Morris Minor Owners Club

Does anyone out there know of a cellulose based paint suitable for brushing.
A product called Brushing Belco was available once but seems to have disappeared now. Thanks.
les

Ah,memories, I once painted a 1932 Austin seven with Brushing Belco in the morning and
sold it by midday!! Sadly no longer available I fear.
Willie

Hi
I remember "Brushing belco". But the most often used was "Valspar". This had an in built laquer. The finish was quite superb. I am talking 50/60`s. There was no need for any u/coats or primers and you never saw much rust around! Happy Days?...Ivor.....

I think the worst thing you could think of doing is to brush paint your Morry . It will totally devalue it , in fact you will have a problem giving it away.
Try to spray it yourself , there are books on the subject and you can hire the equipment, or you can usually find small paint shops in the small ads in your local paper. As a last resort buy some big aerosols and use that.
At least with sprayed cellulose you can cut and polish the runs out.

Thanks for the replies all.
I should have put more info in my original post, it is only the inside payload area that I want to paint with a brush, mainly to avoid a fog of fumes in a confined space and want a cellulose based paint so that there is no adverse reaction if the end result is disappointing and I then have to use the spray gun. The rest of the van I will spray.
I rather like the blue that these posts are printed on, most cars of this colour are metalic though, which might not be too easy to match in if any local repair is needed in the future.
les

I brush paintet my engine bay with just a normal can of cellulose paint . It took several coats but they dry almst instantly and it had to be well degreased first but use a very good brush and the result is suprisingly good with no runs and few brush marks . Simon

Read your post with interest Simon, the reason that this Belco paint existed is because 'normal' cellulose dries so quickly that the paint picks up if the next brush stroke overpaints the previous, making a consistant finish almost unattainable. If you have got good results though you must be very skillful.

No problems with paint lifting either luky or dealers like to sell belco at higher price . Try it on test area first thin it down by 20 % and see how it goes Simon

dealers like to sell belco at higher price

Is this still available then, and who from ?

There was a brush on celly paint (i think) called re-paint..... popular with coach builders & signwriters. Still around I think

Possibly http://www.bodyshopwarehouse.co.uk could advise?

there's a type of paint called "coach paint". never used it, but where i used to spray there was a guy who resprayed many vechicles. many vans and commercial,s. ive never use it but it could be brush painted and dryed flat. developed espically for large areas, panel vans coaches. trucks.

tuning72 wrote:Hi
But the most often used was "Valspar".

Yes, I remember my father painting two cars using this. A 1937 Rover 14 (black) and a 50's MG Magnette (red). The finish was excellent and hardly any evidence of brushwork in sight.

les wrote:I rather like the blue that these posts are printed on

The closest BMC colour match would be Smoke Grey, which is a mighty fine colour and would be an orignal colour too

Now if there is a local Auto paint factors near to you you can go and ask for a brush applied self leveling paint,have it mixed up in whatever colour you want, i have OEW and snowberry, and if applied in thin coats is a first class finish...will never beat a good spray, however.......sometimes spraying is just not practical and you can achieve really good results with this stuff, i got mine from APEC in Norwich !!!!!!!

Try It Taz !!

there's a type of paint called "coach paint

i used this it took one hole day in the winter to complet . due to the cold air it was not the best but in the sun light it was a lot better shine than spray but not a deep shine .as my buget is tight i have redone the moggy in spray but hammer right smoth . it look nice at lest its rust profed before i re do it this summer in the open on the front lawn garage too small