I wanna see pics of brush painted cars

I will try this some day...not sure which car, but if it doesn't work out or it's not as perfect as you like, it can be sanded and sprayed to your liking.

 

Here is Mable a 1950 Ford with her new brush paint job. Whole job was less than 2 hours including tape time. Yep, used a wide brush. Wondered about a roller. This was about a month ago.


Hooley

 

This is what Mable looked like before.

Hooley

 

that little truck is nice. i think the brush paint job looks best on body work thats less than perfect!

 

can you believe they ever made cars this beautiful and can you believe they ever quit making them.
very nice car Jeffrey
This is a great thread, Im going to brush my roadster seeing all these beautiful cars..

 

My brush painted Model A's, all three have old brush paint jobs but my favorite is the truck. Don't know when the roadster was painted but were told the coupe and truck were done in the 50's.

 

that pick up is beautiful.

 

Thanks Mark!!! I appreciate it very much!

 

Hey Jeffrey, can you post some more pictures of your car.
Damn Im in love, hah
do you run a hood ?
The color is perfect.

 

If these photo's so come through all are brush painted. There is a craftsman (Carl DelGrosso) who has a business here in Vacaville that even Pinstripes free hand and his work is superb. There is another craftsman in his late 70's in Sonora, CA who does equally beautiful work.
Normbc9

 

I hope the photo's came through this time.
Normbc9

 

I'm starting the roller brush Rustoleum black paint job on my 54 this week.

 

stupid question i know, but i was wondering, would i need to sand my car down and get all the rust off it first, then primmer it, or can i just brush some rustoleum paint on the car and go ?

 

Beautiful car, paint=protection so I would just rough sand, rustoleum primer and then color; then again I'm no paint expert.

Did I say beautiful car? I meant to say beautiful car.

Regards,

Cosmo

 

1. Traditional.
2. Less waste

 

What product did you use 5WCH? Looks great!

 

thanks cosmo

 

The body was painted over 50 years ago,a little buff & wax and it shined. I did paint the grill,head lights and deck lid with rustolem.

 

I plan to give it a try on my current project. 33 pickup.

 

I repainted this car with gloss black Rustoleum. I just thinned it down, used multiple coats, and then color sanded it.

 

That looks great! You don't mind if I EXACTLY copy that car do you?

IMHO, clearcoat paint looks wrong on old cars. But I'm also doing it for a lot of the same reasons mentioned above.

 

And...not only can you do it at home, but I'm getting my kids in the big middle of the whole thing and color sanding is something they can do after a very small amount of instruction.

If/when they take off too much paint in an area, we just lay down another thin coat or two.

Let me tell ya....you color sand that black rustoleum enough, and it starts to glow. And it has a glow that really looks like old-aged paint on a car....which is exactly what I'm looking for.

It's not for everyone, but it's ideal for my situation.

 

Rusty Fords,I don't mind at all if you copy my car. It actually had quite a bit of pitting on the sheet metal. With brushing on the paint, you can get a thicker layer of paint to help "smooth" it out. I know that there are better ways to tackle this problem, but it worked for me. This body was made from about five different cars, so I never intended for it to be perfect.

Thanks,
Mitch

 

This is a great thread, but I have a stupid (or not) question. Do you add hardener to the paint when you brush it? or will that defeat the purpose and not allow it to flow smooth?

I have some enamel, reducer and hardener, but the damn isocyanates have me so damn paranoid I do not want to spray it.

 

What did you use to thin it with and how much was it thinned? Did you use a roller and then brush or brush only? Sorry for all the questions.

 

Hi .... I learnt to paint cars with a brush in early 50's....we had a pot belly stove with a large tub of water that was pretty hot and you would put the paint in there to warm up..the paint would flow with no brush marks..Aways used camel hair brush's and had about 6 different sizes...these were always kept in glass cabinet...would use very small baby food tins with clips on them to catch paint from roof drip rails and edges of doors and lower parts of the car...we did some spray painting but all the good quality jobs were done with a brush...this was done in a separate room and then we would heat the room overnight...spray painting took over about 1958 in that work shop as the acrylic paint took over....With a little care and a very good quality brush and a quality marine enamel ...you should achieve a very pro finish and any car.......

 

my coupe was brush painted. The numbers were masking tape.

 

my first custom project was brush painted.black,when i bought it.