On Sun, 18 Feb 1996, Robert J. Donahue wrote:
> I have most of the mechanical work done on my TD, soon I will be tackling the
> cosmetic end. She needed new tires so I took the opportunity to paint the
> rims. I used the canned spray paint from the Moss catalog. I used Rust-Oleum
> brand auto primer underneath. I am so pleased with the results that I'm
> wondering if the whole car could be done with spray cans. Since its not a
> unibody, it will knock down to fairly manageable pieces. Would this be a big
> mistake? How about just for the primer? Anybody out there ever try this?
20+ years ago there was a New England MG-T Register member who used spray
cans to repaint his black TD. As I recall, it took many cases of spray
cans and in the end cost almost as much as a decent compressor, spray gun,
and bulk paint would have. It looked pretty good and won best of class at
several NEMGTR GoF's, but that was a long time ago before multi-megabuck
professional restorations became the norm. In those days the popular
voting was more likely to lean toward a good DIY restoration done with
spray cans even if the next car in line was professionally done. Sigh...
Yes, you can repaint your TD with spray cans, but it's a lot easier and
not much more expensive to get a compressor and spray gun and teach
yourself to use them. A good spray gun will give you much greater
control over pattern and flow, so the results will be more predictable.
Spray cans are OK for the odd small part, but that's all.
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Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO (daily driver)
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If cars had evolved as fast as computers have, by now they'd cost a
quarter, run for a year on a half-gallon of gas, and explode once a day.
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