How much flattener to use in Clinker Grey?

[Stygian]

I'm going to be spraying my engine bay soon and I need to know how much flattener is mixed with Clinker Grey. Any ideas?

[Blacky]

I think from memory 20% ????? Probably pay to mix a bit up and do a test run

[Stygian]

Thanks Blacky

[John]

Is the whole subframe painted in Clinker grey or just the firewall and inside of the subframe?
Im about to paint mine and not sure how far under to go. Or is underneath just a flat black?

[Stygian]

Is the whole subframe painted in Clinker grey or just the firewall and inside of the subframe?
Im about to paint mine and not sure how far under to go. Or is underneath just a flat black?

I'm painting the inside of the engine bay and top part of the dash.

[Blacky]

I did the underneath of my sunvisor in it as well.

[Stygian]

Andrew
I don't use any flattener, just use GP thinners and don't load it up to much in one go - after all, these were just sprayed off the gun when they were new.
Depending on where the car was assembled, you are safe painting the dash top and firewall (ie assume there are no subframes on) in clinker grey
Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney cars (particularly EK's) are quite often clinker grey on the rails also, with only the bolt on bits being black, but this is more uncommon than seeing them black.
Tim

Cheers Tim. GP = general purpose or enamel thinners? Mine's a Melbourne built EK, late production. Before I had the rails blasted the previous owner had sprayed GMH Black all over the engine bay (and the wiring ) but underneath it was not black, but a dark grey. This I took to be Clinker Grey.

Cheers too Blacky RE the visor. I forgot about that

[Stygian]

Tim,

Sprayed Clinker Grey on Sunday in the engine bay and boot. Both areas look very much like they did originally. I sought advice from a few people but followed your suggestion and used GP thinners and no flattener. It actually dulled off a bit as it started drying.

Looks OK to me, just wondering if it needs to be a shade darker.

Andrew

[Trev]

Looks OK to me, just wondering if it needs to be a shade darker.

You won't be able to tell when you put the front guards and bonnet on .
Looks good to me .

[Stygian]

Looks OK to me, just wondering if it needs to be a shade darker.

You won't be able to tell when you put the front guards and bonnet on .
Looks good to me .

Very true Trev Thanks. We were just doing some sealing up before a bitterly cold Southern Highlands winter descends on the shed. We didn't want to leave the shell in primer.

Some of the body colour didn't come off the gun too bad...it's not to the standard we want but it's sealed for now...

[Trev]

Good to see some colour .

[Stygian]

Nats '12 for sure Tim
If there was alot of variation from the factory then I'll just leave it...it's very close to the colour that was in boot. The previous owner unfortunately had sprayed rattle can GMH black over everything in the engine bay, so it was hard to judge exactly what shade was underneath it before the car went to the blaster.
It was good to see some colour on the old girl...was like seeing a dear old friend once again after an absence of many years... anyway, it's just for sealing over winter so moisture doesn't permeate the primer and start rusting the surface...