- 1. Redoing Frame (score: 1)
- Author: "Bowen, Patrick A" <PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 09:32:47 -0400
- I pulled the body off of my frame this weekend and am currently stripping it down to prepare it for sandblasting and eventual repainting. The car will be painted British Racing Green and I was assumi
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00465.html (7,696 bytes)
- 2. Re: Redoing Frame (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter S." <alfapete@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 09:10:26 -0700
- Hammerite is a much better paint than Rust-o-leum. May be a little more money but a lot better. Peter S it
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00479.html (8,183 bytes)
- 3. Re: Redoing Frame (score: 1)
- Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 09:43:17 -0700
- While rustoleum is ok, I recommend priming them with Epoxy primer. With that, when rocks chip off the paint, as it surely will, the primer is still there to protect the metal. Joe -- "If you can't e
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00480.html (8,093 bytes)
- 4. RE: Redoing Frame (score: 1)
- Author: "Bowen, Patrick A" <PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:45:08 -0400
- Please excuse my ignorance in most aspects of painting (except spray can, I think I mastered that :^) ) the items I have been painting with rustoleum are items like axels and driveshafts (small bits)
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00482.html (9,040 bytes)
- 5. RE: Redoing Frame (score: 1)
- Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:14:27 -0500
- To answer your question, It depends..... A good spray gun is relative, What type ? A Wagner power painter ain't gonna cut it ! A Develvis, or like type is a good gun. Gravity feed or cup ? Nozzle siz
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00483.html (10,373 bytes)
- 6. Re: Redoing Frame (score: 1)
- Author: Patrick Baize <speedracre@netzero.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 21:47:21 -0500
- If you have access to an air spray gun (Binks, Devillebiss etc.) 1. After the frame is sandblasted, wipe it down with Lacquer thinner. ( make sure you wear goggles) Let Dry . 2. Apply a thin coat of
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00497.html (8,982 bytes)
- 7. Re: Redoing Frame (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith R. Stewart" <kstewart@wwdc.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 12:49:21 -0400
- will to If you are able to apply the paint while the surface is still tacky, what about POR-15? If it hardens, it is impossible to sand for painting later. Cheers Keith _ _ __| |Mk3 |__ E-Mail: kste
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00522.html (8,381 bytes)
- 8. RE: Redoing Frame (score: 1)
- Author: "Deatsch, James" <James.Deatsch@usa.xerox.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 13:22:28 -0400
- Being about to remove the body from my '66 MkII I'm interested in how you are making out with the paint, etc Patrick. Keith, you and I are almost neighbors, I'm near Rochester, NY Cheers, Jim it wil
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00525.html (8,768 bytes)
- 9. RE: Redoing Frame (score: 1)
- Author: "Bowen, Patrick A" <PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 13:44:00 -0400
- Well, I haven't gotten too far. Right now my body is off and my rear suspension dismantled, front suspension will happen today (anyone evernotice how much easier this is with a good impact wrench) I
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00529.html (9,648 bytes)
- 10. Re: Redoing Frame (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith R. Stewart" <kstewart@wwdc.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 19:26:27 -0400
- evernotice clear to Well, if you are doing the painting, you would be able to apply POR-15 to the bare metal and then spray in the body colour while the paint is still tacky. Check out their site at
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00550.html (8,189 bytes)
- 11. Re: Redoing Frame (score: 1)
- Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 21:18:43 -0400
- I've been been using POR-15 quite a bit on my cars lately. I did the chassis of my Bricklin. After a couple of years (while continuing to restore it) I drug the chassis out and painted lacquer over t
- /html/spitfires/1999-08/msg00557.html (7,981 bytes)
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