I grew up next door to the local high school principal. He drove a late 30's or early 40's coupe. It was not a hot rod but just a cool old car. I just recalled him painting his car black out front of his house, in the street with a vacuum cleaner and one of those spray bottles. We're talking 60 plus years ago! The memory was just like it happened yesterday! Thanks for the video.
That's a really good story mate, it's amazing how things stay in our memory from when we were kids. When I was in primary school here in Melbourne, our principal lived quite literally next door to our school, and my memory of him was a couple of years into high school when I was working after school at the local Golden Fleece petrol station. My ex primary principal came in to get fuel, and while I'm filling his car he looked at me and said " gee , those numbers really click over fast now don't they ". It was the only time he had ever spoken to me, and I didn't even understand the comment. Years later after hundreds of fill ups I started chuckling to myself as the numbers kept clicking away faster and faster. Mind you, when old Mr Brown made his comment in 1979 , I think the price was 28 cents per litre. It's been as high as $2:35 recently, and is now around $1 : 73. Cheers from Australia.
I spent 5 years in my youth spraying lacquer on cabinets, so I have some experience there. I always thought I would die young from lung problems, since all we used were just those little foam masks, at most. But here I am at 72, and I can outwalk most of my high school and college friends. The old joke with lacquer paint was that you could get a perfectly acceptable lacquer paint job on a car with a windex bottle...if the lacquer wouldn't melt the plastic. This sprayer is just a little bit better than that. The trick, of course, is sanding between coats to knock down all of the bumps.
I agree. One of my mates painted his Harley with a vacuum cleaner spray gun in the early 80s, and it was considered ridiculous back then. But it turned out really nice. He must have made loads of coats and wet sands because it looked beautiful when it was polished. As stated in Puddin's video, it's all about the skill and using what you have.
My dad had one just like that and we used to paint a lot of things with that and then a vacuum we didn’t have anything fancy, but we did it and it came out good
I got a bunch of my dads tools after he passed i have a full set of 3/8 and 1/2 inch sockets with ratchets that were craftmans from around the late 50s or early 60s im 63 years old and that the tools i used all my life and those ratchets are some of the best i also got all his taps and dies he made his living as a milwright for dimano sugar over the years ive bought alot of stuff like you have. And i look at the price differance like a 10 cent coke is now $2.50 its crazy the changes you see in a lifetime. Thanks for the video
You showed a good chunk of my shop in those boxes, still use a lot of them, got a few old Sun units, dwell tachs, voltmeters, etc. Since most of stuff I work on is pre 1980, they still get used some but am getting old, body wont do as my mind says it should, old age sucks but at least am still kicking. You're right, lacquer paint smells good!
I remember my mom had a vacuum with one of those sprayers. Though the instructions didn't say (that I remember) anything about painting. It was more like spraying your roses and shrubs etc. with bug spray, or fumigating your house if you had lice and stuff. I've heard about spraying paint with them but never seen it done. Thanks for that. I think you got a good deal on your sale finds. My dad had one of those Dorman "dooeys" with cotter pins in it. I may still have it, I don't remember. It might have been busted and got tossed. I've been picking up tools at yard and estate sales for decades. I've gotten some good tools and good deals that way. I tell youngsters starting out to do that instead of buying new. Have a good 'un!
That chair webbing brings back some memories. Yes sir, there was a time when folks would fix what was broke instead of throwing it out. Maybe that's why all the mom and pop hardware stores are gone.
We were issued the silicone cloth in Marine boot camp back in 1969. Our main use for it was to wipe off surface rust from our rifles and other metal equipment. It also helped protect the metal from rusting again. I also remember using it to shine the concrete floors in our squad bay before inspection. I'm sure if I dug deep enough in my old seabag I could probably find a silicone cloth in there somewhere.
