Krylon Dull Aluminum availability
#1
Krylon Dull Aluminum availability
If you are like me and can't find Dull Aluminum ANYWHERE locally... I was able to get Oreilly's to order it and get it shipped to the store next day for $5.99 a can.
Part # 1403 Line: KRY
Part # 1403 Line: KRY
#4
Have you tried Dupli-Color #DE-1615 aluminum engine paint?
NAPA keeps it in stock.
I think it really looks like new aluminum.
Here's a pic of an intake and x'mission I used it on.
(I media blasted both before painting. I just used this same pic in another thread this morning.)
Donnas%20Engine.jpg
NAPA keeps it in stock.
I think it really looks like new aluminum.
Here's a pic of an intake and x'mission I used it on.
(I media blasted both before painting. I just used this same pic in another thread this morning.)
Donnas%20Engine.jpg
#6
Have you tried Dupli-Color #DE-1615 aluminum engine paint?
NAPA keeps it in stock.
I think it really looks like new aluminum.
Here's a pic of an intake and x'mission I used it on.
(I media blasted both before painting. I just used this same pic in another thread this morning.)
NAPA keeps it in stock.
I think it really looks like new aluminum.
Here's a pic of an intake and x'mission I used it on.
(I media blasted both before painting. I just used this same pic in another thread this morning.)
Camera
E775
Focal Length
5.8mm
Aperture
f/2.8
Exposure
1/16.7s
ISO
100
E775
Focal Length
5.8mm
Aperture
f/2.8
Exposure
1/16.7s
ISO
100
#16
They have changed the formula for Dull Aluminum and it's part of the "Metallics" line now. I haven't bought it but others have said it's not as good a match as it used to be. I used the original formula and you can't see any difference between the NOS 68 grill and the headlight buckets.
#18
Just used 1403 on my re-furb'd front plastics. Picked up 2 cans at an ACE Hardware.
Its the current 'Metallics' kind. Came out great considering the condition of my pieces (lots of pits/scrapes/dings/etc & some cracks...). I also used some 'Low Gloss Black' Krylon.
Some notes:
- Comparing it to original paint, it may be a tiny bit whiter/brighter and may have a little 'sparkle' to it, but the areas I used for comparison while protected, were still 45+ years old.
- Surface must be dead smooth to look the same as OEM. Any micro pitting or roughness will show up as 'sparkly'.
- Sprays OK for a rattlecan, just keep moving.
- Coverage is pretty good. Took 3 coats to cover some repairs I did.
- 1 can did 2-3 coats on both headlight assy's and the grill.
- Masking/spraying/re-masking/touching up the black area was tedious, man. Tedious.
(click for big)
Repair using a chunk of old '70 stone guard donated by Oldspackrat. (not perfect, but a helluva lot better than the gaping hole)
Its the current 'Metallics' kind. Came out great considering the condition of my pieces (lots of pits/scrapes/dings/etc & some cracks...). I also used some 'Low Gloss Black' Krylon.
Some notes:
- Comparing it to original paint, it may be a tiny bit whiter/brighter and may have a little 'sparkle' to it, but the areas I used for comparison while protected, were still 45+ years old.
- Surface must be dead smooth to look the same as OEM. Any micro pitting or roughness will show up as 'sparkly'.
- Sprays OK for a rattlecan, just keep moving.
- Coverage is pretty good. Took 3 coats to cover some repairs I did.
- 1 can did 2-3 coats on both headlight assy's and the grill.
- Masking/spraying/re-masking/touching up the black area was tedious, man. Tedious.
(click for big)
Repair using a chunk of old '70 stone guard donated by Oldspackrat. (not perfect, but a helluva lot better than the gaping hole)
Last edited by Indy_68_S; September 20th, 2015 at 03:06 PM.
#19
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What about shooting a layer of semi gloss or satin clear over standard aluminum paint? It will dull it down and give an extra layer of protection to the paint.
#20
The issue I've seen isn't so much the sheen, as it is the color. I have a bunch of various rattlecans. My 'Aluminum' paints are too white/bright and/or too metallic. The original OEM color is gray-er/darker.
#22
Did you spray the black first and then the gray? I have cardboard templates that I covered the black area with after I sprayed it. I'm pretty sure that's the way the factory did it. You can always see a little gray overspray on the black on original buckets.
#23
Interestingly, my headlight assy's were different 'qualities'. Right side was original to car (had undercoat on it) and had decent uniformity, mask job, & paint quality. Left side was a replacement ( along w/ a 'repl' '68-'69 fender) after a crash some time in the '70s and had crappy masking, thin/missed silver paint areas, & sloppy brushed side areas.
Somebody here explained about 'NOS' parts that surface sometimes being factory rejects and that's why they existed so long. I wonder if later OEM spare/repacement parts were the same way. Good parts went into new cars destined for showrooms. Not-so-good went into boxes for dealer parts.
Wait, weren't we talking about Krylon 1403?
#24
#25
Good catch.
This pic is 10-12 years old and, yes,
I caught it before I installed the engine.
I was hurrying to get the engine ready to paint and
bolted the rocker covers on before I realized the error.
Didn't want to take time to change them before painting at the time.
Used this pic in an older post a few years ago and
another "good eye" caught it.
#26
Yeah, but if you had them on the right way, someone would have called you out for not having a notched one on that side, even though that's correct in the year that you and I mess with.
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