with the Moss engine paint and
are unhappy at customer service. They work hard to do a good job, but nuf
said. To be honest with you, I normally paint my engines with Rustoleum
Regal Red, then use the Moss engine paint to tint the final coat. The Moss
paint is expensive, and to get adequate coverage, I found using a base coat
worked for me. Keep in mind, I was building and painting MG engines long
before I started working here. I'm also not that interested in having the
perfect Maroon color, non of my cars being concours bound.
I have had problems with the paint in my engine compartment (Krylon)
getting damaged when I lost the radiator in my race car at one point. But
that knowledge is not very helpful.
Back in Colorado, we used to paint our concours bound engines with a
spray gun, using DQE50782 paint. That was the only way that we could get
good hold and coverage, spray bomb paint would not hold up.
Kelvin.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl French [mailto:cfrench@cybertours.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 9:36 AM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Cc: bfrench@nh.ultranet.com; moss@mossmotors.com; info@britbits.com
> Subject: %*&%*($ Moss!!!!
>
>
> Tell me I am not reacting right here but I now have REPAINT my engine
> on my B again. I almost done repainting everything in the Bay
> including
> the Bay itself. I have six different paint brands in there.
> Moss Maroon
> engine paint, Eastwood radiator paint, Krylon gloss black, Dupont
> Acrylic enamel (Dark BRG), Rust-oleum Yellow, Some Wal-Mart Blue paint
> used for the washer bottle frame. I had a large quantity of radiator
> fluid (> 1 pint) sprayed on the car due to a loose clamp (my fault).
> Within a few minutes I rinsed it with water at my destination (5-10
> minutes) the engine paint that had been on for 1 & 2 weeks (ongoing
> project) the car has traveled a few hundred miles with some of the
> paint. Everywhere the radiator fluid contacted the maroon the paint
> washed out to Orange. None of the other paints were affected at all. I
> now have to repaint the whole engine again with my hometown show on
> Saturday. I called Moss Tech line and they said " Yeah, that happens
> pretty often to all paints" some colors are different blah,
> blah, blah.
> I found this entirely unsatisfying. It seems unreasonable to have an
> engine paint to react so horribly to antifreeze. There were
> no warnings
> to this effect anywhere on the label of this VERY expensive paint. How
> come my $.99 wal-mart paint is looking great. I am just very
> unsatisfied
> with Moss customer support right now (I have purchased almost
> everything
> for my restoration from them. Any one got any ideas? How about the
> Eastwood detail clear paint for engine components? any other
> maroon from
> other companies out there? HELP.
> Carl French
> 67B with Jackson Pollack paint job on the engine.
>
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