I painted my 57 chey 2 dr Htp roof in nitro cellulose lacq.I was mixing and laying it on and it wouldn't lay out so I got madand put about 10-20 %paint and filled the gun with thinner and blasted the heck out of it and turned the lights out and went to bed mad , well ,when I got up and went out and looked and it was smooth as babies butt and just as shiney as you could want !
very cool! i've heard about and read about these for years but never saw one in action. i'm told the trick to a good job is to lay down lots and lots of coats and then sand and sand to get that show finish. fwiw there are several types of british racing green depending on the manufacturer; that looks like an mg green whereas aston-martin is lighter/more silver, jaguar is that dark you're thinking about, and so on. thanks for this demonstration!
Back in the day I was going to paint my 57 Chevy and I pointed out to a friend the color that I wanted to paint it, and he said Oh that's British racing green.. So when it came time to take my car to the paint shop, I told my dad to tell the guy to paint it British racing green.. Dad said, I think u outta go down there and pick the color out from the paint catalog.. I wanted to spend some time with my girlfriend, so I didn't go... When the car was finished and I went to pick it up, I saw the color of the car and I was sick... You see, our Telephone Co trucks were green with orange fenders.. You could see em a mile away... Well my 57 was Telephone Co green.. I later discovered that the color that I wanted was 68 Pontiac green, but at least I didn't have orange fenders.. I guess I should mention that the guy that gave me the bogus info is no longer a friend...
I used one when i was about 15. Me and the next door neighbor bought a 41 Ford 2 door sedan that didn't run. We got it running with out much work. We decided it needed paint so we did it with the vacuum cleaner paint adapter and it didn't turn out half bad. To this day the old Ford Flathead is still my favorite engine and the first one i ever worked on. Love your channel!
Hey Puddin... I vaguely remember paint to thinner was 1 to 1... Equal parts... maybe 2 parts thinner to one part paint.. That's what we did on the 41 Pontiac, and the 31 Model A...
Yes. I painted a 1946 4 door ford at 13 years old in 1955. One of the hardest whipping my mother ever gave me was for using her new Electrolux vacuum. But I did keep and use that vacuum to vacuum my cars out till the 1990. The car was a $20.00 Army Surplus that was really rough. I took of all the chrome trim off and dimpled the holes and used Devcon epoxy to fill them. Used electrical tape to tape off a few things. I found a gallon of black paint in the shed left over from painting clothes line post. I had never seen a spray gun or even been in a body shop in my life. But in my later years I did learn how to hand rub lacquer. But growing up in the rural mountains of Western North Carolina the only thing I had to go by was a tiny book or an occasional Hot Rod Magazine.
Of course it works! It's so simple it can't help but work! Back in early 70s Britain I painted a Ford Anglia with one of these and several part cans of different shades of dark blue cellulose paint from my boss's paint store all mixed together. Must have been the cheapest respray ever, I think we charged the girl who owned the car about £25 all in! Because the pressure is so low (10-12psi) you need the paint really thin, about 70/30% thinners to paint ratio. So many coats is a fact of life!
I paint all my models with Rustoleum & Tamiya lacquer paint from a can l get from hobby lobby & my hobby shop, or online. Goes on thin & covers very well & dries fast. I then clear coat it with 3 or 4 coats then wet sand it & polish to a high shine. I sure wouldn't try a vacuum attachment 😂. I got my dremal at 14, I'm 61 & it is still workin great
👍👌👏 Oh WOW, you showed a lot of cool stuff. 2/ Congratulations 🎉 for those purchases. 3) I am a big fan of Electrolux vacuum cleaners and own several ones. The oldest one is from 1990 and I use them all the time. The older one that I inherited from my beloved granddaughter (RIP), unfortunately got stolen. Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health in particular.
