Hello All, I know Eastwood made a paint that seemed to have a decent look for when doing over a Holley or others. I know originally carbs were not painted but rather some type of plating process. For the backyard hobbyist the Eastwood stuff worked ok for me. Does anyone make something similar? Looks like they no longer make it? Appreciate any insight you have. Thanks, Tim
Tim, find a gold paint that you like and then haze over it with a gold/green and gold/red flip flop paint. https://spazstix.com/collections/color-change Looks pretty close to dichromate. The Eastwoods was always missing the holographic looking colors anyway. I found gold to green and gold to red at my local hobby store. I use an airbrush. The Eastwoods was a "light" gold (more or less). Mixing some silver into gold might get you there. Mike
If you want it done right there are several guys that will actually plate it for you! They can make it look just like it came from the factory……cost more that paint….because it is better than paint! If it’s a Ford Holley, contact “ Air, fuel, Spark” Drew can fix you up! He is one of several he only does Fords, some of the others do them all. Bones
Thanks, I have done similar, fading, fogging of color to get the right look. I will do the same for my carb project, have done gas tanks, brake boosters in a similar fashion. Great pics, thanks for posting!
The process is known as “Chemical Conversion Coating” Alodine is actually a trademarked name. If you wanted to do the actual process you could try: https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/alodine1201.php?clickkey=2588753 If you want to shop around try Google aircraft suppliers such as: Wicks, Skygeek, etc. One quart will probably be enough for a lifetime. Of course spray paint would be much cheaper and probably result in a more even finish.
Those carbs came out fantastic. How did you use both colors at once? Was one a base coat and another a topcoat?
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