paint

[highland morris]

the best type of paint to paint my traveller should it be done with cellulose . paint . if it was done with . celloulose would it be really shiny .how do u acheave a good shine from celloulose

[les]

I think originally it was synthetic cellulose paint. It will be shiny if it's put on properly and if you polish it. If you want it very shiny polish it more!!

[highland morris]

can i put lacker on it

[les]

I think lacquer is used on 2 pack. You will have to wait for someone who knows for sure.

[bmcecosse]

Answered in another place. Celly is the best DIY option........

[kennatt]

In the early days celly used to shine from the gun,a long time ago,....The advice from the likes of ICI..belco was One dust coat to hold the paint,then a wet on wet double header,ie You go over the panel with a heavy coat then immediately go over it again,took a bit of skill to prevent runs and sags,There was no need for fine top coating it just shined with little polishing........ different matter now, the celly is mostly recycled and may shine after several light coats and a top coat comprising almost all thinner, but as it dries it goes dull and flat,and requires a lot of compounding when it is hardened .
This is why pros are very reluctant to use celly,and go for 2 pack,which requires less coats and virtually no compounding. but they have extractors and air fed masks to prevent serious lung problems, allthougth some ,on here, still take the risk.
You could,and still can,I think,get celly lacquer,it was used on metalic finishes,called clear over base way back then.No reason why it couldn't be put on top of celly but it would need to be done as part of the respray,instead of a top coat,because if it was left for too long the final coat would be to hard and the lacquer may not stick. It would also look very shiney maybe too much for some.

[MarkyB]

the celly is mostly recycled

From what?

[kennatt]

Im told by my local paint factor,that they recycle from old paint.Don;t know how,but thats what he said,His explanation was that celly was originally produced from surplus gun cotton,left over from 1945,there was aparently a mountain of the stuff left over.Thats why the quality was better back then. Thats what he told me.Don't know if its correct or not. Just know that its very poor compared to when I served my time,50 years ago.

[MarkyB]

Sounds dangerous!
Nitrocellulose is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to nitric acid or another powerful nitrating agent. When used as a propellant or low-order explosive, it was originally known as guncotton.

[ASL642]

Just "googled" this it's used today on slides for diagnostic testing

[chickenjohn]

Nitro cellulose is not explosive when in a paint
formulation. It is however, flammable due to
the solvents the paint contains (thinners).

With skill and a decent work environment it is
Possible to obtain a good gun finish. It is also
possible to get a dry orange peel finish from 2k
paints as well.

The main problem with modern cellulose seems to be the primers.
They go on quite thinly and there is often sinkage of the top
coat into the primer layers. That is why I now use
Branth Nitrofest as the primer layer.