Re: paint

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 06:13, farna@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I don't know Tom, if you go with something like gray below the upper body 
> ridge and white below, with a white pinstripe just below the greay (so it 
> looks like a whit pinstripe with a gray one just above it), it would look 
> sharp. The early Hornet has nice corners in the upper grille and a sharp 
> body line all the way to the tail, so that would be pretty easy. As for
> the white stripe, paint it grey, let the paint cure for a couple weeks, 
> then paint a white stripe on it. The grey with the SC/360 type stripe will 
> look good too, but the two tone will be classier. 

Welp I decided to stick with two-tone. No SC360 stripe. I went to the
paint shop, looked at a few cars, and found a white compatible with the
gray: 1997 BMW "Alpine White" Underhood, Dupont F1151. Mixed for top
coat. It's slightly more putty than top coat "Alpine White III".

Keleigh -- "1999 Audi TT Aviator Grey Perl Effect" is actually a
metallic; very faint and fine metal. I'm having it mixed WITHOUT the
metal. Thanks for finding this out for me!

I'm gonna paint it gray on TOP and white on BOTTOM. I fully realize this
is upside down from tradition, but it works because there is so little
"up" above the beltline. See these photos:

http://www.wps.com/temp/hornet-side-gray-up.jpg
http://www.wps.com/temp/hornet-side-white-up.jpg


(I apologize for the TERRIBLE Photoslopped images; I didn't bother to do
a good job.)

Wheels will be gray. Grille etc will be white. Bumpers, probably white
but I'll work that out.

I strip it of doodads tomorrow and drop it off...

FINALLY!