I had a great uncle with 4 or 5 garbage trucks, he would save these and respray his trucks, aluminum foil on the lights and mirrors, roll the windows down and spray away, according to my dad it was green rustoleum
I'd say you made out like a bandit on the two boxes of goodies . Mom got a new Electrolux in '58 , but her's didn't have the sprayer attachment , it did have the one to fill your garment bags with the fumes from moth balls though . I have that sweeper to this day , but haven't seen the moth ball attachment in years . I seem to recall articles from the fifties , claiming that " they had laid down X number of coats of lacquer , and buffing between each coat . " Sounds like a good way to remove your fingerprints , for a future life of crime .
Venturi with purpose. My mom had a hoover that looked like a rocket ship. I rode that sucker while watching 'Howdy Doody' on our black and white TV. Just thought youd like to know that.🤪 PS, i painted two cars with lacquer back in the day. Both looked like Howdy Doody did them.
Would have never believed you, but i just seen it. painting with a vacuum... wow! Wonder if that's on the same principles as a Turbine sprayer. I have one I've primered cars with, an older model, constant flow, material trigger. The newer ones are not constant flow units. You scored really well with the $50 box! That Tarp grommet kit is MILES better than the crap sold today. And did even better on the $15 box! The Dorman hardware kits were worth that alone!
Greetings from the UK 🇬🇧 Pudding absolutely brilliant great video my friend just found your channel and liked and subscribed totally awesome that vacuum paint spraying totally amazing. Back in the day they had to use what was available ❤ completely hooked well done ❤
go 2 thirds paint to 1 third thinner on first coat if its fast dry thinner,, after that go 50-50 and spray the hell out of it, don't use fast dry thinner on real hot days, use medium when real hot weather, have fun with it...
Hi there mate you a lot of shithot gear mate I got the same problem but I them still At home Mate I wonder why she away found you a woman With a big shed mate one day mate
Your just wasting your time and money. Tell you what I can do for you. I'll pay the shipping costs and give you what you paid for all the contents of both boxes. You know I'm only kidding. Great find
My dad had one just like that and we used to paint a lot of things with that and then a vacuum we didn’t have anything fancy, but we did it and it came out good
I grew up next door to the local high school principal. He drove a late 30's or early 40's coupe. It was not a hot rod but just a cool old car. I just recalled him painting his car black out front of his house, in the street with a vacuum cleaner and one of those spray bottles. We're talking 60 plus years ago! The memory was just like it happened yesterday! Thanks for the video.
That's a really good story mate, it's amazing how things stay in our memory from when we were kids. When I was in primary school here in Melbourne, our principal lived quite literally next door to our school, and my memory of him was a couple of years into high school when I was working after school at the local Golden Fleece petrol station. My ex primary principal came in to get fuel, and while I'm filling his car he looked at me and said " gee , those numbers really click over fast now don't they ". It was the only time he had ever spoken to me, and I didn't even understand the comment. Years later after hundreds of fill ups I started chuckling to myself as the numbers kept clicking away faster and faster. Mind you, when old Mr Brown made his comment in 1979 , I think the price was 28 cents per litre. It's been as high as $2:35 recently, and is now around $1 : 73. Cheers from Australia.
I spent 5 years in my youth spraying lacquer on cabinets, so I have some experience there. I always thought I would die young from lung problems, since all we used were just those little foam masks, at most. But here I am at 72, and I can outwalk most of my high school and college friends. The old joke with lacquer paint was that you could get a perfectly acceptable lacquer paint job on a car with a windex bottle...if the lacquer wouldn't melt the plastic. This sprayer is just a little bit better than that. The trick, of course, is sanding between coats to knock down all of the bumps.
Puddin, you make me laugh and that’s not an easy thing to do given the times we live in. I really enjoy your videos.
Thanks for the lesson when back in time they painted with a vacuum. Didn’t see that coming out good.
I agree. One of my mates painted his Harley with a vacuum cleaner spray gun in the early 80s, and it was considered ridiculous back then. But it turned out really nice. He must have made loads of coats and wet sands because it looked beautiful when it was polished. As stated in Puddin's video, it's all about the skill and using what you have.
Luv your videos! reminds me of the old Wonderful World of Disney shows with the narrator! Cheers!
