Low budget spraying technique

[MarkyB]

Needs good lungs though!
http://cheezburger.com/47444993

Not a bad finish!

[Coalmossian]

Brilliant!! Why on earth did I spend all that money getting my Traveller professionally sprayed!? What was the guy using as a moisture trap?
Seriously though; pretty neat!
Does anyone get the impression that this wasn't his first time?

[bmcecosse]

It is indeed brilliant - just don't suck by mistake.........

[Arthurdaily]

I have to try!

[mal c]

let us know the result. found this on ebay, cheap enough. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Artists-Spray ... 4d066610fa

[MarkyB]

My dad sprayed his 1930s Black cab with a more sophisticated version made from a peanut butter jar and a foot pump to supply the puff.
Somewhere I've got a really flash spraygun for use on the outlet of a cylinder vacuum cleaner.

[welshrat]

My dad sprayed his 1930s Black cab with a more sophisticated version made from a peanut butter jar and a foot pump to supply the puff.
Somewhere I've got a really flash spraygun for use on the outlet of a cylinder vacuum cleaner.

I remember them, glass jar, red top, not sure if vacume cleaners blow as well as suck these days tho!

[stag36587]

Brilliant! I need to give this a go

[Dominic]

My father, who is an architect, used a similar but smaller scale version for shading drawings. It consisted of 2 tubes, hinged, so that the tube into which he blew created a low pressure (venturi effect - same as SU carbs!) sucking up the diluted ink from a container. I vaguely remember trying it out on the dog... thought he might look rather smart with a piebald effect...

[rogerowen]

My dad sprayed his 1930s Black cab with a more sophisticated version made from a peanut butter jar and a foot pump to supply the puff.
Somewhere I've got a really flash spraygun for use on the outlet of a cylinder vacuum cleaner.

I remember them, glass jar, red top, not sure if vacume cleaners blow as well as suck these days tho!

Think it was probably an Eletrolux hoover. I sprayed a Ford Special (bit like a Ginetta G4 but much cheaper). Cellulose bright orange - finish ressembled Stone Chip!

[mini00]

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[Chipper]

Quite a good technique for touch-ins, though he could have masked off the bumper and tyre to prevent overspray.

[bmcecosse]

Spam ^^^^^ ?????
Just picking up the thread - I did spray my first track Mini with a vacuum spray gun - in the back garden of my folks house...... Bright orange - and so was the grass all around... But it was a surprisingly good finish - perfectly ok for the use of the car - which my mate rolled into a ball a few months later.. Another mate swears by the vacuum gun - -he resprayed his MGC with it - and the finish is incredible. Deep red shine with not a blemish to be seen...actually better than new ! He still has the MGC - but it hasn't seen the light of day for ~ 30 years now....

[Mark Wilson]

I did an Escort with an Electrolux type gun. Looked like I'd pebble dashed it, but think that was down to not understanding how to use thinners rather than the gun......

[kevin s]

It's a mistake most of us seem to make when using cellulose for the first time, putting the 70% plus thinners in required to get a decent finish seems wrong.

I also remeber my dad using the jar and foot pump device.

[blues2rock]

I've always found that the easiest way to get a professional spray job, with no hassle, no breathing of noxious fumes, AND your nose hair stays its natural colour is to use.............................................a cheque book.