I used rustoleum Regal Red on all of the internal red surfaces including the underside of the bonnet and boot. I found this was a close match to patches of original Chariot Red left underneath the car and under the heater. The rustoleum adhered to the aluminum just as well as to steel. I used rustoleum "paint over rust" primer, even on the aluminum, followed by topcoat of the red. I used both paint in cans as well as spray cans for final coats. For paint prep I generally scraped loose material off, then sanded sometimes by hand and often using a flap disk sanding disk, being careful not to take off too much of the steel or aluminum. Then on steel I used POR15 metal ready which is a mild acid prep. Before painting I used Eastwood PRE pre-painting solvent to clean sufaces to be painted. All of these paints are holding up well after 2 years of driving now. Of course the outer body paint was done by the body shop using professsional base coat/clear coat water based paints.
it was 8400. took 4 months, they charged 40/hour. they did filler work on the entire car which was stripped to bare metal by me, still holding up like new after 5 driving seasons and gets cudo's at shows, especially for the color we chose
how did you do the underside of the bonnet and boot...many thanks...looks terrific
I used rustoleum Regal Red on all of the internal red surfaces including the underside of the bonnet and boot. I found this was a close match to patches of original Chariot Red left underneath the car and under the heater.
The rustoleum adhered to the aluminum just as well as to steel. I used rustoleum "paint over rust" primer, even on the aluminum, followed by topcoat of the red. I used both paint in cans as well as spray cans for final coats. For paint prep I generally scraped loose material off, then sanded sometimes by hand and often using a flap disk sanding disk, being careful not to take off too much of the steel or aluminum. Then on steel I used POR15 metal ready which is a mild acid prep. Before painting I used Eastwood PRE pre-painting solvent to clean sufaces to be painted. All of these paints are holding up well after 2 years of driving now.
Of course the outer body paint was done by the body shop using professsional base coat/clear coat water based paints.
..how much did the paint job cost you?
it was 8400. took 4 months, they charged 40/hour. they did filler work on the entire car which was stripped to bare metal by me, still holding up like new after 5 driving seasons and gets cudo's at shows, especially for the color we chose