He does. That's funny.
The Sam Barris poster RULES !!!
My dad had one just like that and we used to paint a lot of things with that and then a vacuum we didn’t have anything fancy, but we did it and it came out good
The silicon cloth my dad used to wipe his guns down with one same thing I like what you’re getting out of that box
I got a bunch of my dads tools after he passed i have a full set of 3/8 and 1/2 inch sockets with ratchets that were craftmans from around the late 50s or early 60s im 63 years old and that the tools i used all my life and those ratchets are some of the best i also got all his taps and dies he made his living as a milwright for dimano sugar over the years ive bought alot of stuff like you have. And i look at the price differance like a 10 cent coke is now $2.50 its crazy the changes you see in a lifetime. Thanks for the video
You showed a good chunk of my shop in those boxes, still use a lot of them, got a few old Sun units, dwell tachs, voltmeters, etc. Since most of stuff I work on is pre 1980, they still get used some but am getting old, body wont do as my mind says it should, old age sucks but at least am still kicking. You're right, lacquer paint smells good!
I remember my mom had a vacuum with one of those sprayers. Though the instructions didn't say (that I remember) anything about painting. It was more like spraying your roses and shrubs etc. with bug spray, or fumigating your house if you had lice and stuff.
I've heard about spraying paint with them but never seen it done. Thanks for that.
I think you got a good deal on your sale finds. My dad had one of those Dorman "dooeys" with cotter pins in it. I may still have it, I don't remember. It might have been busted and got tossed. I've been picking up tools at yard and estate sales for decades. I've gotten some good tools and good deals that way. I tell youngsters starting out to do that instead of buying new.
Have a good 'un!
Fascinating video. Thanks. Good score on the estate sale items. Keep some, pass some along?😊
That chair webbing brings back some memories. Yes sir, there was a time when folks would fix what was broke instead of throwing it out. Maybe that's why all the mom and pop hardware stores are gone.
We were issued the silicone cloth in Marine boot camp back in 1969. Our main use for it was to wipe off surface rust from our rifles and other metal equipment. It also helped protect the metal from rusting again. I also remember using it to shine the concrete floors in our squad bay before inspection. I'm sure if I dug deep enough in my old seabag I could probably find a silicone cloth in there somewhere.
Hi puddin creek cool cans a chart you never know whats around hidden in old places thanks alot . Cheers mate🇦🇺
My dad used to use oil base and thin it down, and that worked
Never a waste of time if you're enjoying yourself.
Back in the late 50's Kirby sweepers had an paint sprayer included in their sweepers.. How do I know ?? My Mom just HAD to have a Kirby...
I painted my 57 chey 2 dr Htp roof in nitro cellulose lacq.I was mixing and laying it on and it wouldn't lay out so I got madand put about 10-20 %paint and filled the gun with thinner and blasted the heck out of it and turned the lights out and went to bed mad , well ,when I got up and went out and looked and it was smooth as babies butt and just as shiney as you could want !
very cool! i've heard about and read about these for years but never saw one in action. i'm told the trick to a good job is to lay down lots and lots of coats and then sand and sand to get that show finish. fwiw there are several types of british racing green depending on the manufacturer; that looks like an mg green whereas aston-martin is lighter/more silver, jaguar is that dark you're thinking about, and so on. thanks for this demonstration!
In 1959 I primed my 40 ford with mom's kirby
That’s pretty cool! Could you imagine the people freaking out when you started painting a car in your driveway! Heads would be exploding all over!
No runs, no drips, no errors? I would be most concerned about trapped dust in the vacuum contaminating the pain.
