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art ebeling · 03-06-2016, 09:48 AM

What can I use to thin the dark blue bumper clamp paint sold by Brattons?

Tom Wesenberg · 03-06-2016, 09:11 PM

I used the paint straight out of the bottle. It flowed out great and dried nice and smooth.

Barry B./ Ma. · 03-06-2016, 09:23 PM

If you need to thin it I would use lacquer thinner.

jm29henry · 03-06-2016, 09:34 PM

Lacquer thinner would work fine ,but if you steer it well you should be fine and any brush marks should legal out.

5window · 03-06-2016, 11:41 PM

Wouldn't the best idea be to ask Bratton's?

brito36 · 03-07-2016, 03:20 PM

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Contact Bratton's and ask them what type of paint it is, and what they would recommend as a thinner.....

art ebeling · 03-07-2016, 03:28 PM

Asking Brattons would have worked but I decided late Saturday to paint the clamps. I tried to spray it but it was too thick. Brattons listing says it is Ditzler acrylic enamel.

CarlG · 03-07-2016, 04:00 PM

The paint I got from Berts came in a little bottle with a paint brush in it. It flowed on real well. Have painted up a couple sets of these already, lots of paint left.

Ulysses6 · 03-07-2016, 05:12 PM

a listing states :
"If not used in 60 days paint will dry up and is not returnable."

Tom Wesenberg · 03-07-2016, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Ulysses6

a listing states :
"If not used in 60 days paint will dry up and is not returnable."

And, that IS the truth.

I should have given the rest of my bottle away, because it was dried up when I tried to use it several months later.

BILL WILLIAMSON · 03-08-2016, 12:07 AM

Vermins' bumper clamps have PERFECT paint. A "friend" offered to loan me his brush-in-a-bottle, to repaint them. I tole him, "Go home & paint your NOSE BLUE" +*&#%^$$&*---Next time, I'll sic Buster T. on him!
Bill Ticked

5window · 03-08-2016, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by art ebeling

Asking Brattons would have worked but I decided late Saturday to paint the clamps. I tried to spray it but it was too thick. Brattons listing says it is Ditzler acrylic enamel.

There are very few projects,especially ones employing paint, that come out well when started on a Saturday night!

5window · 03-08-2016, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BILL WILLIAMSON

Vermins' bumper clamps have PERFECT paint. A "friend" offered to loan me his brush-in-a-bottle, to repaint them. I tole him, "Go home & paint your NOSE BLUE" +*&#%^$$&*---Next time, I'll sic Buster T. on him!
Bill Ticked

Hope this is an inside joke, because it makes no sense in general. Buster T must not have had his coffee yet.

Mitch//pa · 03-08-2016, 09:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5window

Hope this is an inside joke, because it makes no sense in general. Buster T must not have had his coffee yet.

It's a real life story, which makes perfect sense

03-06-2016, 09:48 AM	#1
art ebeling Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Hillsboro IL Posts: 480	bumper clamp paint What can I use to thin the dark blue bumper clamp paint sold by Brattons?

03-06-2016, 09:11 PM	#2
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: bumper clamp paint I used the paint straight out of the bottle. It flowed out great and dried nice and smooth.

03-06-2016, 09:23 PM	#3
Barry B./ Ma. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southbridge, Ma. Posts: 1,614	Re: bumper clamp paint If you need to thin it I would use lacquer thinner.

03-06-2016, 09:34 PM	#4
jm29henry Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: michigan Posts: 1,126	Re: bumper clamp paint Lacquer thinner would work fine ,but if you steer it well you should be fine and any brush marks should legal out.

03-06-2016, 11:41 PM	#5
5window Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lewisburg,PA Posts: 938	Re: bumper clamp paint Wouldn't the best idea be to ask Bratton's?

03-07-2016, 03:20 PM	#6
brito36 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Marengo. Illinois Posts: 262	Re: bumper clamp paint Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Contact Bratton's and ask them what type of paint it is, and what they would recommend as a thinner.....

03-07-2016, 03:28 PM	#7
art ebeling Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Hillsboro IL Posts: 480	Re: bumper clamp paint Asking Brattons would have worked but I decided late Saturday to paint the clamps. I tried to spray it but it was too thick. Brattons listing says it is Ditzler acrylic enamel.

03-07-2016, 04:00 PM	#8
CarlG Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 9,115	Re: bumper clamp paint The paint I got from Berts came in a little bottle with a paint brush in it. It flowed on real well. Have painted up a couple sets of these already, lots of paint left. __________________ Alaskan A's Antique Auto Mushers of Alaska Model A Ford Club of America Model A Restorers Club Antique Automobile Club of America Mullins Owner's Club

03-07-2016, 05:12 PM	#9
Ulysses6 Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 54	Re: bumper clamp paint a listing states : "If not used in 60 days paint will dry up and is not returnable."

03-08-2016, 12:07 AM	#11
BILL WILLIAMSON Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: FRESNO, CA Posts: 12,560	Re: bumper clamp paint Vermins' bumper clamps have PERFECT paint. A "friend" offered to loan me his brush-in-a-bottle, to repaint them. I tole him, "Go home & paint your NOSE BLUE" +&#%^$$&---Next time, I'll sic Buster T. on him! Bill Ticked __________________ "THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"