I know that "black" is teh answer I am going to get her, but what color is the black? I had a battery leak on one of my cars and it removed some black paint. I need to redo the battery tray and want to match it as close as possible. Any suggestions as to what color and how to go about it?

It's not a gloss black, nor is it a flat black. It's more akin to a satin finish to get it close.

Maybe somebody else can chime in who knows a bit more about exact color matches.

i think its satin black

It's not "flat black" or "semi-gloss black" or "gloss black" or "high-heat black" . . .

Take a look at 'Eastwood's original chassis black' or research GM-Chassis black.

Eastwood product is probably the best bet though. Beware it's spendy...


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Danny

Hopefully won't need much of it as it is just the battery tray. I was actually thinking about having it armor coated or rhinolined. It would protect the stink out of it but it would ruin the originality of the car. Any other ideas on the color or how to go about this?

quote Originally posted by johnyrottin: Any other ideas on the color or how to go about this?

If you're wanting to go cheap, you might just sand down the tray real good and hit it with Rustoleum satin black. I can't remember which one I used but they make it in a rattle. That's what I did with mine and I was pleased with the results and it's held up.

Honestly with the battery tray it's not going to matter much anyway, considering a battery sits on it all the time.

I use profesional series rustoleum (siver cans) and mix 1 can of flat black and 1 can of gloss black to come up with a satin finish.

Duplicolor does sell rattle can high temp paint in black Low Gloss and Semi Gloss. One of those might get you close to what you need.

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Adam

I think it's satin or semi-gloss. Satin is probably closer to the stock finish, though.

Like mentioned above, I use Rustoleum satin black. It's close enough.

I used this Matte Black, real good rattle can paint.

I painted my engine bay with an enamel black. $3 rattle cans came out perfect.