Back in the day I was going to paint my 57 Chevy and I pointed out to a friend the color that I wanted to paint it, and he said Oh that's British racing green.. So when it came time to take my car to the paint shop, I told my dad to tell the guy to paint it British racing green.. Dad said, I think u outta go down there and pick the color out from the paint catalog.. I wanted to spend some time with my girlfriend, so I didn't go... When the car was finished and I went to pick it up, I saw the color of the car and I was sick... You see, our Telephone Co trucks were green with orange fenders.. You could see em a mile away... Well my 57 was Telephone Co green.. I later discovered that the color that I wanted was 68 Pontiac green, but at least I didn't have orange fenders.. I guess I should mention that the guy that gave me the bogus info is no longer a friend...
I used one when i was about 15. Me and the next door neighbor bought a 41 Ford 2 door sedan that didn't run. We got it running with out much work. We decided it needed paint so we did it with the vacuum cleaner paint adapter and it didn't turn out half bad. To this day the old Ford Flathead is still my favorite engine and the first one i ever worked on. Love your channel!
Hey Puddin... I vaguely remember paint to thinner was 1 to 1... Equal parts... maybe 2 parts thinner to one part paint..
That's what we did on the 41 Pontiac, and the 31 Model A...
This Was A Great Episode !! 👍😉
When I was a little guy, my dad and me we painted all the radiators in the house using the same exact spray with the vacuum
In the 1950s my day sprayed his three wheeler Morgan with one. He sprayed it Lilac. It was called volume spraying. Love your videos. UK
Yes. I painted a 1946 4 door ford at 13 years old in 1955. One of the hardest whipping my mother ever gave me was for using her new Electrolux vacuum. But I did keep and use that vacuum to vacuum my cars out till the 1990. The car was a $20.00 Army Surplus that was really rough. I took of all the chrome trim off and dimpled the holes and used Devcon epoxy to fill them. Used electrical tape to tape off a few things. I found a gallon of black paint in the shed left over from painting clothes line post. I had never seen a spray gun or even been in a body shop in my life. But in my later years I did learn how to hand rub lacquer. But growing up in the rural mountains of Western North Carolina the only thing I had to go by was a tiny book or an occasional Hot Rod Magazine.
Of course it works! It's so simple it can't help but work! Back in early 70s Britain I painted a Ford Anglia with one of these and several part cans of different shades of dark blue cellulose paint from my boss's paint store all mixed together. Must have been the cheapest respray ever, I think we charged the girl who owned the car about £25 all in!
Because the pressure is so low (10-12psi) you need the paint really thin, about 70/30% thinners to paint ratio. So many coats is a fact of life!
Awesome 👍stuff
I imagine you can touch up your John Deere tractor with that British racing green lol . Thanks for another , Brother !
Best channel on TH-cam.....................Blessed Pudding Creek
That's cool mate I love it mate
I love these videos of old tools and parts, of course I'm 80 so I remember most and still have some.
All good stuff 😊
Always cool videos about hot rods ...
Cool stuff love it cool video as always ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The origonal HVLP paint system
We hsd a paint sprayer with our Kirby vacuum, never used it but always wondered
You got a great deal mate
I paint all my models with Rustoleum & Tamiya lacquer paint from a can l get from hobby lobby & my hobby shop, or online. Goes on thin & covers very well & dries fast. I then clear coat it with 3 or 4 coats then wet sand it & polish to a high shine. I sure wouldn't try a vacuum attachment 😂. I got my dremal at 14, I'm 61 & it is still workin great
Some cool history there
👍👌👏 Oh WOW, you showed a lot of cool stuff. 2/ Congratulations 🎉 for those purchases. 3) I am a big fan of Electrolux vacuum cleaners and own several ones. The oldest one is from 1990 and I use them all the time. The older one that I inherited from my beloved granddaughter (RIP), unfortunately got stolen.
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health in particular.
I had a great uncle with 4 or 5 garbage trucks, he would save these and respray his trucks, aluminum foil on the lights and mirrors, roll the windows down and spray away, according to my dad it was green rustoleum
Lacquer is indestructible
Until it falls off with age, rub it til it shines!
Good deal on the boxes.
Mine would say " So you do know how to use a vacuum ". That's some quality pack rattin.
