1930 std phaeton top iron paint

[Arlen]

I'm getting ready to paint my phaetons top irons. The judging standards simply says that they are painted black lacquer. Would that be more of a wet black look or a semi-gloss black? Thanks

[Tom Wesenberg]

I don't have a good picture of originals, but would say NOT the wet look. See if you can find pictures of Dave Lope's restored 1928 Phaeton, and you will see how thye should look. Also I'd think Marco's Roadster chassis would look about the same.

[BRENT in 10-uh-C]

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I don't think it has to do with semi-gloss vs. gloss as much as the paint's "texture". Generally speaking, lacquer (pyroxilyn) was sprayed where most of the time the enamel paints were applied by dipping.