Color of trunk and hood sound deadener.

[Matt Cashion]

The gloss is from the clear that was sprayed on the entire trunk bottom. The under coating sealed the porous pads so paint and clear were not absorbed, gloss is the same as on the metal as a result. Texture of the pads remained, for the most part, as original. The before pictures are in a previous thread but I've attached them to this also.

[Pat Marshall]

This thread has been dormant for sometime, but rather than starting a new one, I thought I'd re-open it, because there is a lot of good info in the prior discussion.

Attached is a factory photo of the Mark II production line assembling 1956 Mark IIs.

Of note are the third and fourth cars with the hoods up. The third car is a white car and the fourth is a dark color.

Looking at the hood underside through the air cleaner cut-out hole, you can see the edges of the white hood structure and the sound-deadener. You can clearly see that the sound-deadener is not black, but either was painted white or had white overspray. (I did a close-up of the two cars, and since I don't have the photo enhancing equipment they had on "24" and have on "CSI", it's not good quality)

The fourth car was a dark car and no details of the cut-out area can be seen.

In this thread members have stated that the painting techniques could have varied from painter to painter, and that since the paint that went onto the porous sound deadener was an overspray that it would probably have dissipated over time.

Previous posts in this thread show clear pictorial evidence that the entire trunk understructure was painted heavily and that the sound deadener remains body-color not black.

[Bob Barger]

The paint soaks into the material and is sometimes hard to see, my car was originally light blue and you could just barely see the color. Pat is correct, the stuff was pinched between the metal pieces and the whole assembly painted the car color. Maybe they need some better informed judges.

[Roger Zimmermann]

Originally Posted by Bob Barger

Pat is correct, the stuff was pinched between the metal pieces and the whole assembly painted the car color. Maybe they need some better informed judges.

This is basic assembly method: the sound deadener is glued to the trunk lid outer skin and then the inner structure is assembled to the outer skin. Unless the open spaces are covered during painting, the sound deadener will get paint. Lincolns must have the same.
As you noted, the paint is absorbed by the stuff; anyway, during assembly there is not so much paint sprayed which can let the poor judges think that the sound deadener MUST be black.

[Barry Wolk]

It is my experience that paints that are heavy in solids will show up on deadeners as they sit on the surface while lighter colors and metallics get readily absorbed. White is an exception because it is heavy in solids. Anybody else see this in their experience?

[Bob Barger]

Barry, you may be right, my car was originally light blue and there was very little color left on the insulation. There was enough to see that it had been painted though.

[Mad Scientist]

When I painted mine the headliners were like painting a sponge. They took multiple coats to get good coverage.

[Pat Marshall]

I'm going to make a recommendation to the LCOC Authenticity Manual Committee regarding the trunk and hood sound deadener.

First regarding the trunk * I don't recall ever seeing an original Mark II trunk lid where the sound deadener wasn't painted body color. All the pictures I have, or have seen, show the deadener as being fully painted the body color.

Does anyone have any hard documentation (pictures) that show the sound deadener as black and the undertrunk structure as body color? Of course black cars and restored cars don't count.

[Stank-67-98]

You are right Pat, the dendners are body color, trunk and hood.