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TR4/4A TR4 Interior Center Support Paint

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On an early TR4 the interior center support is made up of two metal pieces. I believe that these were orginially covered with a material as they are on a TR6 (I could be wrong). I also believe that Moss sells a wrinkle finish black paint to paint these pieces.

I was thinking of powder coating these pieces with a black wrinkle finish.

Good idea/bad idea? What have others done? What do you think would look the best? What have you seen?
 
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I have had several early TR4's, none have had material on them. The TR4a, yes, very much like the TR6. Metal with wrinkle finish is standard on the early TR4. Power coat away.

Marvin G
 
Larry,my '63 is original and it's center support is covered in a wrinkle paint finish. Wrinkle powder coating seems to be the way to go. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
Hi Larry,

I agree, black wrinkle finish powder coat should be great. If you have any sample of the original, you might ask the powder coater to give you a sample of their finish, to see if the amount of gloss and texture are to your liking. I plan to do the same with my TR4's dash support.

Cheers!
 
Me too... wrinkled like an aging Hollywood star.

Powder coating is the way to go alright -- the location of that piece assures that it will get bumped, rubbed and abused pretty regularly.
 
If memory serves the wrinkle finish on the support parts had little gloss and the ridges were somewhat sharp.
Most of the samples in my Tiger Drylac charts seem both too glossy and the ridges seem more rounded.
Of those available the ones that seem closest to me are the Black wrinkle 39/80170, 9011 89/80410 or 9005 09/80160. All fine texture colors. The ridges on these seem a little close though.
There are also the 9005 09/80440 and 9011 09/80450 rough texture matte colors and the 9005 89/80250 rough texture glossy. Would seem better if the ridges were a little sharper. Although the shop can have some control by how heavy the application and the time it cooks.
Some of these are available in 5lb or 44lb boxes. Also, several of these are interior coatings.
With quantity minimums, powder setup, and cost of powder it will probably be around $200 to $300 for a shop to coat those parts. Less if they have the color in stock and can run your parts with something else.
 
tomshobby said:
With quantity minimums, powder setup, and cost of powder it will probably be around $200 to $300 for a shop to coat those parts. Less if they have the color in stock and can run your parts with something else.
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Great info about the specific powders, thanks!

This would seem like a good opportunity for a group of like-minded LBC restorers to go together on a batch for powder-coating. I've done that in the past and it can mean some serious $ savings. Most shops seem happy to do 5 or 10 or 20 (or more pieces) at the same time for a much lower per-unit cost, when they are buying a supply of a special powder and/or arranging special processing.

One thing though... It's a good idea to carefully label each and every item of yours (with wired-on tags that will survive sandblasting and the curing oven at about 400F), and keep an inventory if sending a lot of parts so that you can be sure to get everything back.

Cheers!
 
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