My 29 coupe was painted with a brush long ago, I will get some pics up of it. Also going to paint my new 29 tudor with a brush.
Back around 1973, a buddy of mine bought his first vehicle - a beat up, '57 Ford 1/2 ton 'farm truck' that somebody had painted with green latex house paint and a roller! Being perfectionists though,D) we fixed that quick enough. We gave it a quick sanding to get rid of most of the roller marks and then 'rattle-can' spayed it Rustoleum black! Mart3406 ============================
Some really great info. That Craftmaster Paints seems like the ticket. I am trying to find a paint swatch page where I can see what they have. I'd like to do my '33 in dark chocolate brown or a deep maroon like I said. I love the whole idea of brush painting an old hot rod. I feel like it's a connection with the car or dare I say romanticized way of doing things. It's just like using old tools to build the car. Much like the guys that did the Pete Henderson roadster. I read in their article in TRJ that they use only the tool that were available in the day to build and restore their cars. So it seems perfect especially for those building a pre 1955 Hot rod to brush paint their car is they want the look and feel.
seems like i remember a tech article a couple years ago about using a roller and brush on a falcon (?). But I dont remember what mag it was in.
Actually ... it was painted at the '87 Goodguys West Coast Nats in Pleasanton: image by Kevin Lee (R&C Lee) ... not sure exactly when Jim (& Tony Thacker) added the "HRM decoupage" (aka "Jakeoupage"):
took me forever to find it... but its on post 46. or you can search 50 dollar paint job that ryan posted a few years ago
I did some experimenting with it last year sometime, but instead of a traditional brush I went with a foam brush, the cheapies from the dollar store. I believe there is an issue of Car Craft from a year or two back where they did a brush job on a falcon.....white with red scallops and it looked really good when it was done. I couldn't tell much difference between the two doors, I did the passenger door with a gun, and used foam brushes on the driver door pictured here: I also used a foam brush to paint the dash board, which ended up with a few thick spots, but overall I liked how it came out :Edit: I found the link to the Falcon, it was Hot Rod, not Car Craft that did it, here is the link : http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/body/hrdp_0707_1962_ford_falcon_budget_paint_job/index.html
haha, i stood about where this pic was taken with my cousin (Mike Smith owner of california hot rods) and watched this all transpire. my uncle, is an old friend of jakes from back in the early times days. he's painting in the right front corner of the top pic. johnny
My brother and I acquired our grandpa's Model A about 1948. Brushed on new paint, two-tone blue. It was like that until '95 when it was restored back to the original Black Lacquer. It's still in the family. I'm doing body work on my '29 Pickup, rock chips and such, a fender/panel at a time, will brush on new paint as I go.
I remember seeing an article in one of the restorer mags about an old guy from the south, restored concourse quality antique cars in a shabby little shop. His restorations were oil base paint, painted by brush. Won best of show at AACA meets. Of course he really knew how to do it. I worked in a paint plant in quality control lab and we tested paint for flow for brush on paints.
I love that T... perfectly done and I saw a photo of Jay Leno admiring it as well! My roadster had some hand painted panels on it from 50+ years ago... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1110149&d=1286344449 I learned from my Sign painting uncle that "Penetrol" would flatten out all the brush marks and reduces runs and I'm trying to get all his photo's af all the commercial vehicles he's painted over 70 years of his 86 years on earth.