At some point a genius painted the insides of 3/4 of the shells of my Londoner black.
I know what paint to use, but I lack the prep knowledge.
How do I keep the open holes from allowing paint to escape onto the outside of the shell?
My thinking so far is along the lines of a small cork in each hole.
why not just use masking tape over the holes on the outside?
Jeff C
Of course I'm over complicating this.
Yellow Frog Tape should do then?
Yes, you want that kind of tape that will come off easy and not leave adhesive from the tap on the shell. I didnt know that Frog tape was made in yellow, are there different grades of the stuff? 3M makes a blue painters tape that would work as well. Just not regular masking tape.
Post some pics of her when you can please, us nosey old guys have to see everything.
Jeff C
What kind of paint are you using?
This seems suggested the most.
http://www.plastikote.com/products/Specialty/Trunk-Paint-Base-Coat.html
Unfortunately it will be a while before I start on this as my workspace is unheated.
Yes, you want that kind of tape that will come off easy and not leave adhesive from the tap on the shell. I didnt know that Frog tape was made in yellow, are there different grades of the stuff? 3M makes a blue painters tape that would work as well. Just not regular masking tape.Post some pics of her when you can please, us nosey old guys have to see everything.Jeff C
I usually use the blue painters tape. I also use that stuff as a backer when filling holes, too.
I had that question, too. Didn't Rogers use an interior finish similar to Ludwig's granitone of the early-to-mid 70s?
Bill
This seems suggested the most.http://www.plastikote.com/products/Specialty/Trunk-Paint-Base-Coat.htmlUnfortunately it will be a while before I start on this as my workspace is unheated.
Ahhhhh.... as I'm posting, you're posting, too.
There are several brands of this type of paint out there. I've used this:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/17017884?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227000000000&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=&wl3=21486607510&wl4=&wl5=pla&veh=sem when trying to copy Ludwig's granitone. It's not a perfect match, though...
what year are your Londoners? I ask because rogers used Zolatone, an auto trunk paint, on the interiors in the 70's, maybe even 60's. It is grey with white speck. Zolatone still makes auto trunk paint in many speckled colors, and their grey\white is dead on match to the 70" drums, I know because I used it to paint the trunk of my 1965 Chevelle, and later used the same paint to do a drum interior. I have seen some earlier "grey speckled" rogers interiors with a little more or sometimes a little less white speck. That is a function of air pressure in your spray gun. The white specks are actually little capsules of white paint that float in the water based grey, and they break open under pressure going thru the gun nozzle, so pressure also dictates how much white speck you get.
But, Zolatone is expensive and not easy to come by and you need a spray gun. I would say the Plasticote grey-white looks real close to the interiors I've seen.
Tell us how it works out.
