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Complete Restoration of a Black Shadow
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<blockquote data-quote="Magnetoman" data-source="post: 127925" data-attributes="member: 2806"><p>Again, based on zero research so far, and thus even a grain of salt may be too much to take with the following, but it's certainly possible (in principle, at least) that the "pyluminized' coating was so thin, and chemically reacted so completely with the paint during the subsequent stove enameling, that no separate trace was left of it.</p><p></p><p>However, adding to the mix, on p. 364 of his autobiography Phil Irving writes that "All the aluminium engine components were treated chemically with "Pylumin" to provide a good bond for a rubberised undercoat and a finishing coat of the enamels supplied by Pinchin-Johnson for the frames". Yes, he wrote a "rubberised undercoat," but provided no further clues.</p><p></p><p>Nothing stands in the way of a man obsessed... Some people fall asleep counting sheep. Cyborg falls asleep thinking about hues of carburetor paints.</p><p></p><p>As I think I wrote earlier(?), my process is to add everything I find to the appropriate section of my manual, but only to look into what might be right or wrong when I'm dealing with whatever is covered by that section. I've never painted a carburetor, and I'm not presently dealing with carburetor paint. However, it's not anything official from Amal, but the only thing in that section is from MPH 730 where Bev Bowen wrote that "Many (most?) old Amal carburettors were painted silver..." He then quotes Ernesto Morales as recommending Eastwood's 'Carb Renew' Silver, part number 10187Z.</p><p></p><p>I'm also not dealing with applying gold leaf to a tank, but when I do reach that stage, I have a surprising amount of information on it...</p><p></p><p>So, to summarize <em>everything</em> I've written in this post, I vouch for <em>nothing</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magnetoman, post: 127925, member: 2806"] Again, based on zero research so far, and thus even a grain of salt may be too much to take with the following, but it's certainly possible (in principle, at least) that the "pyluminized' coating was so thin, and chemically reacted so completely with the paint during the subsequent stove enameling, that no separate trace was left of it. However, adding to the mix, on p. 364 of his autobiography Phil Irving writes that "All the aluminium engine components were treated chemically with "Pylumin" to provide a good bond for a rubberised undercoat and a finishing coat of the enamels supplied by Pinchin-Johnson for the frames". Yes, he wrote a "rubberised undercoat," but provided no further clues. Nothing stands in the way of a man obsessed... Some people fall asleep counting sheep. Cyborg falls asleep thinking about hues of carburetor paints. As I think I wrote earlier(?), my process is to add everything I find to the appropriate section of my manual, but only to look into what might be right or wrong when I'm dealing with whatever is covered by that section. I've never painted a carburetor, and I'm not presently dealing with carburetor paint. However, it's not anything official from Amal, but the only thing in that section is from MPH 730 where Bev Bowen wrote that "Many (most?) old Amal carburettors were painted silver..." He then quotes Ernesto Morales as recommending Eastwood's 'Carb Renew' Silver, part number 10187Z. I'm also not dealing with applying gold leaf to a tank, but when I do reach that stage, I have a surprising amount of information on it... So, to summarize [i]everything[/i] I've written in this post, I vouch for [i]nothing[/i]. [/QUOTE]
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