The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-13
BARNEY SUBMITS
 HIS ADVICE ON
 PAINTING CARS
Tells Many Ways For
 Painter To Shirk His Work
tContinued From Last Week. By BARNEY OLDFIELD

The previous article on painting took up the methods used for paint Ing a body from the bare metal and rave tips on how the work should be done. When the paint surface of your
 car has merely become dull and light " scratched the color and foundation coats are assumed to be in good condi- kion only require renewal of the last few coats of varnish. After cleaning the car completely, the paint surface is rubbed down with pumice powder and water, spots are touched up and one or more coats of color varnish ap- piled. After a final rubdown the coat of yarnish is applied as before.
 There are so-called enamels or paints supplied for the use of owners who want. to paint their own cars that are nothing more than varnishes which are colored instead of clear. The re- suit may be fairly durable, but the ewTer can never produce the gloss and brilliance obtained by the professional painter. His greatest trouble is that he attempts to build from a rough, dirty foundation. This handicap is augmented by his working in a garage
 where the atmosphere is full of dust lf the amateur uses unusual pains in preparing the surface with pumice and water and works in a room that has clear air, the ready mixed automobile eclors produce fairly good results.
 The greater percentage of repaint and fefinish work is done by shops that do not possess ovens and equip ment, for enamelling. This is unfor- funate because of the fact that black enamel is the most satisfactory finish for lenders and small parts. It's lus- tre can be renewed with suitable pol ishes and it's hard surface resists scratching.
 1t is regrettable that enameling in colors has yet to be perfected. This will certainly be a development of the future and then the finish of automo- blles will more nearly approach the mechanism in measure of serviceability. One paint manufacturer has taken step in the desired direction by offer ing system of baked color finishing tor use at the automobile manufactur- Ing plants. In this system the wooden frame of the body is dipped in a solu- non similar to cement which is in- tended to protect the wood from the heat of the baking ovens. The bodies are finished in colors and baked at temperatures reaching 400 degrees Fahrenheit, so that the finish ap- breaches that of an enameIled panel in lustre and hardness.
 Another paint manufacturer has perfected an air-drying enamel of pyroxylin type which can be- applied by spraying and which dries completely in fifteen minutes. It is claimed that the surface formed is of glass-like hardness, will not crack or craze, is not affected by alkaline climatic conditions. 1t replaces the, foundation and color coats described in the first part of this article and greatly reduces the time of painting because of its quick drying ability. A repainting system employing 2 material similar to that just described ia in operation in several of the larger cities for repaintfng service. Because of the possibility of refinishing a car completely in AS hours or producing a burn-oh job in week, this system is meeting with popular favor. Cars that have been refinished with this mate rial and method are being watched closely by body experts for defects that may develop. If a years surveillance reveals no deleterious effects, it is cer-, tain that this scheme will eventually. replace the more tedious vanishing methods.
 When your ear rolls majesticallv, From the paint shop door in its shim- nnering raiment of brilliant finish var