It's looks good mate like a satin look mate
I'd say you made out like a bandit on the two boxes of goodies . Mom got a new Electrolux in '58 , but her's didn't have the sprayer attachment , it did have the one to fill your garment bags with the fumes from moth balls though . I have that sweeper to this day , but haven't seen the moth ball attachment in years . I seem to recall articles from the fifties , claiming that " they had laid down X number of coats of lacquer , and buffing between each coat . " Sounds like a good way to remove your fingerprints , for a future life of crime .
back in the 59,s my brother had a paint gun that you used an spare tire to make the gun paint. He painted his skirts on his 50 olds coupe.
the spare tire's air pressure was the air source??
@@xmo552 yea it was for 1950's
Venturi with purpose. My mom had a hoover that looked like a rocket ship. I rode that sucker while watching 'Howdy Doody' on our black and white TV. Just thought youd like to know that.🤪 PS, i painted two cars with lacquer back in the day. Both looked like Howdy Doody did them.
😂😂😂
My favorite Howdy Doody quote comes from Cheech and Chong😂
A turbine setup is basically a vacuum in reverse
When I was litle (early70's) my Dad talked about using it with my Grampa Hall. After hunting they'd wipe down the shotguns with those clothes .
Would have never believed you, but i just seen it. painting with a vacuum... wow! Wonder if that's on the same principles as a Turbine sprayer. I have one I've primered cars with, an older model, constant flow, material trigger. The newer ones are not constant flow units.
You scored really well with the $50 box! That Tarp grommet kit is MILES better than the crap sold today. And did even better on the $15 box! The Dorman hardware kits were worth that alone!
Greetings from the UK 🇬🇧 Pudding absolutely brilliant great video my friend just found your channel and liked and subscribed totally awesome that vacuum paint spraying totally amazing. Back in the day they had to use what was available ❤ completely hooked well done ❤
Hello UK!
and I am of Australia 🇦🇺 mate
Cool 👍
This looks like it's worth trying. To be safe though, I'll try it on the neighbor's car next time they go out of town
Dad had the same one when I was a kid.
Paint sprayer. Damn I'm old.
Just saw 5 on eBad for one price.
You are Living the good life
go 2 thirds paint to 1 third thinner on first coat if its fast dry thinner,, after that go 50-50 and spray the hell out of it, don't use fast dry thinner on real hot days, use medium when real hot weather, have fun with it...
and I am of Australia 🇦🇺 mate that works good mate
Hi, best thing with this guy .....doesnt point the camera at himself....selfie....never......love it
dang that bumper was rough. why did you hold onto it?
"as rough as a night in jail" 😂
Hey pudding,do you still use laquar,brand of paint
Yes. When we are doing a period correct hot rod.
Nice shirt
Rainbow sweeper
Id clean it up an polish it then decide if a paint job is needed
Need a bigger shop. Can never have enough room.
I'm sure if you did make, or find that perfume, it would cause cancer in California.
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@@puddingcreekrodshop
at 2:27 below the Rainbow attachment and to the left of the Milner Coupe..... could you share any info on that Mercury?
You can paint a car with a vacuum cleaner, but you have to empty the bag first!
Keep that siliconized cloth away from anything you're gonna paint unless you want fisheyes in your finish.
Paint gun
There is NO “One” ..”British Racing Green”………Dozens…….(Flat, Metallic)
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Hi there mate you a lot of shithot gear mate I got the same problem but I them still
At home Mate I wonder why she away found you a woman
With a big shed mate one day mate
Your just wasting your time and money. Tell you what I can do for you. I'll pay the shipping costs and give you what you paid for all the contents of both boxes.
You know I'm only kidding. Great find
wipe your guns off with the cloth...
My dad used to use oil base and thin it down, and that worked
My dad had one just like that and we used to paint a lot of things with that and then a vacuum we didn’t have anything fancy, but we did it and it came out good
Paint gun
Paint gun