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

[jlsavard@xxxxxxx]

I remember just after, or towards the end of WWII, that a popular item was  
"do it yourself" paint for cars that was literally put on WITH A MOP!  It  
lasted just about as long as you would expect, but it at least helped to 
clean  up some of the cars that had been through a war!
 
Joe Savard, Lake Orion, Mi
 
 
In a message dated 11/3/2009 7:06:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
czbill@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

 
 
 
Snip.

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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