FABRIC BODY CAR

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 338, 27 September 1932, Page 2

FABRIC BODY CAR

IMPROVING ITS APPEARANCE. A fabric body can be greatly improved in appearance after it has been in use for two or three years by painting it with cellulose, but it is essential to use the fabric grade of material; this has a flexible base, which will "give" with the material to which it is applied, so that cracks do not appear in a short time. To use ordinary paint or orcdnr.ry celluiose lacquers would be unsatisfactory. It is essential to have a perfectly clean surface. First wash the fabric with soap and water, which should be lulce warm. Wipe perfectly dry, and finally go over the body thoroughly with petral or turpentine to remove any gioasy deposits. Make sure the

grain is free from dust, and the fabric is then ready to be painted. The fabric cellulose should not hc thinned down; this would havj no bearing upon whether the material would ewntually be brittle or otherwise, owing to the fact that it has ihe same base as that from which the fabric is manufactured. It is only possible to obtain flexibility by the use of c-ertain ingredients, and these are embodied in fabric cellulose. The lacquer is applied qulckly and evenly 10 the fabric surface, and in cases vvhere a fabric body is to be finished :n the same colour as that existing, one coat should be sufficient. Te change the colour, two coats. at least of the new tint are advisable, but a marked alteration is not recommended.