DizzyDale Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Hey,Everyone should check out THE Photo Gallery.....Skykings Met is SUPER.diz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom M Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Nice work Skyking. Did you do all the painting right there in that garage?I have asked this before on another thread when someone was painting their truck in their own garage but never really got a straight answer. How do you all vent the garage from the overspray etc.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Push it outside and spray in the morning when there's usually no breeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Walling Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 That sure is one car that will never get a 350 stuffed into it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Tom, I did do all the painting in that garage......in fact, it's the 3rd car I've done there. Before painting, I try to clean as much of the area as I can, and then wet the floor down. I bought a fresh air unit that brings outside air into your face mask. It works super nice and it's safe for urethanes. I don't have a fancy compressor, just a small unit that my brother put together years ago. I borrowed my son's Sharpe Platinum spray gun which uses 10 lbs. of air at the gun to spray. As far as overspray, you don't get that much using that type of gun, plus you use less paint. The paint layed so nice that I just used 1000 grit lightly to wet sand. It's the second time I've used single stage paint with very good results. The photos that are posted in the gallery are in reverse order. I have more detailed photos here at this web site, along with the 57' Met I did 2 years ago.......Click on this link......http://community.webshots.com/user/metroman111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Sorry about the backwards pictures Sky. I never said I was perfect. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />It's just the way they come up. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Wayne, that's OK.....I didn't realize first one uploaded goes to the rear....We learn as we go.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpushbutton Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 This post may be viewed as heresey, especially from a guy who's usually an "original only" kind of guy, but does anyone know of a Nash Met that has had a modern four cylinder OHC or DHOC EFI engine dropped in place of the Austin mill? I'm thinking like a Dodge Neon DOHC engine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Kinker Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 There was one on Ebay recently that had Chevette running gear in it, it should be relatively easy to change power plants. I have considered using Toyota power for one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpushbutton Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 I measured one up for this, the Neon engine would fit nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Albert Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Mr pushbuttom , if you going to go throught all that work to put a neon engine in a met I would advise you to put in one of the new all steel head gaskets in the neon engine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom M Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Sky,Matter of fact I was looking into spray guns and found this one Spray gun and one here HVLP Gun I know these sprays guns sounds cheap but I wonder if they do as good as a job as the one you borrowed from your son? You know us budget minded people try to save where we can so we have it for the cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest De Soto Frank Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Some of the REALLY budget-minded guys on some other forums have been discussing a technique involving a hardware-store "enamel" (Tremclad?), thinned way down, and applied with a roller. When dry, it is block-sanded, then repeated. Supposedly, good results are possible, approaching the appearance of a spray-job... and as with all paint jobs, "the devil is in the surface-prep"...This reminded me of accounts I have read of body-finishing pre-WW I: brushed varnishes/oils, weeks of drying, lots of "rubbing-out"... etc...(Too much elbow-grease for me... HVLP sounds attractive...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Morgan was brush painting automobiles into the 1950s, the last color they continued doing with this method was the antique white, at least as late as 1953-54.When sanding the painted surface, don't make the mistake of starting with too fine of an abrasive, such as 1000, 1500 or 2000. I suggest starting with 600 (for spray painted jobs, perhaps as low as 400 for the brush method), which cuts off the peaks nicely. If you start with the real fine stuff to begin with, you'll end up with shiney paint, but the fine grit tends to follow the "orange peel" so you end up with shiney orange peel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Albert Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 I did a K-car years ago with trimclad thinned down with thinner, in a friends spray booth, with a gun , and it really did look good, not a single run in the whole car. his friend the painter thought it was regular car enamel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpushbutton Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 All of this talk about budget-minded paint jobs reminds me of the "letters to the editor" dialogue running in hobby publications about 15 years ago re: whether to allow street (or hot) rods into antique car shows. There were many, hot-hot letters against. I sent in a reply stating "you wouldn't want them in your show, you might have to see what good body and paint work looks like". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest De Soto Frank Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 "you wouldn't want them in your show, you might have to see what good body and paint work looks like". Yes... that 's why I wish these "artists" would pledge to use their super powers "only for good"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Tom, I don't really see any problem using either gun above. They both have high atomization with low air pressure. I don't think I would have spent the money that my son spent on his gun to do 1 or 2 cars either. He paid good money on his gun because he uses it in his line of work........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Mrpushbutton, the most used engine I heard people use is Chevettes. They seem to fit very nicely and are somewhat light.I have visions of putting a 215 Buick Aluminum V8 in my 60' Met. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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