VHT Wrinkle paint in red?

Post by **stolle** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:45 pm

does anyone know where i can find the red VHT wrinkle paint or any red wrinkle paint? preferably around st. charles or florissant. i cant find it anywhere (at least anyone that has it stock) i can find the black all day long but no red.

i have called:
Auto Zone
Oreilly's
advance said they have it, i doubt it though, i have to check it out.
florissant auto paint
mid-nite auto supply

thanks

v-tecivic · Post by **v-tecivic** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:08 pm

duplicolor makes red. have you used that stuff before.

Post by **stolle** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:12 pm

v-tecivic;216567 wrote:duplicolor makes red. have you used that stuff before.

nah, i dont really care what brand i use, i just want red wrinkle paint for my valve cover. :biggrin:

Post by **stolle** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:30 pm

i found some, i hope, the oreilly's in dellwood has some...

mike93hatch · Post by **mike93hatch** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:13 am

autozones carry duplicolor wrinkle red.. if you specifically asked for VHT then no theyre not going to have it.

Post by **stolle** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:00 am

oreilly auto had some VHT, i looked all over for this stuff, and the last place i called had it. i was asking for VHT, Duplicolor and krylon they all had the black but not the red one place said they could order it for $10.89 a can, plus $10 shipping i laughed...

i will be painting my d16's valve cover red and painting the heat shield on the exhaust manifold with the bbq paint. probably going to paint the drivers side motor mount also, among other various brackets that were once black and may need to be freshened up a bit.

for reference, this the engine bay right now.

just wish i knew of an easy way to make the aluminum look better...

Kolk1 · Post by **Kolk1** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:08 pm

They also make a wrinkle red in powder coat.

Heres a test piece I did awhile ago. Only thing ive done in wrinkle red though.

Its only about 3inchs long.

Post by **stolle** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:58 pm

Kolk1;216707 wrote:They also make a wrinkle red in powder coat.

shit, looks good and its probably more durable than the spray paint...

Post by **stolle** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:39 pm

this is only about 5 minutes after i sprayed it with the aircraft stripper the paint was actually jumping off.

after a bit of scrubbing with a brush and red scuff pad in a sink full of water and simple green

v-tecivic · Post by **v-tecivic** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:12 am

looking great so far! i love simple green, it works wonders. are you going to shave any of it? like little casting marks and such?