[DeTomaso] Re-painting Valve Covers
doug351c
doug351c at gmail.com
Sat Apr 23 11:37:17 EDT 2011
Here's what I've found so far on Ford dark blue engine paints. Other
opinions are welcome. A color rating of 10 = dead on to the Ford color:
Duplicolor DE-1606 (500 deg F ceramic)
Color match = 7 (not enough green in the mix)
Temp rating 500F
Chemical resistance = Color comes off on the rag against Windex & WD40
Note: This paint is CRAP! I may have got a bad batch but I even baked the
valve covers and it made no difference vs the block in chemical resistance.
Krylon 1923 = recommended.
Color match = 8
Temp rating 300F
Chemical resistance = holds up against Windex and WD40
I've used this to repair the bad Duplicolor and like it so far for
chemical resistance and color match.
VHT SP125
Color match = 5 (too dark but for those who aren't Ford purists you may
prefer this darker color of the Ford shade)
Chemical resistance = holds up against Windex and WD40, long term oil
contact will destroy it.
PPG Accumatch EP-1923-A = haven't tried it.
Rust-oleum 248959 = haven't tried it
Chemical resistance = claims it's gas & oil resistant.
Temp rating 500F
Doug Braun
blue 73L #5505
-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 6:14 AM
To: b.hower3400 at yahoo.com; michael at michaelshortt.com
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Re-painting Valve Covers
In a message dated 4/23/11 6 12 21, b.hower3400 at yahoo.com writes:
> What is the right shade of Ford blue? And how many shades of blue did
> Ford use?
There are only two shades--light and dark. Cars from our era used the
dark blue. Readiy available in spray cans at any good auto parts store.
Mike
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