Seat Frame Painting

[Harvey55]

Have a 1955 2nd series 1/2 ton. Seat was in decent condition when did a frame off restoration over 4 years ago. Since then the material is beginning to fail. I need to do some minor clean-up and painting of frame before I re-upholster the seat. The springs look like they are painted with a gloss black paint. What paint do I paint the feet? They look like they are plain silvery metal. I would like any suggestions as this should make a nice winter project

 

[tech1]

i would just paint it all black it will look better that way.

 

[MJVAUGHANS]

I am beginning to work on my seat now also. (56'GMC) Maybe the GMC bench seat was different, I doubt it though, but the bottom of mine has a metal cover across the whole bottom of the seat. You cannot see any of the springs under the bench. I painted this metal piece and all other exposed parts gloss black like original. I have not decided what to do on the feet either though. I am afraid it would not look right if I paint them black.

 

[MJVAUGHANS]

I decided to paint the feet of my seat a metallic silver. It kind of hides minor imperfections without being too thick or "chromey" either.

 

[Larry Bear]

I'm about to recover my seats as well and plan on painting the undersides black but the exposed frame and sidebar brown to match my interior. I have no plans to paint the springs.

While we're on the seat subject, what have folks used for padding???

Larry
56 Stepside - Daily driver
Carlisle, MA

 

[MJVAUGHANS]

All I know about the padding is they used high density foam. I would have liked to have gone by the upholstery shop to see things in process, but things did not work out. That guy was pretty fast.