1956 Cadillac Superior Funeral Coach Restoration

Hi John; thanks for the reply, but I can't see your link, or I misunderstood...what's the product you had good luck with?


Here's the SEM "texture coating" my painter used:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/smm-39854

Are you saying this is what you've used, and that it probably got thinned too much?

My painter told me he got a special gun for it, with a 2.0 tip (the kind of gun you would use for heavy primer, I think he said?). He said he had to re-do it because it "dried too fast" the first time. It makes me wonder if the "drying too fast" was the paint starting to wrinkle, and he just didn't know to expect it...???

In hindsight, I'm a little concerned that although Summit uses the term "wrinkle", SEM just calls it "texture coating". Their flyer just shows a plastic bumper and a dash, so maybe it's intended for more of a "pebble" texture than wrinkle / crinkle???

http://www.semproducts.com/automotive-flexible-coatings/texture-coating
http://www.semproducts.com/manage/html/public/content/techsheets/Texture Coating Flyer.pdf

I could only find wrinkle engine paint in spray cans on Eastwood's website, not quarts. Could you post a link to the quarts if you come across it again?

http://www.eastwood.com/ew-wrinkle-paint-black-aerosol-12-oz.html
http://www.eastwood.com/vht-high-temp-black-wrinkle-aerosol-sp201.html
http://www.eastwood.com/black-wrinkle-finishpaint-12-cans-cs.html
 
yes we did. still about 50 bucks a quart. I sprayed it on right out of the car. with a #30 tip on my siphon feed that rolled it out in the sunlight and it wrinkled right away. if you had a heat lamp moving it around would do the same. the gold one it was cold weather and I let it set in over night. with no action . as soon as I rolled it out in the sun the next morning you could watch it wrinkling.
 

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about 2 if I remember right as wide a fan as you can get and all you can do not to spray a pattern. it's film thickness that gives the texture and you do a pattern when you spray all the overlaps will be thicker . you can end up with a checker board on top.
 
Dan & John, thank you both for the pictures and advice! I'll pass the information on to my painter, insist on a test panel, and keep my fingers crossed!

What do you think of the durability of the Maserati engine paint as an exterior finish; has it held up well? I'm curious how well it bonds to primer and resists chipping, oxidation, etc.

Also, were both the cars pictured made by Superior? Or was the wrinkle finish used by other coachmakers?
 
Hi all,

I haven't been on in awhile and, sadly, not much has happened in that time...after more than 3 weeks of inactivity from my painter, who was supposed to shoot a test panel of the Maserati engine paint and then re-shoot my roof, I gave up and picked up my car with it's not-so-wrinkle paint and informed him that I was done paying.

I have since found a new painter, with a good reputation and following in this area. He will do a test panel before spraying anything on the car, and I have decided to bite the bullet and go for all the body work, minor rust repair and full paint job.

After a lot of deliberating, I have decided to go with Camelot Poly Gray instead of black; the interior will still be gray and dark red or burgundy.

Here's a pic of a '56 Eldo in Camelot Gray:

http://www.carpictures.com/pics/ful...iarritz-Convertible-1956-05LKN441822584B.jpeg

Not much of an update, but after some frustration I'm once again excited about getting this coach looking sharp!
 
Most of the large projects wear out a shop or two. It's a lot more work them most people think. You get use to turning one out every other day then get one that takes up twice the room ,takes forever, twice the materal. well, Your over your head.
 
I believe it, John! In my case though, the guy was just a putz, and it shouldn't have taken him or anyone over 3 months just for the roof. Besides botching the wrinkle texture, he also laid down yellow primer well below the beltline...not a small target either; the trim is around an inch and a half wide. Otherwise, I could put my chrome and landau bars back on, and drive on happily while saving up for the rest of the paint. He also managed to crunch my front license plate and left everything on the car covered with a thick and tenacious layer of sanding dust, inside, outside and under the hood.

Sorry for the rant, but I had to get it off my chest. The silver lining is that the experience has led me to finding a good painter, the decision to do it "the right way", and not put it off for another 6 months or so.
 
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