Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan

Posted by BigKev On 2007/7/19 15:35:27

I used a brush. But I made sure to clean the brush with thinner as I went along. I also let it cure for 7 days between main coat and touchup coat. You can't see any brush marks, but surface on the head and the block is not that smooth except for the machined areas, so it hides the inperfections that a completely smooth surface would not.

The cast took the paint very well. But I had to make touchup on the primered steel surfaces, as you could see the brush marks. But after the second touch-up coat, they have leveled and disappeared.

The accessories were painted with rattle-can high temp gloss black. The vacuum advance was painted with Eastwood Cadium spray paint.

I had also bought a set of reusable silicon caps/plugs from Eastwood that I used to keep paint out of the bolt holes and off of any exposed threads.