At 10:35 AM 1/7/2006, you wrote:
>Seeking BTDT re: gasoline resistant paint. I need to paint the fuel
>filler assembly on our Alfa Spider. So I'm looking for something
>fuel-proof & reasonably scratch resistant (to resist scratching from
>the fuel nozzle).
I don't know about regular paints, but I'll toss in some info that
may be of use and interest, including the guy with the airplane.
www.airtechcoatings.com sells paints for vintage airplanes. I bought
their "hard deck" hangar floor coating to do my garage floor. It's
an epoxy with some sort of polyurethane top coat. The stuff is
*incredibly* chemical resistant. I've spilled gas, oil, acetone,
brake cleaner (acetone / mek / tolune), brake fluid, HCl, etc on it,
and it does not even begin to stain or dissolve it. One of my cars
sat in the garage for a year, creating a large puddle of oil under
it; it even seeped under one tire where it then had about 800lbs
downforce on it -- it all wiped up. Any minor oil residue is easily
wiped up by spraying with brake cleaner and toweling
up. Unfortunately for your application, the stuff is expensive, and
I'm not sure you can buy small quantities.
Powder coating was also mentioned -- I bought a DIY P.C. setup from
this place: www.columbiacoatings.com Good products & equipment, and
very hobbyist-friendly. (anyone else playing with their own P.C.
stuff??) Anyway, wanted to mention the P.C. I've applied is NOT 100%
solvent resistant. I coated the control arms on one car; later
during a brake job, it got hit with aerosol brake cleaner, and the
stuff bubbled and turned to ooze like it was old paint with zip-strip
slopped on it :( There are different types of plastic used in
powder coat, and apparently at least some don't like solvents.
-Wayne
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