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The Paint Finish Debate 5 Attachment(s)
You decide...Looks really Shiny to me.:cool:
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Re: The Paint Finish Debate If you check out the judging standards you'll see that the Model A had to have 80% reflection value. Yup pretty shiny. The lacquer was buffed out but it wasn't colour sanded. The buffing with Red compound would smooth it out.
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Re: The Paint Finish Debate I must have missed the post with the debate. I only saw one on the fire wall shine.
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Re: The Paint Finish Debate Original lacquer body paint resembled a "satin" finish as opposed to the gloss enamel finish on the black fenders. Most modern body paints are way too glossy to resemble an original finish.
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Re: The Paint Finish Debate Are there any factory photos of masked body mouldings and window reveals during the paint process? Bob
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Re: The Paint Finish Debate Except for showing, why would ANYONE spend the time & money to make a car look semi-un-shiny?? I read from one post that a guy used CHEEP wax to make his look un-shiny. On a repaint, a painter friend was offered EXTRA cash if he could paint a Caddy with that "NEW CAR" ORANGE PEEL LOOK!! The painter offered to throw that in FREE!! What a guy!! Bill W.
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Actually I would prefer that my car looks as original to factory as possible. I'm not a painter, but would like the duller look on my jams and firewall.:) Hopefully someday I'll get the job done.:) |
Re: The Paint Finish Debate The picture of "Nessy" certainly has that wet look..........
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Re: The Paint Finish Debate i want my A's to be as shiny as possible outside, inside and under. henry would be proud
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Re: The Paint Finish Debate Related question; The bodys were lacquer, the fenders, splash aprons, wheels, etc. were enamal. Why? The main question is what was the primer? color? was it red? Jack
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The Lacquer paint was sprayed. The Enamel sheetmetal was dipped in vats. Remember that spraying was still in its infancy as DeVilbiss had only introduced the spray gun two years prior to the Model-A being introduced. Even though paint technology was advancing, it too was still in its infancy. Enamels & Pyroxilyns had been around quite a bit longer than sprayable Lacquer. Red oxide primer, ...thin. Remember it was to promote adhesion and not for filling. |
Re: The Paint Finish Debate The Ford Model T service bulletin's for Aug 1926 has a chapter on how to spray paint using Ford Pyroxylin.
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I believe they used only one color primer, no matter what the finish color was. |
Re: The Paint Finish Debate To Jim Mason. Maybe it is because I am in my late 70's but I don't see anything in the background of photo 1. Jack
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Re: The Paint Finish Debate He was answering the Roadster62 Question
"Are there any factory photos of masked body mouldings and window reveals during the paint process? Bob" |
Re: The Paint Finish Debate That may be in answer to my question about masking the window areas for the different color painting. Thanks. Bob
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