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Wed Aug 22, 2018 3:32 pm

Just a quickie. Does anyone know what colour the mesh inserts would be if new. Just painted the car but the inserts have faded after 60 years. Wanta clean them up.

Thanks

Hoagy

Wed Aug 22, 2018 6:38 pm

Mine have always been a raw, but dull metal- but I did re-spray a set a grey metallic just to get them looking better. I had some wheel paint left in a can. To knock off the gloss and metallic sheen a bit, I rubbed them with a terry towel/cloth after they flash dried- they look like factory fresh in my opinion.

Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:00 pm

When I restore a car, I usually just media blast them and a coat of clear to prevent surface rust from forming. Nice, simple & clean look.

But in the past, I’ve heard and seen some mesh screens restored with a Tan colored flocking.

Wed Aug 22, 2018 10:30 pm

RareAir wrote: When I restore a car, I usually just media blast them and a coat of clear to prevent surface rust from forming. Nice, simple & clean look.

But in the past, I’ve heard and seen some mesh screens restored with a Tan colored flocking.

My all original ‘65 is flocked, it seems to be more like a greyish white than tan.

Wed Aug 22, 2018 10:56 pm

Flocking, or oxidation?

Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:37 pm

Thanks all. I ended up painting them black. Looks good gave it a bit of a pop. Will post shortly.
Thanks again.
Hoagy

Fri Aug 24, 2018 6:51 am

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Fri Aug 24, 2018 7:39 am

KTPhil wrote: Flocking, or oxidation?

Mine appeared to have been flocked. Very fuzzy.

Bug On!

Fri Aug 24, 2018 12:35 pm

My '65 is tan and flocked on the front side, as is my former Zenith Blue '67. Looking from the rear, it's just bare wire. It seems only the front of the mesh received the coating.

1965

1967 front

1967 rear (from the same car)

Fri Aug 24, 2018 1:12 pm

They were all finished in an off white flocking.

Wed Sep 19, 2018 10:12 am

Whats flocking vs spray paint?
I just thought they were fuzzy due to years of dust. :lol:
Does anyone have a source for flocking paint?

Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:42 pm

http://www.flockit.com/index.php/products/suede-te...ibers.html

Wed Sep 19, 2018 10:04 pm

67 Florida Deluxe wrote: My '65 is tan and flocked on the front side, as is my former Zenith Blue '67. Looking from the rear, it's just bare wire. It seems only the front of the mesh received the coating.

1965

1967 front

1967 rear (from the same car)

That’s exactly how my ‘65’s grill mesh looks like as I mentioned earlier, thanks for the pics. I actually forgot all about this thread. I was going to snap a pic of mine to show KTphil since he didn’t believe me and thought I was confusing oxidation for flocking. They are 100% flocked.