Pagoda SL Group
W113 Pagoda SL Group => Body, interior, paint, chrome, and cosmetic items => Topic started by: john.mancini on February 23, 2009, 13:11:30
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Can anyone recommend a good painter in the New England area who would be willing to paint some hubcaps? I have read all of the past hubcap topics by our members, but I just don't have the patience, or time, to mask off 4 230SL hubcaps. I also can't find the paint (162H, blue/grey). Thanks,
John
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John,
I have the silicon stencils. I'd be happy to share them w/ you. They are for the early smaller hub caps.
jsaylor@aloha.net
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Thank you jsaylor,
I may take you up on that. The other problem I have is finding the 162H in a small spray can. I will let you know. Do the rubber stencils work well? Thank you again.
John
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Not to put down an offer of help but if those stencils are the soft rubber type they're not that great to use. They leave a fuzzy line and a PIA to use. You get much better results from fine line tape.
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Hi John. If you looked over the past posts, you may have seen my experiences. In a nutshell, I tried to tape and paint them myself with very mediocre results. (I know others have done better -- so part of it was me for sure)... I then took them to a local body and paint guy who did them for 30 a piece and he matched the paint to the MB Glasurit code. They look much much better. I suggest you keep searching for a shop you can trust and let a pro do it...
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I think that's my best bet. I know that if I paint them myself they will probably look pretty bad. I'm good at painting flat walls. That's about the extent of my painting ability.
John
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Just in case you get to feeling a bit ambitious. www.paintscratch.com offers almost all the paint colors in a rattle can.
I had never done anything like the masking before, but tried one hubcap as a test, and then jumped right in to doing several sets. It took me about 30 minutes to carefully mask off the necessary areas.
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How about the part/stencil that Mercedes made that allowed you paint the caps on the 280 SL's. Is this part still available? I think I remember seeing one on an earlier post several months ago????
RB6667
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I picked up some 050 (white) from Microfinish, it was a perfect match for doing some touchup, I'm waiting for some Astral Silver to shoot the hubcaps for my 450SLC. I'm going to mask/paint these myself. I'll let you know how it comes out.
http://www.automotivetouchup.com/
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For me to do it myself, the problem is finding someone who can get the color 162, blue/grey, in a small aerosol spray can. None of the internet "touch-up" companies can find the color. I went to my MB dealer, gave my data card to the service rep, he contacted MB but MB no longer shows that 162 Blue/grey ever was, let alone is, available. My best bet will be to have a local painter match the color and let them shoot the hubcaps.
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For small touch up I've used a product called "Prevail" (Ace Hardware sells it) it is a small baby bottle size bottle with a screw on spray top cartridge, You can put any paint you wish inside. It sprays like a spay can. Any good auto paint supplier should be able to find your paint code.
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Thanks Jim
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It is too hard to try to place tape correctly over the star. I use the plastic tape and lay it over the entire star and beyond it by a bit. I then use a straight edge and cut the tape down with a razer blade to match the star correctly. This results in a nice clean job.
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I have done a few of these caps, and the method I used for taping the star is just as Rick mentioned. The lines are clean and smooth. Just tread lightly with the razor knife to not score the metal.