Re: [Chrysler300] Put on your paint and powder, you shout loud, I'll shout lo...

[Bill Huff <czbill@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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When I was but a callow youth I used to paint cars for a little extra 
money.  A little one lung ex-water cooler compressor, a toilet paper 
filter and a very old Devilbiss gun was all the equipment I had.  If 
you came to me you had a choice of 4-5 colors because I used to use 
Glidden spray on enamel from the hardware store.  They weren't show 
cars by any means, but they looked good and the paint was smooth, 
very seldom had a run.  Occasionally I would have to use a toothpick 
to dig a bug off the paint and do a touch up.  These were older cars 
that folks didn't want to invest $200-$300 at the local Facto Bake or 
what have you.

Point of this is that I kept in touch with a couple of the cars over 
the years and the paint was still in good shape 15-20 years later.  I 
even compounded one out for the owner a number of years later, and it 
looked real good.  The old alkyd enamel paints were pretty good if 
maintained and so are the single stage hardened enamels today.  The 
new enamels can be sanded and polished if desired, the old enamels 
took years to fully harden.

After reading an old book on early 20th century car painting,  Audels 
or Clymers or something of that ilk, I even painted my old '69 Dodge 
pickup with a paint brush and Dulux brushing enamel.  I used an 
expensive china bristle brush and was astounded how the paint flowed 
together and left a smooth surface about as good as the factory 
surface on a truck in those days.

When I have the 300D ready for paint, it will be done with hardened 
acrylic enamel.

Sorry for the long story, you just stirred some dormant memory cells.  :^)

Bill Huff



>Anyway folks, paint your car with Dutch Boy or Glidden for all I care
>but at least have fun while you're doing it.



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