

| Subject: | Brown Stove Face Plate. High Temp Rust-oleum: "OK" Match |
| From: | neil n |
| Date: | Mon, 4 Mar 2013 00:06:47 -0800 |
Hi all. Got lucky on this one as I eye balled the colour in store, no part in hand. FWIW, I applied this paint over a coat of Tremclad. I understood that these paints would "get along". Not so it seems. Hi Temp paint lifted from the Tremclad. Tremclad stripped off, this paint seems to adhere ok to the OEM paint or powder coat. I'll apply the Westy lettering later. Somewhat premature as I haven't installed the part and real world tested it (Rust-oleum and Tremclad seem to be soft paint. This part sees dish water etc.) but to my eye, the colour is not a bad "match". Image of repainted face plate mock up install: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g3_aGiWlARg/UTPhDimhI2I/AAAAAAAAHE4/M8C-kMYiLE4/s1000/Stove%2520face%2520plate%2520mockup.jpg Lighting is not optimum, but it should give you an idea. Paint I used: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7PCa5rNFLq0/UTLbzPlFKAI/AAAAAAAAHD8/f_3TkWrksRs/s416/rust-oleum.jpg Chose this type of paint only b/c I figured it was the closest match of the "off the shelf" paints I saw. Neil. -- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
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