Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[fordf350camper]

I am thinking on painting my fire bus with coach paint,Brush painting it like the use to do years ago with commercial trucks.What i would like to know is were to get the paint from,whats the best brush to use.What primer.Any info thanks

[47p2]

My father brush painted all his vehicles and always used tekaloid paint and used camel hair brushes. I never seen a brushmark on any of them.

Preparation is the secret of a good job.
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[Rick]

Have a look for Stephen Hull's site, he's a dab hand with the brushes

Rick
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[fordf350camper]

Hi Whats tekaloid paint can you buy it now.Thanks

[47p2]

Here's Stephen Hull's site and he speaks about Tekaloid paints
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[RotaryBri]

Tekaloid was made by Thornley & Knight in Bordesley Green, Birmingham. The firm was founded in 1797 and was taken over by Croda in, I believe the 1990s and was ultimately bought by Ameron an American firm who killed this paint off.

Fortunately a couple of British Firms started to make paint to this formula, Avenue Group and Breakwells.

I hand painted a 1931 Austin Seven, that I owned in the 1960s, with Tekaloid and it looked very good.
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[roverdriver]

Is Valspar paint still being made. If I remember correctly it was called a 2 to 4 hour Lacquer.

It was made under licence in Oz and NZ by Dulux and available in the '60's. I brush painted two or three cars with that with great success. Good preparation of course, then a soft brush wiping quickly in varying directions, then a gentle wipe in one direction only. In a few moments the brushmarks evened out and a good finish was obtained.

I haven't seen it about for many years here, what about in the U.K. where it originated?
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[52classic]

I've used a paint called Tornol with some success.

Suggest using a gloss roller then brushing out the detail bits.

Point is that the slowest drying paint will give you the best flow and therefore least brushmarks but fast drying minimised contamination.

[baconsdozen]

I don'tknow if its still about but there used to be a paint some years back called 'Repaint' that was claimed to shrink as it dried and cause the brush marks to flow out.
many moons back I painted a Mk7 jaguar black using it .(long before the days when they fetched big money).
The job didn't start off to well because I managed to knock the tin over when it was stood on the bonnet,but when finished it looked OK.

[ukdave2002]

I used Repaint (you could get it in Halfords) on an old Austin 1300 when I was a student, did it outside, never checked the weather reports and you guessed it the heavens opened! I ended up with a "mooncrater" finish ... was a talking point wherever the car went.

[PAUL BEAUMONT]

I am fairly sure that Halfords still sell Repaint, though the colour range is limited.
PAUL

[Timstopp]

For coach paint, try www.craftmasterpaints.co.uk (no relationship) I have heard great things about their paint and they are very helpful, all painting questions are answered by the coachpainters themselves, which is great.
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[SloResto]

You could try the POR15 range of paints. I have tried the primer coat rust inhibiting paint and it gives a great shiny finish but dulls with UV exposure as it is meant to be top coated.

But it does dry very nicely smooth with no brushmarks whatsoever.

I haven't tried the top coats but I suspect would be similar but no fade and brushable. When I used POR15 a few years back there were about six or so top coat colours but suspect more available now.

The paint contains over 80% solids so one coat will be all you need.. in fact I painted my Vanguard with a 1 litre tin and had plenty left over! It is not cheap however.

[Timstopp]

I have finally tried the paint from craftmaster and am pleased with the results, never having done this before , I think you will agree the finish is good, with virtually no marks. I even impressed myself!

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[peter scott]

That looks superb Tim. Very impressive.

Well done,

Peter
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