Sill schutz colour and paint....

T16 · 28th March 2019, 21:23

Does anyone know if the original schutz, the textured stuff along the sides of the sills below the doors, is originally black, or grey?

When this is overpainted in the factory, is primer applied first, or is it just overcoated with basecoat?

ta

Sonic ZS · 28th March 2019, 21:44

I was stripping some of this off an early Cowley car recently (satin black sills and a fade out to the shultz edge

) and although I didn't pay much attention, I'm sure it was grey on the inside.

As far as priming goes, I'd follow the recommendations on the product or see what your paint supplier suggests. After all, the shultz you use will probably be a completely different type to that used at the factory.

T16 · 28th March 2019, 22:38

Could you have been seeing the grey primer under the top coat?

Certainly the stuff on the underside of the car looks black, I thought it was the same stuff.

If I had access to a scrappy, id rub the paint off with a scourer and check!

T16 · 1st April 2019, 02:18

Hmm, mine appears to be a sort of beige colour.

Anyone on the forums who knows what Rover used? Any ex-factory workers here?

roverbarmy · 1st April 2019, 07:59

I wouldn't worry about originality so long as it works and doesn't leave holes in the sills!

T16 · 1st April 2019, 10:37

I know, but Im a bit OCD.

Plus it sometimes can be interesting to find out original details.

spongeh · 1st April 2019, 12:24

This is the stuff I've used in the past to recover the sills before painting, I used the grey.

https://www.jawel.co.uk/index.php?ma...oducts_id=3436

I used a primer before the base coat

T16 · 1st April 2019, 13:35

Basically this is the situation.. I have a scrape in mine, where something has scraped the underside of the sill, and put a furrow in the virginal textured coating. I was furious, as I suspect it was my fault. I cannot tolerate doing damage to any car through carelessness, so I was raging.

Under the paint its beige, and I have a ridiculous obsession with keeping this as factory as possible. Its stupid and annoying, but that's life I guess.

I would like to get some of the original stuff, fire it into the scrape, then texture it with a mini roller, then over paint it with original PBT Paint.

The Terotex stuff is available as black and "light", no idea if thats white or not.

marinabrian · 1st April 2019, 15:08

The original stuff is Plastisol Underbody Sealer

Brian

T16 · 1st April 2019, 15:32

Ta.

Looks like most of the Plastisol PVC compounds have been banned.

28th March 2019, 21:23	#1
T16 I really should get out more....... ZT CDTi 135, ZT260SE Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dundee Posts: 2,877 Thanks: 10 Thanked 331 Times in 213 Posts	Sill schutz colour and paint.... Does anyone know if the original schutz, the textured stuff along the sides of the sills below the doors, is originally black, or grey? When this is overpainted in the factory, is primer applied first, or is it just overcoated with basecoat? ta

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T16 I really should get out more....... ZT CDTi 135, ZT260SE Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dundee Posts: 2,877 Thanks: 10 Thanked 331 Times in 213 Posts	Could you have been seeing the grey primer under the top coat? Certainly the stuff on the underside of the car looks black, I thought it was the same stuff. If I had access to a scrappy, id rub the paint off with a scourer and check! Last edited by T16; 29th March 2019 at 08:20..

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1st April 2019, 02:18	#4
T16 I really should get out more....... ZT CDTi 135, ZT260SE Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dundee Posts: 2,877 Thanks: 10 Thanked 331 Times in 213 Posts	Hmm, mine appears to be a sort of beige colour. Anyone on the forums who knows what Rover used? Any ex-factory workers here?

1st April 2019, 10:37	#6
T16 I really should get out more....... ZT CDTi 135, ZT260SE Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dundee Posts: 2,877 Thanks: 10 Thanked 331 Times in 213 Posts	I know, but Im a bit OCD. Plus it sometimes can be interesting to find out original details.

1st April 2019, 13:35	#8
T16 I really should get out more....... ZT CDTi 135, ZT260SE Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dundee Posts: 2,877 Thanks: 10 Thanked 331 Times in 213 Posts	Basically this is the situation.. I have a scrape in mine, where something has scraped the underside of the sill, and put a furrow in the virginal textured coating. I was furious, as I suspect it was my fault. I cannot tolerate doing damage to any car through carelessness, so I was raging. Under the paint its beige, and I have a ridiculous obsession with keeping this as factory as possible. Its stupid and annoying, but that's life I guess. I would like to get some of the original stuff, fire it into the scrape, then texture it with a mini roller, then over paint it with original PBT Paint. The Terotex stuff is available as black and "light", no idea if thats white or not.

1st April 2019, 15:08	#9
marinabrian MG ZT Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne Posts: 20,151 Thanks: 3,565 Thanked 10,837 Times in 5,718 Posts	The original stuff is Plastisol Underbody Sealer Brian

1st April 2019, 15:32	#10
T16 I really should get out more....... ZT CDTi 135, ZT260SE Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dundee Posts: 2,877 Thanks: 10 Thanked 331 Times in 213 Posts	Ta. Looks like most of the Plastisol PVC compounds have been banned.