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Heater Box Paint?
Just Wondering What Everyone Painted There Heater Box With?
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Re: Heater Box Paint?
I bought a repop one and scuffed it with a maroon scotch brite pad and painted it with SEMS Trim Black in an aerosol.
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Re: Heater Box Paint?
I tend to like the rustoleum gallon can products under the hood. It is not top show quality, but it's easy to work with, affordable, duarable, and touches up nicely. I like the flat black and will usually brush it on in two coats (maybe spray the first coat to save time) and finalize the build with a final coat to cover all the boo-boos from assembly. It's quality stuff, just not shiny.
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Re: Heater Box Paint?
I like them to look OEM, power wash and satin clear looks close enough to me
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Re: Heater Box Paint?
yeah I clean the heck out of them and add about 3 coats of satin clear
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Re: Heater Box Paint?
I used my cabinet sandblaster(Happy Birthday to me!) on mine and a few coats of rattle can lacquer.
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Re: Heater Box Paint?
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Re: Heater Box Paint?
Molino;
Any pics of that color? It sounds like a nice solution.
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Re: Heater Box Paint?
Here are some photos of the outside (painted) part of the heater box and also a shot of the inside (natural dark grey fiberglass) . It’s not a perfect color match but it’s close enough for me. As far the finish, it’s not quite satin but not a flat look either. The lighting was creating a lot of glare so getting good photos was challenging.My heater box was busted up pretty good and also painted black by the previous owner (screwball). I could have lived with the black but not the 40+ years of dirt that was under the black.
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Re: Heater Box Paint?
That’s pretty close, I like it. Thanks
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