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Under £100 paint job
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Denis, you made a fine-looking job of your Ruby!

I have just used a tin of Tekaloid for something else, but when opening the tin I got a blast of xylene(?) - smelled just like Hammerite used to only stronger. Had to 'phone the supplier and check it was thinned with white spirit. It is clearly not the same stuff it once was - still a decent paint but I wouldn't want to use much of it in a confined space.

Something many 'restorers' overlook is that commercial paint finishes back in the 20's and 30's weren't much to write home about.
I personally prefer the look of a car which has a few marks here and there to one which has just emerged flawless from a modern spray shop.
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Under £100 paint job - by 12jslater - 26-07-2020, 10:44 PM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Tony Press - 27-07-2020, 12:09 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by bob46320 - 27-07-2020, 06:55 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by andrew34ruby - 27-07-2020, 07:46 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Bob Culver - 27-07-2020, 07:57 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Steve kay - 27-07-2020, 08:10 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Chris KC - 27-07-2020, 08:35 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Ladybird - 27-07-2020, 09:11 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by David Stepney - 27-07-2020, 09:17 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Ivor Hawkins - 27-07-2020, 09:41 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Tony Betts - 27-07-2020, 10:32 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Nick Turley - 27-07-2020, 10:38 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by JonE - 27-07-2020, 11:50 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Chris KC - 27-07-2020, 02:13 PM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Nick Lettington - 27-07-2020, 02:27 PM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Hobbo - 27-07-2020, 04:17 PM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Bob Culver - 27-07-2020, 08:19 PM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Peter Sweeney - 28-07-2020, 11:54 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Denis Sweeney - 28-07-2020, 09:01 PM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by David.H - 28-07-2020, 09:09 PM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Denis Sweeney - 28-07-2020, 09:17 PM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Gordon Puzey - 28-07-2020, 10:04 PM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by andrew34ruby - 28-07-2020, 10:08 PM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by AllAlloyCup - 28-07-2020, 10:41 PM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Ray White - 28-07-2020, 11:21 PM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by orthoptera - 29-07-2020, 07:53 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Chris KC - 29-07-2020, 08:00 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Steve kay - 29-07-2020, 08:11 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Denis Sweeney - 29-07-2020, 09:11 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Chris KC - 29-07-2020, 06:06 PM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by 12jslater - 30-07-2020, 01:21 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by John Gould - 30-07-2020, 06:46 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Colin Cooke - 30-07-2020, 08:23 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Bruce Nicholls - 30-07-2020, 10:47 AM
RE: Under £100 paint job - by Chris KC - 30-07-2020, 09:01 PM

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