The usual finish for an automobile body in the pre-World War I days was
varnish. Essentially like a piece of furniture or a boat. Coat of varnish
(usually applied with a brush) and then rubbed down, followed by another coat
of varnish and more rubbing. I seem to remember that it took 10+ coats.
Colors were usually dark (black, brown, green) but bright colors were possible
also-but I believe that whites and reds required more coats of varnish.
I believe that enamel was also used, but I have not been involved in vehicles
of that vintage for so long I have forgotten.
Jan
Paul Heuer <pheuer@earthlink.net> wrote:
Would they have still been brush painted in 1914? When did spray
painting begin to appear? Jan, one for you...
My Dad's 1936 Armstrong Siddeley has some very nice hand pinstriping on
it too - that would be fun to reproduce.
I guess it depends on just how original it has to be ;-)
Cheers,
Paul.
The cars would have been hand-built back then. It was probably a case of
anything goes.
That would be my belief too!
None of this any-colour-so-long-as-it's-black stuff at Sunbeam. :-)
YEH!
Thanks and cheers
Chuck
Russ
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