Building Some 1932'S - Come Along for the Ride

[Ian1932]

Originally Posted by '36 5W

Nonetheless, they appear to be peel free.
Are you finishing with your second, heavy coat you spoke of previously, or do you apply
a third coat?

These are flat surfaces so you naterally tend to lay on a little more than if it were vertical.

Im not sure how many lbs are @ the gun because euro FLG 5 has the little regulator at the bottom. So im kinda going by sound & feel. Yes to your question about like I said before. Im guessing 40 lbs at the gun for the first coat, even and wet. Then drop the pressure to about 33 ? When i can glide the back of my fingers over the edges without it sticking, they spray another coat. 2 coats total, fan opened all the way up to max, nice overlaps. overlaps are important more so because if you have one pass where you have some heavy orange peel youll need to re-coat again with a 3. Avoid that or the millage will be to much to lay all that paint on with out some dry time.
Also, my buddy has an "walk in" oven for bending plastic that i warm the pcs up first, warm metal helps. Not HOT metal, warm metal...

In the end i guess i probably make a couple more passes with the gun. Maybe if it would take 12 pass to get across a panel, i might do it in 18. Im not sure if i actually putting on more paint or not because the speed in which i make the passes is greater.

Next time i spray something ill have some video it with my phone so you can see. Because you sound really interested and maybe your about to paint things soon?

[Ian1932]

Originally Posted by hotrodA

WOW!
You're making amazing progress.
My Tudor is kicking my butt.

Thanks! I am trying really hard to get this done in a short amount of time. I try to do one thing every day. Clean something, read something, prep something, learn something, etc. I realized there are so many things that at some point need to be done. Like the seats, they are ready to bolt in, the lights are all ready. Once the weather cooperates and I can build a chassis, I'll have stuff that's ready. I am certain that I'm going to need to make adjustments and need to re-paint something. I feel for me, it would be faster to go for it than to assemble the car and take it apart again. I sure hope that's minimal. With modern paint, it's so easy to repair and feather. Painting and prepping for me is the cake part when it comes to time spent. Things like setting up brakes and setting up cables and wires is going to really slow me down. I'm really depending on the guys on this site. At some point I'll be asking "what should I do now", when assembly starts. Thanks for watching!

[TonyM]

Originally Posted by Ian1932

Went well but nothing to brag about, they are flat surfaces...

Great work. That color is great.

You said close to "Winterleaf Brown"? Looks fabulous.

[Ian1932]

Originally Posted by TonyM

Great work. That color is great.

You said close to "Winterleaf Brown"? Looks fabulous.

Thank you! Color is not an exact match to winterleaf brown, but, it is close!

[Ian1932]

"Fenders in the attic"

[DavidG]

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Darn nice looking fenders from what I can see in your photos.

[Ian1932]

Originally Posted by DavidG

Darn nice looking fenders from what I can see in your photos.

Yeah, they are really nice. I remember when i was in 3rd grade +or- my mother would send me up there to get the Christmas ornaments and my dad would be down there "Hey, be careful around those fenders, dont stand on them!!!" That was about 33 or 35 years ago!

['36 5W]

Originally Posted by Ian1932

These are flat surfaces so you naterally tend to lay on a little more than if it were vertical.

Next time i spray something ill have some video it with my phone so you can see. Because you sound really interested and maybe your about to paint things soon?

If and when it's convenient for you, by all means; but don't take away from
your great progress!
(I'm a hack, trying to teach myself and I like your "no peel method". Still, its
all about practice, practice.......)

[Ian1932]

Sandblasting, priming, sandblasting and priming some more, then painting and on and on for now...

I will never paint wheels with spokes again if i can avoid it...That was the most difficult thing i have ever done...

Toilet bowl cleaner does work well to clean the inside of a tank. Takes about 6 hours and rust is gone on the inside. Now i will sand blast the outside...

[glennpm]

Hi Ian,

Nice job on the wire wheels! I hear you on never doing them again. I painted some of mine many a couple of decades ago and used a Touch-up spray gun and one part paint so no sanding after paint was required. They were a real pain to do.

A couple of years ago they needed to be done again. I had them powder coated this time. First time the guy missed a few spots on two of them and told me to look at them after he was done. He did them over with no complaint and they were perfect this time.

How many jugs of the toilet bowl cleaner did you use? Did you dilute it and did you fill the tank?

[Ian1932]

Originally Posted by glennpm

Hi Ian,

Nice job on the wire wheels! I hear you on never doing them again. I painted some of mine many a couple of decades ago and used a Touch-up spray gun and one part paint so no sanding after paint was required. They were a real pain to do.

A couple of years ago they needed to be done again. I had them powder coated this time. First time the guy missed a few spots on two of them and told me to look at them after he was done. He did them over with no complaint and they were perfect this time.

How many jugs of the toilet bowl cleaner did you use? Did you dilute it and did you fill the tank?

I had 2 bottles. I swished it around and because its kinda thick you only need to do it every half hour or so. Put it upside down for a little, then on its ends, then right side up. I drained it back into a container and rinse it and swished it with a garden hose. Then, put 2 gallons of hot tap water in and swished and shook about 5 or 6 times. The last 2 times i put a little smidgen of dish soap in it. I lastly put it on top of my wood stove and cooked the moisture out of it as quickly as possible. Seems to not have flash rusted except where 2 pcs of metal lap each-other. I am happy with the results. It wasnt really bad, but, if it were im confident if you let it in there longer it would continue to work.

The wheels i missed spots and got a couple of runs. I had to go back and spray more touch-up paint and sand out runs and then rub out the marks. They actually look really good but it was a lot of work no doubt...

[glennpm]

Good, thanks Ian

[DavidG]

If there is ever a next time, make up a simple rotisserie using a motor from an old barbecue. That slow rotation will eliminate runs and enable you to get both excellent coverage and flow out.

[glennpm]

Great tip David.

[Ian1932]

Originally Posted by DavidG

If there is ever a next time, make up a simple rotisserie using a motor from an old barbecue. That slow rotation will eliminate runs and enable you to get both excellent coverage and flow out.

Good idea...I have an old K car hub from an old trailer, all the studs were broke but one. I spun it on there but by hand. I would have be much easier to have it motorized no doubt...

[Ian1932]

Sand blasted, primed & painted...

[Ian1932]

Yesterday after work...

[Ian1932]

Tank is done...

[glennpm]

Beautiful job!

[Ian1932]

Originally Posted by glennpm

Beautiful job!

Thanks much!