M38a1 CDN2 - Winter Project

[Wayne Hingley]

Thanks Rob. It is good to know what product was used. It looks like coal tar epoxy is available from a few different manufacturers including Rustoleum http://www.rustoleum.com/product-cat...coal-tar-epoxy

However, it is only available in 1 gallon cans and larger. The coating in my battery box is still quite good, so I will not redo it at this time. I was kind of hoping to find something in a spray can that I could do a minor touch-up with.

Ill save the complete recoating job for a future time.

[rob love]

It is a 2 part paint, so there will be no spray can.

It will also be a bugger to sandblast or remove.

[chris vickery]

Rubberized rocker guard looks the same..... spray can black

[Wayne Hingley]

That could be an option Chris... I have some of that stuff around here somewhere. I may do a test shot on some scrap metal and compare the consistency. I wonder if the rocker guard has any chemical resistance properties (ie: to battery acid)?

[Wayne Hingley]

Finally laying down some primer today. The body shop mixed me up some epoxy primer with an OD green tint.

[Wayne Hingley]

I'm planning on taking the next few days off to get some painting done.

For all of the body parts, I have used an epoxy primer. I really like it, vs red oxide. I wanted to put down a super durable base coat to protect everything for many years. So my base coat of paint on everything is a high quality epoxy paint that is closely matched to the semigloss OD (but it's a bit more glossy). All inner surfaces of the body and engine compartment will then get an over coat of the proper semigloss OD (from BCA) as a finish color. The exterior of the jeep will be finished in the three color camouflage pattern from the 70's & 80's (I'll post the details of the paint used for that later).

[Wayne Hingley]

A few odds and ends...