Kaiser Frazer Owners Club Forum
General Category => Darrin Forum => Topic started by: darrin502 on September 29, 2016, 10:25:19 PM
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Does anyone know where to get the green Darrin engine paint?
Thanks
Lee
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Gary Micanek. He has been dealing in the correct engine paint for over 25 years--and at a very reasonable ............ metal flake, it adds a very slight sparkle to the paint. No need to spray it on--it flows so well with a brush
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Thanks Terry do u have a phone #?
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from the KF Roster 636-448-6671
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Thanks
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Terry
I have called Gary about the paint twice no response. Do you know if he has another #?
Thanks
Lee
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We have a large jobber here in town who was able to match the paint to an existing commercial grade coating. The downside is that it's only available in a gallon can at around $300. It can be brushed or sprayed and will hold up to engine block heat.
Is there enough interest at about $40 a pint to go with this paint?
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I would be interested in a Pint ... of paint.
What years would this green be correct for?
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This is the dark green for the 51-53 engines.
I've been told Packard dark green from 41-47 is the same but I've not seen an engine in the flesh to verify. Can anyone?
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Joe,
Is that jobber adding the "glitter"?
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I wold be interested in a pint
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...I've been reading through many of the "engine paint "threads...As I am not ready to rebuild the engine yet I have been doing a little cleaning, checking and touch up...Regarding the Green, although it does lack the proper flake, I used Oliver Green. It is just a little darker than JD green. It came pretty close to the "aged" paint still visible on the block...going to play with laying a silver flake base first on the next to see if it is visible enough.
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Another possibility is mid 50s Oldsmobile engine paint. It is supposedly the right shade but I do not know if there's any aluminum oxide in it.
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I would also be interested in some of the engine paint if it is still available. I hope to be ready to paint the engine a a few weeks.
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If possible, and easily accessible; is it possible for someone to post a nice close pic of the green with flake one the engine? I'm going to play in the mixing booth next week and need to compare a few good pics to my very aged paint. Trying to match the flake content and type:-)
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Any update on the paint experiments. Anyone have a source for the engine paint, I hope to have the engine back in a few weeks, well if I can locate a head, and will need to paint the engine before installation.
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Sorry Warren...I didn't get any pics to eyeball:-/...if you use the search feature, I recall a thread on some paint. It was a bit pricey so that's why I will be mixing to match. It's just on the back burner for now.
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I am trying to clean a spot on the transmission that I can get a good picture of, I assume it is the same color. However, how accurate a picture I take will reproduce on your computer is guestionable. i may take a sample to a paint shop and see if they can scan and reproduce the color, I don't see much flack in the green.
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I have access to graphic design software and equipment that displays ridiculously high resolution. I was focusing mostly on the metallic...I too was finally able to catch a glimpse of a small area and in speaking with another member, agree it's probably not true flake additive. He gave me a great baseline to work with. It is more than likely one of the many aluminum tints, but there are a number of them from coarse-very fine (almost a pearl powder)and degrees of solid content. Not wanting to overthink it, but I only want to do it once:-) By the time I get to that phase you'll probably be beyond where I'm at.
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I have a pint of the correct color as well as a draw down of the paint on a piece of sheet metal. I'll try to scan the chip and post it later today. I do not have a mix formula.
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Jim, If I could borrow the metal sample, I could take it to the shop and simply hit it with our spec gun:-) On another note, I'll be picking up the sample HJ shifter to return.
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Well, I ran the sample thru my scanner and the results are too dark...probably because of the lighter background.
You're welcome to borrow the sample - I tried to run it thru the analyzer at Sherwin Williams but their gun didn't produce a match.
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I got busy today and using a fresh sample from the pint can of paint that I have, I was able to match the green to KFs 1952 Garden Green Metallic. I'm going to take the DuPont chip I have to SW this weekend to see if they can match to a known formula. Stay tuned!