Posted By: 1970440six
K frame finishing - 11/28/09 07:44 PM
I have glass beaded the K frame on my 1970 Roadrunner 440 six pack car, time to paint. Looking to restore this piece to original, what color is it supposed to be? Where is the best place to buy the paint?
Thanks
Posted By: 1970440six
Re: K frame finishing - 11/29/09 03:43 AM
Anybody??
I want to restore it correctly
Posted By: viperakron
Re: K frame finishing - 11/29/09 02:56 PM
Chassis black/satin black
Posted By: Dons Dart
Re: K frame finishing - 11/29/09 03:29 PM
Satin black is correct.What i did to my 69 Dart k was I painted it with high temp engine paint.Think about it normal paint fades and looses its shine,high temp pain will last a long time.I do this to all my cars even after a few years still looks great.
Posted By: 1970440six
Re: K frame finishing - 11/29/09 03:34 PM
what about powder coating it? Would that hold up and can they powder coat in satin black?
Posted By: Chucklehead
Re: K frame finishing - 11/29/09 03:58 PM
Powder coating will work. I powder coated the one for the Barracuda. Then there is ceramic coating that holds up to heat real well and available in different colors. Any powder coat shop should be able to do the ceramic coating also. (I think cermaic would be overkill) Powder coat should hold up fine.
Posted By: Fab64
Re: K frame finishing - 11/29/09 04:47 PM
I wasn't doing an exact restoration, but I used Eastwood's Chassis Black and it came out very nice. It is a semi-gloss/satin and can be applied over bare metal:
Posted By: can.al
Re: K frame finishing - 11/29/09 06:08 PM
..i did mine in semi-gloss and after it was re-installed i read it should be gloss on one of the hi end resto websites.
so maybe mine is correct,engine paint is a good idea because it is tougher.
another trick is to paint hi-gloss because it it the hardest and then bury it with satin.....al