The Ford Barn

Tom Walker · 06-22-2014, 03:08 PM

Please advise what factory finish was, and how to remove the grille and apply correct/best modern available finish.

thanks, Tom.

DavidG · 06-22-2014, 09:25 PM

Originally it was baked enamel. I use single stage urethane to paint them.

Tom Walker · 06-23-2014, 03:47 AM

Thanks David. Were they silver?

Mart · 06-23-2014, 06:31 AM

Tom, you don't want to bother with that rusty old thing. I have a nice stainless "pre enjoyed" unit I'll do you a straight swap for.

As if.

Mart.

Tom Walker · 06-23-2014, 08:28 AM

Ha! Hey Mart how would you do a "once and for all" good job on this grille?

so_dak_kid · 06-23-2014, 08:46 AM

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There was a very nice detailed article in American Rodder magazine (now defunct) about 7 years ago about how to restore a deuce grille insert. In summary, from the backside of the grille, with your fingers, push the vertical bars outward so they separate from little nubs that are part of the two horizontal support pieces that keep the vertical grille bars in place.

Krylon32 · 06-23-2014, 09:48 AM

I've repaired and insert like yours by taping off the stainless and bead blasting the center. Then I polished the stainless and had a local powder paint shop tape off the stainless and coat the bars with a color very close to the original grey.

HOTRODPRIMER · 06-23-2014, 04:48 PM

I had mine powder coated. HRP

34pickup · 06-23-2014, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krylon32

I've repaired and insert like yours by taping off the stainless and bead blasting the center. Then I polished the stainless and had a local powder paint shop tape off the stainless and coat the bars with a color very close to the original grey.

Were they all originally supposed to be grey? When I stripped mine back in the 70s the paint that was applied first on it appeared to be a cream color so I thought that was what color they were.

Krylon32 · 06-23-2014, 09:22 PM

I just recoated it with a color that was close to what it was, I have no idea if it was origfinal

Tom Walker · 06-24-2014, 01:55 AM

Thanks for the advice. I have asked my bead blaster guy and he reckons he can do it without separating the vertical pieces. Still haven't decided on how to finish the bare steel.

DavidG · 06-24-2014, 07:32 AM

The original color was sea gull gray.

hb32 · 10-08-2014, 04:50 PM

Are the horizontal bars available anywhere like the uprights ?

06-22-2014, 09:25 PM	#2
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,101	Re: '32 Grille Rusting :( Originally it was baked enamel. I use single stage urethane to paint them.

06-23-2014, 03:47 AM	#3
Tom Walker Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Leicester. UK Posts: 404	Re: '32 Grille Rusting :( Thanks David. Were they silver?

06-23-2014, 06:31 AM	#4
Mart Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Solihull, England. Posts: 8,747	Re: '32 Grille Rusting :( Tom, you don't want to bother with that rusty old thing. I have a nice stainless "pre enjoyed" unit I'll do you a straight swap for. As if. Mart.

06-23-2014, 08:28 AM	#5
Tom Walker Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Leicester. UK Posts: 404	Re: '32 Grille Rusting :( Ha! Hey Mart how would you do a "once and for all" good job on this grille?

06-23-2014, 08:46 AM	#6
so_dak_kid Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 227	Re: '32 Grille Rusting :( Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) There was a very nice detailed article in American Rodder magazine (now defunct) about 7 years ago about how to restore a deuce grille insert. In summary, from the backside of the grille, with your fingers, push the vertical bars outward so they separate from little nubs that are part of the two horizontal support pieces that keep the vertical grille bars in place.

06-23-2014, 09:48 AM	#7
Krylon32 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 4,482	Re: '32 Grille Rusting :( I've repaired and insert like yours by taping off the stainless and bead blasting the center. Then I polished the stainless and had a local powder paint shop tape off the stainless and coat the bars with a color very close to the original grey.

06-23-2014, 04:48 PM	#8
HOTRODPRIMER Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Upstate,South Carolina Posts: 500	Re: '32 Grille Rusting :( I had mine powder coated. HRP __________________ ‘When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don’t see the one which has opened for us.’ Alexander Graham Bell

06-23-2014, 09:22 PM	#10
Krylon32 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 4,482	Re: '32 Grille Rusting :( I just recoated it with a color that was close to what it was, I have no idea if it was origfinal

06-24-2014, 01:55 AM	#11
Tom Walker Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Leicester. UK Posts: 404	Re: '32 Grille Rusting :( Thanks for the advice. I have asked my bead blaster guy and he reckons he can do it without separating the vertical pieces. Still haven't decided on how to finish the bare steel.

06-24-2014, 07:32 AM	#12
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,101	Re: '32 Grille Rusting :( The original color was sea gull gray.

10-08-2014, 04:50 PM	#13
hb32 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Nanaimo Vancouver Island B.C. Canada Posts: 1,067	Re: '32 Grille Rusting :( Are the horizontal bars available anywhere like the uprights ?