Speaker grilles

Oh yes, smoke stone. That's probably what it's called, but it looks beige to me!

rob_bell said:

Oh yes, smoke stone. That's probably what it's called, but it looks beige to me!

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And me.

helijohn said:

Gosh, is that the colour. I was assuming it was smokestone or whatever they call it. I use Wilko black these days for almost everything carwise but I do favour Hammerite for certain jobs like the rear drums (gold naturally!)

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just find the Hammerite really lasts , good to know about the wilko paint

but know there ordinary white gloss is useless , goes yellow

done my rear drums with Hammerite , two years later is still fine , done it in black though ,

still wish I had done it in red, maybe next time , lol

gstuart said:

good to know about the wilko paint
but know there ordinary white gloss is useless , goes yellow

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Is that the aerosol or the household paint that goes yellow?

gstuart said:

done my rear drums with Hammerite , two years later is still fine , done it in black though , still wish I had done it in red, maybe next time , lol

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I'll probably do my rear drums in black smoothrite too - but quite like the gold that John used!

helijohn said:

Is that the aerosol or the household paint that goes yellow?

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that's the household paint , gloss , is really bad after about 8 months all my skirting boards in the bedroom went yellow , so burnt all the paint back off and started again , lol

rob_bell said:

I'll probably do my rear drums in black smoothrite too - but quite like the gold that John used!

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used the brush and a tin of Hammerite , took ages in trying to grind all the junk off, if I had the money at the time would have been easier to have new drums, took a couple of hours with an angle grinder with a wire brush attatched and power washed after

hadn't seen gold drums yet , lol only red and yellow

rob_bell said:

I'll probably do my rear drums in black smoothrite too - but quite like the gold that John used!

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I spent a bit of time on the drums - relatively. - cos I don't take time over anything ...........................too impatient see. I chipped the loose then got the rotary wire on the rest and finally sanded but even then they look less than smooth. Gold or red.............against black ..........I like.

Meant to say my fav tool is an old b****rd file followed by a welders chipping hammer.

helijohn said:

I spent a bit of time on the drums - relatively. - cos I don't take time over anything ...........................too impatient see. I chipped the loose then got the rotary wire on the rest and finally sanded but even then they look less than smooth. Gold or red.............against black ..........I like.

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was suprising how long it took , found a dirtblaster fitted to my karcher done wonders

but also found it wasnt completely smooth , just put I think 3 x coats of Hammerite on it, giving it a slight sand Inbetween coats

done black as I just thought it wouldn't show up all the dirt etc so quick as a brighter colour