Friend had a model A and a 1920s limousine he restored using lacquer. Each coat of lacquer dried very quickly, and then he would rub it out and spray on another coat. IIRC he said the Model A had 17 coats of lacquer. It was the deepest and most beautiful finish I've ever seen on a car. He won numerous prizes at auto shows for both cars. Lacquer doesn't hold up as well as newer finishes, but might hold up as well as rattle can finishes. Last time I looked lacquer was available in rattle cans. If not:
http://www.hirschauto.com/Nitrocellulose-Lacquer/products/11/ Note the warning about spraying urethane finishes in the following article: " Compared to the old lacquers and enamels, urethanes are much too shiny-almost plastic in appearance due to the clearcoat-and don't have the same depth of finish that a lacquer finish has. They are also very dangerous for the average home hobbyist to use because they contain isocyanides; unless a paint mask with a fresh-air feed is used, the isocyanides-contained overspray will harden in your lungs and kill you." http://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hmn/2005/07/Restoring-Radiance/1281382.html Instructions on lacquer finish for cars: https://www.bing.com/search?q=how+to+hand+finish+a+car+with+lacquer&pc=MOZI&form=MOZSBR I have a pipe frame canopy which came with a black plastic top (HF has them; not sure about color.) If you covered the whole frame with black plastic, the temps in the summer sun would probably reach well over 100F just like they do in a closed car. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ clay wrote: > I would love to build a hot house and drive the dang car in it to bake. I am > pretty sure one day would do the trick if it got over 70. > clay > > > On Sep 16, 2016, at 5:40 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > wrote: > > > > I recently painted a steel rod for a project I'm working on with several > > coats of black rattle-can spray paing over 3 or 4 days. A few days later, > > I found the paint hadn't really hardened, so I thought of heating the > > piece up with a hair dryer/heat gun. That didn't work too well and I was > > concerned about getting the paint too hot in the spot in front of the > > heat gun. > > > > I solved the problem by putting the piece on the dark blue dashboard of > > our '82 240D/3.0 with the front window facing south. That worked like a > > champ. It heated up the rod uniformly until it was almost too hot to hang > > onto. The paint is good and hard now. > > > > > > Craig > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
