28-07-2020, 09:01 PM
Jslater,
I hand painted my ’36 Ruby and whilst I cannot say there are no brush marks, most people are surprised to find out it is actually brush painted.
I used Tekaloind coaching enamel. This paint gives a very smooth, high gloss finish, but it dries very quickly and so the areas to be painted need to be kept as small as possible, keeping a wet edge is imperative to obtain a good finish. I am given to understand that you can add linseed oil to this paint and it will delay the drying process but I didn’t go down that route.
I used the largest brush I could comfortably handle which for me was 2 ½”.
I did pay an awful lot of money for some pure bristle specialist brushes, but in truth was disappointed with the result and bought some synthetic bristle brushes and these performed much better. It;s a case of trial and error to what suits you.
You need to plan your sequence very carefully, keeping the and use the car bodies natural contours and features to hide the “joins” in painting.
For example on my Ruby I used the body moulding as a natural break to paint up to the moulding in one session and then mask off and paint above on the next. Doors, wings, boot, bonnet etc were all painted off the car.
Could I have spray painted the car? No, not within the close confines of my very small garage. Could I have had the car professionally spray painted? Yes, but then I could have had the whole restored by someone else but where would the fun or the point be in that?
Enjoy it.
Best of luck
Denis S
A picture of my Ruby all brush painted.
I hand painted my ’36 Ruby and whilst I cannot say there are no brush marks, most people are surprised to find out it is actually brush painted.
I used Tekaloind coaching enamel. This paint gives a very smooth, high gloss finish, but it dries very quickly and so the areas to be painted need to be kept as small as possible, keeping a wet edge is imperative to obtain a good finish. I am given to understand that you can add linseed oil to this paint and it will delay the drying process but I didn’t go down that route.
I used the largest brush I could comfortably handle which for me was 2 ½”.
I did pay an awful lot of money for some pure bristle specialist brushes, but in truth was disappointed with the result and bought some synthetic bristle brushes and these performed much better. It;s a case of trial and error to what suits you.
You need to plan your sequence very carefully, keeping the and use the car bodies natural contours and features to hide the “joins” in painting.
For example on my Ruby I used the body moulding as a natural break to paint up to the moulding in one session and then mask off and paint above on the next. Doors, wings, boot, bonnet etc were all painted off the car.
Could I have spray painted the car? No, not within the close confines of my very small garage. Could I have had the car professionally spray painted? Yes, but then I could have had the whole restored by someone else but where would the fun or the point be in that?
Enjoy it.
Best of luck
Denis S
A picture of my Ruby all brush painted.