Topic: Frame painting/powdercoating.

[ASCSurveyor]

I've never thought of handpainting a frame before.  I might do this.  How bad does this interlux stuff smell?  Would I be able to do it in my apartment with ventilation?

[UnCrash]

I'll let you know when I pop the cap.  Probably not tonight, because of the rain.  Comments on another board noted that it has noxious fumes and recommended a mask with charcoal filters.

[ASCSurveyor]

In that case, looks like I'll have to rebuild my "paint booth" out on the balcony.   

[BobbyR]

As a teen my friends father bought a 1923 Fire Engine. When he had the pump restorered the fellow said it would have been hand painted. It seemed before spray technology the painter would put down a layer of color with a brush and then level it with some thinner ans a brush. It was the deepest color I have ever seen.  

[jumpjg]

This is a very interesting post! I'm at the "dreading the paint decision" point in my '77 F rebuild. My past experience with painters is they are late & expensive, but have yielded good results. I've been tossing around the idea of spray painting the bodywork myself -  I have a large compressor & a decent gravity feed gun, and I've had some sucess with a spray bomb. I did some research at the local auto paint supply house & walked away more convinced I didn't want to attempt it. All they want to talk about is bc/cc. I thought about shooting the old acrylic enamel stuff, but this sounds like it might be even better. I think I might try the one part poly with a roller/brush.