I tried extending a thread on the originality forum, but not much luck there:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=152778
Anyone have photos of an original or 100% properly restored 914-6 showing the rear fender wells and bottom side of the rear trunk? It seems like black undercoating is never right as it was just applied by the dealers or ports (or something), and besides it's ugly.
So, it seems like the good options for these areas appears to be:
1. metal -> primer -> body color paint
2. metal -> primer -> grey PVC undercoating
3. metal -> primer -> grey PVC undercoating -> body color paint
Or ?
-Steve
I thought it was conclusive from that thread what was stock on a six.
#2 with some overspray for a #3 effect.
So the bottom of the trunk floor should primarily be grey, with over spray just from painting some areas. Like this... ?
Body color:
- upper engine compartment
- lower engine compartment
- front & rear fender wells
- rockers
Grey with overspray:
- bottom of rear trunk (above transmission)
- bottom of floor (i.e. the majority of the bottom of the car)
- bottom of front trunk floor (around the a-arms)
Is that right? I just don't think I've ever seen a photo of a 914 or 914-6 that was primarily grey on the bottom... ?
-Steve
And to confirm, this is never done:
> 1. metal -> primer -> body color paint
There should be grey PVC everywhere, and then some areas are painted. Right?
-Steve
pvc--
under rear trunk
under front trunk
wheel wells x4
engine compartment gets some= overspray
color--
everywhere
lower half of engine gets overspray
every six I have owned has the black undercoat--thin
floor bottom
trunks bottom
wheel wells x 4
engine bay lower half overspray
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Great, thanks.
Is the "grey PVC" still available? Or what's the best modern replacement?
-Steve
Just saw this answer on the bird board:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/772551-repairing-gray-pvc-undercoat.html
-Steve
Don't forget #4: leaked-out oil.
--DD
I just posted over on the bird. 3M makes a gray rocker guard in aerosol. 08889 is the product #. It matches the small texture of the factory coating pretty well. I have some I will be using on Sandy's car as a touch up to the factory looking gray coating under the car and in the wheel wells.
Wurth has a special gun for their product that works really well if you are doing large areas
I have this seam sealer gun from Wurth and haven't found the correct combination of settings the replicate the pebble finish quite as perfectly as I would like to.
911 have the pebble finish ..914's PVC is pretty smooth with orange peel and sags here and there.
I have asked Porsche Classic for help to have correct painting to my six. It took 3 months to have answer and it was: Please tell your 914:s VIN.
And now waiting again..
Patience and lots of time!
First I used a putty knife
Second a razor blade
Then lots of shop towels and body solvent.
The wheel housings with all the seams, welds and edges where the undercoat guy tried so hard to cover was the biggest challenge.
Now do I paint, or just toich up and seal with body wax? Almost hate to cover it up, but want to protect the bottom.
Thinking paint bottom before color to gain this effect.
The original body color is silver as seen in the wheel housings. Looking into color match for underbody primer color.
John do you have a thread on that car? Looks fantastic!
That is not enough proof, every six I have ever had or cut up has had the thin undercoat, per my picture of the green -6, that I am 2nd owner of.
Metallic 914-6's maybe different, because of the 2 part piant..
We're talking about two things here. In my experience, four cylinder cars have paint sprayed directly on the metal on the bottom side of the car, just like a fender. On the Sixes (and early 911s) there is a layer of seam sealer (white and flexible) before the paint went on. After that some cars where undercoated after paint, which is what Byron is talking about.
This was answered in the weenie forum so why i it here ?
FIRST 6's were done in the same factory as the 911 and had the SAME PVC undercoating the 911's did. I posted pics of this in the CW thread. I also posted many pics of the underside of Cairo's car in his build thread. His underside was one of the cleanest most original ones I have seen, even still had the factory gold overspray under the aftermarket black coating.
1 bare metal
2 grey primer
3 PVC undercoating
4 overspray from body painting
Mark, I also have that gun and can't get it " just right " I just recently got the BIG gun from WURTH that is supposedly the correct one for duplicating the factory finish. I'll post results once I get time to play with it.
Also, WURTH SKS has for years been the go to for factory undercoating, but recently they stopped selling it in grey and now only sell it in black I have found another brand that is in the proper grey, and will be trying it with the new gun. This stuff is also half the price of SKS and was recommended to me by a Ferrari restorer. I'll try and remember to take some pics of both tomorrow
Gun, new coating ( I have yet to try either ) and a piece of original undercoating from a 6.
