Re: Henry's 55 Constellation

Posted by Stephen Houseknecht On 2013/6/1 13:34:34

My pleasure Hank. I know you won't be disappointed.

I am planning on painting the house with the Allback lindseed oil paint. Last year bought their IR heater/paint stripper-works great, used the pine tar and linseed oil to coat underside of the veranda-did a great job of bringing wood back and also got all 1st and 2nd floor clapboards and windows covered where there was peeling latex or window glazing compound missing. Doing this has bought myself at least five years of protection while I start on the house. Plan on doing the windows this year. House is a large 1890's Victorian. Found another plus, the original paint was lindseed so this is probably why the original wood is in such good shape. Sorry for getting off topic here.

I want to get my Packard up on jackstands this year and get the car undercoated w/ the lindseed oil. One tip- put a kettle on the stove and fill with water. Then suspend your lindseed oil in a can and bring to 140F- this is the optimum temp for applying the lindseed oil.