In my previous post I mentioned that I had managed to acquire a few rattle cans of RAL 9005 (Jet Black) Vinylkote, supplied by Rawlins Paints. And this is needed to refurbish some of the plastic interior parts.
But first all parts needed a good clean. With the first stage being a good scrubbing with warm water, dish-washing liquid and an old but still functional electronic tooth brush. This was to remove most of the dirt that had accumulated over the years. Next stage being the final paint preparations, cleaning and degreasing all the surfaces with a Vinylkleen solution (1 part Vinylkleen and 3 parts water). Quite amazing to see how much dirt the Vinylkleen solution still removed from some of the cleaned surfaces! Actually so much that some of the black plastic parts probably don’t need a new coating;
And with some of the later (grey) parts also cleaned properly, it was time to get one of the Vinylkote rattle cans out and cover the boring grey or weathered surfaces with a few layers of jet black coating.
At the time of me typing these words the freshly coated parts are still drying. But first impression is that the quality and finish of the used coating is still to the same level as when I first used it on the interior of ‘t Kreng in the mid 90’s. Detail pictures of the finish hopefully in one of the coming posts!
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