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04-26-2010, 08:34 PM
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Gold Cadmium Paint
Has anyone used a gold cadmium colored paint on their canton oil pan for touch-ups? I just welded on an oil drain back fitting and want to paint it to generally match the canton pan and don't really want to have the pan re-plated for something that you can't really see very well and will have a hose covering most of it anyway...
I have found a few places that seem to have it, but was wondering if anyone had any recommendations.
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04-26-2010, 09:09 PM
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Quote:
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Has anyone used a gold cadmium colored paint on their canton oil pan for touch-ups? I just welded on an oil drain back fitting and want to paint it to generally match the canton pan and don't really want to have the pan re-plated for something that you can't really see very well and will have a hose covering most of it anyway...
I have found a few places that seem to have it, but was wondering if anyone had any recommendations. |
Instead of trying to match the coating I sanded, scuffed, primed and painted my Canton pan a gloss black. |
04-26-2010, 09:53 PM
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Hey Doug, good job. I tried an Eastwood CAD paint kit and didn't like the results much. If you just use a gold color that's close we won't tell anyone.
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04-27-2010, 07:38 AM
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Hey Doug, good job. I tried an Eastwood CAD paint kit and didn't like the results much. If you just use a gold color that's close we won't tell anyone.
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There is a corvette restoration place of all things that sells a gold that's supposed to be Cad paint color. I may give it a shot. Need to find out if it can handle heat. I looked at the Eastwood stuff - not cheap and seemed like overkill for the tiny area I have to paint. Good to know that you didn't like the look.
If I end up replating the pan, I would do it in silver, not gold. But I doubt I will.
EDIT: Just spoke with Virginia Vettes and he has this stuff. Way better deal at $5.95 than Eastwood, doesn't have the red and green tint though, which I don't want anyway. Can handle engine heat and doesn't need to be primed. And the guy swears that his Vette paint will work on a Ford.... 
http://www.virginiavettes.com/paint.htm
I'll report back after I try it.
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04-27-2010, 12:17 PM
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http://www.virginiavettes.com/paint.htm
I'll report back after I try it.[/quote]
Please do, I scuffed mine down and just used a gold color that I thougth was close, turns out it wasn't even close once it dried.....doesn't look anything like the original color........
David
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04-27-2010, 02:54 PM
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The cat I ran over never complained about the color.  
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04-27-2010, 03:26 PM
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The cat I ran over never complained about the color. |
If it was a tabby, mabye the color looked right. 
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05-13-2010, 04:05 PM
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I just found out that Canton will re-plate an oil pan for $25. I might go that route instead since I haven't put it on the car yet. So I might not end up using the gold CAD paint I got.
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05-14-2010, 11:34 PM
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Just go to the back door of any local plating shop with your pan and a six pack of beer and the problem is solved !
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05-15-2010, 03:52 AM
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I had called around and it was shockingly expensive. More than $100.
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07-09-2010, 08:24 PM
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I am attaching some pics of the gold cad paint on my pan. The color is a great match and looks good, although it obviously doesn't have any of the red/green tint in it. Perfect for oil pan touch-ups in a smaller area, probably not so great for anything sitting on top of your engine. I'm told it will look even better with a bit of age on it. Who knows.
  
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(fixed the tags...
You had said you wanted to insert a "Link"...so I told you "url" for the tag.
You actually inserted images, so I changed the tag to "img"
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07-09-2010, 08:38 PM
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(fixed the tags...
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Ah, thanks!
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07-12-2010, 10:03 AM
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While you have that Canton pan off, I'd suggest pressure testing all the welds.
Nice pans, but some leak like a sieve......
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I see that some didn't like the the Eastwood paint. Think if you do it right it looks fantastic.
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07-12-2010, 08:24 PM
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While you have that Canton pan off, I'd suggest pressure testing all the welds.
Nice pans, but some leak like a sieve......
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Too late! But they were visually inspected... I guess we will find out.
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07-12-2010, 04:43 PM
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Eastwood has some good products, no doubt. But a lot of times their prices are beyond high. They're freaking expensive! If you do a little googling, I've found some things cheaper than 50% less than Eastwood.
That said, I do like how they've gone thru the trouble and collected the necessary products in one catalog and I still sometimes order from them, kinda paying for the time I use their catalog and buy elsewhere.
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