Morris Minor Owners Club

Needs good lungs though!
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Not a bad finish!

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?

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

I have to try!

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

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.

MarkyB wrote: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!

Brilliant! I need to give this a go

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...

welshrat wrote:

MarkyB wrote: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!

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

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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....

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......

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.

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.