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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Radiator Painted; Steering Wheel Center

Managed to create a sufficiently warm 'micro-climate' in the garage to paint the radiator. Used Eastwood's Underhood Black Semi Gloss paint, as it will withstand higher temperatures (250 F). It went on easily and produced a nice finish. Haven't painted the radiator vanes, as they seem ok plus I'm not quite sure how to get the dirt off without damaging things, as they are made of a very thin and rather soft copper. Now, of course, the radiator cap looks bad! But I can live with that. :)


The steering wheel center round, after it's Evapo-Rust bath and some further cleaning and sanding smooth. Here's the inside, with the factory-applied black. I'd read somewhere that these parts had crackle-paint applied, but this center clearly had smooth paint on both inside and out. The chip at top is from where I had to hammer out a dent.

The outside. The surface corrosion (rust) remenants are very visible, but if you run your fingers over the surface it feels as smooth a silk. This will get a coat of rust converter as primer to neutralize any remaining rust, and perhaps a two-part epoxy primer as well, for longevity.


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