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- Kormiku, on 10/11/2007, -0/+34I did this once, and it turned out really bad
- crxvfr, on 10/11/2007, -0/+29that had to require hours and hours of sanding
- wildfire, on 10/11/2007, -1/+28Great paint job -- I was expecting a visual cornucopia of painting vomit for only $50, but that's clearly not the case.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+20Gotta love people thinking outside the box. I'll try this on my truck. $100 of paint and materials look like a hell of a deal. Worst case, blast it all off and primer it.
Thanks for the link. Many interesting links were associated. - notoneofus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+20My great uncle, ever resourceful, painted his 1970 Chevy pickup with blue-green trim paint left over from his house. With a mop. I still remember that stunningly bad paint job, with pieces of the mop permanently embedded in the paint. He certainly guaranteed no one would ever steal it.
- wildfire, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19Can we agree it looks better than this? http://www.streetracinggallery.com/gallery/Laugh_My_Ass_Off/Cardboard%20Ricer.JPG
- allaboutdatiki, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Who would have ever thought that two quarts would last for seven coats.
How much did he spend on sandpaper? - wildfire, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Well he's got decals too, so I'd reckon that's about another 1300HP.
- bcat, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Maybe, but spraying *the car* is a bit difficult.
- spyd3rweb, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7go to Sherwin and rent a paint sprayer ffs. its not that hard to spray yourself
- DrAnus, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8As mentioned above this came out on a Mopar site a couple years ago. I used this technique on my old Civic and couldn't be more pleased with the results.
However, I warn anyone thinking about this that it is a ton of work. It took me about a week of intense sanding, painting, and waiting for each coat to dry. Also, you will not get a perfect paint job, if you use white you can only tell from about 3-4 feet away but darker colors will show the imperfections more. As far as durability, if you properly prepare the surface this stuff won't come off. I've had my car parked in the elements for over a year with no signs of bubbling, cracking, etc. - carpespasm, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8hah, repainting any care almost always involves hours of sanding. doubly so if any body work or rust must be worked out...
- InetRoadkill, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6There are two types of rustoleum. One is sold in the US and the other is sold in canada. The US version doesn't work well with rollers, but the Canadian version works pretty good from what I've seen.
This discussion has pics and talks about the process in more detail:
http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2331682&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1 - wildfire, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8So how are you able to say it's terrible if all you're basing this on is a photo?
- SteelFrog, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6I used to paint cars and I can't see this as being impossible as long as you sand to perfection in between every coat. Must have been a bitch of a job regardless.
- Charlotte_Web, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Blogspam, here's the direct link:
http://www.rickwrench.com/50dollarpaint.html - tiki36695, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7Boats have been painted this way for years!
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+8I don't think people should be making judgments since the car is white and the pictures are relatively low res. ANY paint job looks good from 10 feet away. While I do applaud him for the decent work, I just know that he must have wet sanded or something quite a bit to get a decent finish. Can't be very durable either. Did I mention bubbling in the sun?
I'd rather mask everything off and spray it with single stage paint. Even taking it to Maaco for $200 is a better. - Samm3, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6For all of the doubters out there... This truely does work. My friend found the mopar website a year or so back and did his 89 s-10 blazer sand brown (had the normal peeling paint problem) it turned out quite nice. I also did this to a oxidized datsun 720, it was a rush job, but it turned out pretty decent. This is great for a quick junker paint job, or to make an old car look nicer (given the time) but its definitely not for show cars. I've had no problems with chipped or soft paint, the secret is the mineral spirits...
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6if you do graffiti, you know rusto is really good paint
- fuzzynyanko, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Rustoleum is pretty good stuff, but this is the first time I have heard anyone use it on a car. It's interesting because I have this old Pontiac with peeling paint, and mixed results with the touch-up spray cans from the auto parts store. I wondered if I could paint it with glossy black Rustoleum.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5No way, cardboard bumper = super weight savings = 20hp :D
- blahtastic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Six quarts. Go through to http://www.rickwrench.com/50dollarpaint.html , and it says its 3 quarts gloss white Rustoleum, thinned 50/50 with mineral spirits. I don't know on the sandpaper, but he says he eventually bought a buffer which cost more than the entire rest of the project.
