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DaveC
#1 Posted : 2/8/2012 7:15:19 PM
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I am restoring a late 1970's imperial star kit that had a splatter coat sprayed on the interior of the shells and would like to know where i can get some of this paint from. I don't know if they used more than one color or not but this splatter color has a gray/blue/white/cream color tones.
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#2 Posted : 2/9/2012 12:09:44 AM
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That is called a Zola coat and is on there to protect the shells from moisture and extreme dry conditions.I would just let it be.
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#3 Posted : 2/15/2012 6:05:40 AM
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Dave.. the zola coat inside the 70's drums is not unlike the spray coat used inside of many 60's - 70's GM car trunks.

Although I don't suggest you use those perticular spray coats...LOL, it might be worth investigating and reporting back to the forum on.

I did a 64 Pontiac Grand Prix trunk interior, and the Zola coat (style) spray actually came in a can ...? go fiquire.

Honestly.... check with Tama Tom or the company.... they are the best referance.

yak
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pontiyak
#4 Posted : 3/26/2012 10:39:21 PM
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update to the Zola coat question. I just read a Tama history article that implies that the zola coat might actually be "trunk spray".

Go fiquire ?

here is the passage, and the link...

"The interiors of 1970s-80s Imperialstars, and most Swingstars and Royalstars, shared Zola-Coated inner shells. Nothing more than trunk paint, Rogers Drums and other U.S. companies had used a similar process to seal off uneven grain in the lower cost woods that comprised the lauan shells of the sub-lines."

http://www.mcmusic.ro/forum/index.php?topic=243.0
scroll to the second page and start reading. It is there.

I was joking when I said trunk paint.... maybe I was right ???

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