TR2/3/3A Storing painted parts

[Frank Canale]

I am rebuilding my steering box and decided this would be a good easy starting point for painting brackets and the steering box once final assembly is complete. I have lots of repaired parts ready to paint so not going to wait till fall when it ends up too cold to paint like I did last year It will be awhile before assembling car and needing these parts. What should be used to wrap parts once dry so they can be boxed and stored. Looking forward to the day I can start un boxing finished parts and putting it all back together again. Frank

 

[CJD]

I covered the big parts with towels under garbage bags, just to keep the dust off. The smaller parts all went in zip locks and then in boxes. Items like the generator and starter were wrapped in coarse brown paper and then in the box. I didn't use any thin packing paper for fear it would stick to the paint over time. In the end everything came out great...some after 5+ years.

 

[Graham H]

I did much the same with the large pieces and most of the smaller items were powder coated or anodized

Graham

 

[Popeye]

Packing paper, towels, old t-shirts, old bed linens. I suggest you avoid plastic, as any moisture will not pass through it.

Also be aware of making the packing "mouse-friendly". There are not many things worse than mouse-pee ruining a perfectly good paint job.

 

[M_Pied_Lourd]

Can’t you just lay them out on the dining room table Frank?

Cheers,
Tush

 

[Frank Canale]

LOL !!! Dining room table full of parts in progress. Going to have to get a table that seats 12. Frank

 

[CJD]

I did keep my painted tub in the living room for 6 months. Of course the cost was buying my wife a new car...

I also once used the attic for storage as I finished each part of a '66 Vette. By the time I started assembly, pretty much the entire car short of the frame was all in the attic. The rafters were pretty bowed, and that rickety folding stairs barely held together.

This was after I was married...before that I would rebuild engines in my bedroom...and a whole lot worse. Now that I think about it...not sure how I found a wife?!

 

[Trevor Triumph]

When rebuilding the Spitfire we put newly painted parts - bonnet, doors, boot lid, and such - in the guest bedroom. Fortunately most of the suspension parts went from the paint area to the car after baking on the sun for a few days.

T.T.