Painting a car with a brush?

mustang68 · 26-10-2007 11:35AM #1

Right,

I heard from someone with many years of experience that one way to paint a car, that needs a touch up, would be to:

Using a brush(!) paint on cellulose paint in one direction, sand, do the other direction and sand, then buff up with finer and finer paste. As long as the place is warm and you take your time with the sanding, you'll have a good job.

Can you still get cellulose paint, is this a mad idea? thoughts?

(I've seen many a matt black car at shows with crap brush paint jobs)

AsphaltRisin' · 26-10-2007 12:35PM

i wouldnt.....:(

I had a van once that myself and one of the lads painted blue with a brush and painted two viper stripes all the way along it from bonnet to tailgate... and it looked rough.. but it was better than yellow... later we got bored again and painted it matt black with rattle cans... but it was a 50 pound van got fron a breaker's yard for the laugh. and neither of us would be too bad at painting stuff by the way

Definatlely wouldnt do it to any decent classic

MercMad · 26-10-2007 12:46PM

Actually yes you can do it. The paint is the same, its just the application method that provides the different end result. One you build up the layers, you can then sand it smooth, you'll end up taking most of the paint off, which could be a bit hit and miss.

Once its smooth I reckon you would need to apply a laquer, and how do you do that ? I suppose you could brush that one too, and then colour sand and buff.

It sounds like a lot of work for moderate results. Better off buying a compressor for a few hundred quid.

I recall reading about a guy in the US who painted his old Corvair Turbo, in white, with red Viper stripes. He spent quite a bit of time, just for the craic, and got decent results. A guy on another forum I use actually saw the car and couldn't believe he used a brush. He said it wasn't perfect but very very good.

But it does appear to take time, so whats the point ! The only saving is the cost of a compressor and some guns !

Heres a link to a link......http://images.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=http://www.automotiveblogger.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/corvair.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.automotiveblogger.net/paint-your-car-for-fifty-dollars/&h=403&w=600&sz=68&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=0iq0bAU4r5TP6M:&tbnh=91&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcorvair%2Bdiy%2Bpaint%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff

macplaxton · 27-10-2007 03:16AM

It's a mad idea. You could get results like MercMad says, but if you've loads of cutting back to do, you're wasting a lot of paint.

Cellulose is still available, but it climbing in price due to ever dwindling use, due to tighter EU regulations on VOC content. You're talking about 130STG for 5L of colour.

If you're really set on brush painting, use coach enamel such as Tekaloid with a very good brush. Google it for more info.

Painting a car with a brush?

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