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I have that gun as well. Sprayed SKS Stoneguard with it on a 911T. I was really happy with the results on that. Which actually lend credence to my theory that the seam sealer I'm trying to spray is just too thick/sticky to pebble correctly.
That's the gun I used restoring my 1970 911S to get the correct "finish".
It took a while but looks very close. I used wurth grey before it wasn't available. My original 914/6 doesn't have quite the same finish on the floor pan that the 911 does but the fender wells are very similar and coated with black undercoat that over the years I have been able to chip away to the original paint. Looks much better that way.
Previously I tried:
0893228 SPRAY SEAMSEALER GREY URETHANE
I just order some of this to try, although I don't expect it to act any differently.
08909230 SPRAY SEAMSEAL BEIGE RUBBER BASED
I hope this gets worked out soon....I am hoping that my Six is going to be getting some seam sealer and undercoating soon.
RIGHT :
No idea what the pressure was but it was LOW. Fluid almost all the way open, ( just before getting a solid stream ). You have to get kind of of close, and move slow, but it gets the result. I will also add this gun had set long enough the old SKS had started to set up so there are some hard pieces in it. I'll also add this was on a vertical surface. Horizontal would be a bit tricky as this stuff is on the thin side and will want to droop
LEFT :
Higher pressure, further distance, got too smooth. Any more fluid openeing ( I think this is actually closing the orifice, despite the knob coming out ) and it gets a really small grainy pattern
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Nice Scat !!!
I did a rotisserie 356 many years ago. I ended up thinning a generic brand of body Shultz with lacquer thinner to get a spray-able match through a Body Shultz gun to the factory look. I wish I could remember what brand I used.
That Wurth gun looks nice! Don't have one.=$
Scotty B's is nicer and has 10 HP more due to the red anodizing. I'm jealous!
The multi sprayer is cool because it also has the fittings and extension hoses for cavity wax. I like it due to its flexibility.
Wurth makes a Shutz gun for use with the larger bottles, Waxing external panels and Stone Guard like VW does on current models. I have one but have never used it for that purpose. It does have a high output adjustable nozzle which may work better at lower pressure for that pebble peel look. Have to give it a try to see if it has other than Shutz use
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Just be sure you're done with welding before adding cavity wax. That stuff is flammable and once it ignites it's pretty hard to put out.
Not that I know...
I just stumbled on these photos so I thought I'd share here.
The "in progress" photo actually looks like a pretty good shot of what the factory coating should look like (white/grey in the middle areas), but then it was "over restored" to yellow everywhere. Is that right?
-Steve
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Yellow everywhere is right, except just a dusting. Full, solid paint is, as you said, over-restored.
The yellow car is this one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-914-914-6-1970-porsche-914-6-blue-plate-ca-car-matching-s-250-hp-yellow-x-2-engines-trans-/190957433603?forcerrptr=true&hash=item2c75f33303&item=190957433603&pt=US_Cars_Trucks
-Steve
And to add my opinion - I really don't mind the "over-restored, color everywhere" look. I think it looks nice, protects better, and is probably how the factory would have done it if they weren't in a hurry.
Now the thick, ugly black undercoating that was then often sprayed on top of the color - that is ugly.
-Steve
What about this one??
I have access to an original, one owner six. It has won many PCA Concours awards at the Parade over the years and is one of the nicest original sixes in the country. I checked with the owner as to what was on it from the factory. It has the grey PVC undercoating, then full coverage body color, then the dealer had put black undercoating on over that.
I can get photos at some point if people want to see it.
See prior post for before pictures.
It's not a 6 but here is what I went with. Wurth white alloy, Wurth clear lacquer.
When Scotty shoots my Six the bottom will get full coverage body color.
After spending an inordinate amount of time removing the black undercoat from my -6 I didn't find a gray color undercoat, it is more of a yellow/beige. The primer is a light gray but not the undercoat. Does the factory gray undercoat age to this yellow/beige color? My underside looks the same as the piece Scotty had in an earlier post side by side with a gray blob of new undercoat. Are there any products that are close to the yellow/beige undercoat?
I think there is either some color change over time or they used a different color. Cairo's car actually had some pieces that looked beige and some looked more grey. A 73 S I'm also doing looks more grey. It has 43,000 original miles. I'm looking at a new system and will report back after the first of the year. the rep was supposed to come out this week, and called yesterday to say it won't be until after the first. He swears I will be able to match ANY texture perfectly. I've also been talking to a Ferrari restoring that is having the same issue now that SKS is only in black. He had the same results I did with the U-Pol Gravi-tex. Looked great when sprayed but layed down too smooth overnight so it's a no go
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