- akaphilly, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3holy ***** i am doing this now.. and its coming out greeat! i got rustoleum professional paint at home depot!
- StupidLiberal, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5It's obvious you didn't read the article, assmaster
- ragmaster, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3hes done a great job. i wasn't expecting to be any good.
- SayWhat00, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Sure, it's a lot of work, but there is something to be said for the satisfaction of doing it yourself. Sure, you could work harder and more hours to pay someone else to restore your car....or you could work hard/long hours and do it yourself.
- snuka, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Hasn't this guy heard of Earl Scheib? He'll paint any car any color for $69.95!
- andyyoung1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I guess it is a little less work than using a couple quarts of whiteout and those little brushes they give you.
- SuiteXVI, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I you bother reading the site, it does take a lot of sanding and the car still looks great after 8 months outside with no polish. There's a guy on the Mopar forums who's done this technique with an old bug and a Charger and they both look fine after several years. This is tough outdoor paint. A $200 Maaco job looks pretty horrible before it even gets the badly applied tape off.
- arcooke, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Sure, you could take it to Maaco or Earl Smegma.. but there's a certain feeling about being able to say "I did this" that neither of those other options can give you. Plus, you can do whatever you want with it. Maaco doesn't even remove your old paint, they paint over top (hence why it chips off so fast).
- skyshock1, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4How long would a paint job like this conceivably last?
- kd1s, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Earl Scheib would be proud of this guy.
- unpopulardude, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2One summer, I worked at a paint booth for used items being redone. We got immense volumes of pretty good paint jobs done. These guys taped and sandblasted (yes, not sandpaper, but a gentle grade of sandblasting). When painting, the waterfall that went down one wall pulled virtually all of the dust out of the air. For anybody wanting to do home painting, if you happen to have a mister or swamp cooler, put it about 5-8 feet away from the car in the garage. It's a good combo indoors with a brush or roller. If you want to actually spray, you should probably have a rather well-ventilated area.
I was also astonished at how well you can repaint plastic hubcaps with some sandpaper, rustoleum spray paint, and a mister running. - kingfoot, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2still, considerably less than any pro paint job that turns out half that good.
- weebit, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4Wow can you just imagine the possibilities if you could do the job yourself? you could have a 70's flower power car or van. LOL Come up with your own design and heck you just might start a trend.
- ChupaCadabra, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2The link goes to a site directing you elsewhere.
Blogspam. Buried. - Lightspeed2, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1because theres no clearcoat, paint is applied incorrectly, and there are no other supplementary paint chemicals other than the paint itself, which will be completely wiped off by a small rain shower.
- WestonP, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I have a friend that did this and it turned out pretty well, but it's a pain to do... there's a lot of initial sanding, then you wet-sand between each coat to remove runs and contamination. It's easy to get crap in the paint, so it really takes a lot of time and patience.
- arcooke, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Go away kid
- Marmot, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3A former co-worker once used paint rollers to repaint a $300 minivan he had recently bought. He didn't want to take it to a professional body shop, opting instead to do it on a Saturday in his condo's parking lot. Paint rollers seemed like an obvious solution to him -- they would make for a quick paint job, while avoiding the risk of getting overspray on other nearby cars.
I don't know how long it took him or how much money he saved, but the end result looked like a dog's breakfast. It was dull, and had that classic 'single coat' look, which I hear is all the rage these days.
Had he used rollers to paint a nicer car, we would have had to beat him. Alas, on a $300 minivan, it seemed strangely appropriate--it almost made up for the lack of fake wood paneling. I can only imagine what the original paint must have looked like. - ph0xer, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2I really never comment but since i have done this myself when i was poor i'll tell you what's up with this.
It works. Yes it does. However the amount of work you spend in painting it and effort is not worth the time and money you put on too it. I spent a total of 32 hours. Those 32 hours were hell. Painting, sanding, painting, sanding yes... x5. It came out decent when i say decent i mean you can get a quick spray some where and it will come out the same actually.
Now if you are really poor i recommend it but even so those hours you are going to spend you can be getting paid $4 dollars an hour and still afford a decent paint job. - Lightspeed2, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1because it clearly says it doesnt include any clearcoat, doenst use spray techniques, and uses terrible f-ing walmart paint which comes off in the rain
- joe122370, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3yep, notice there's no photos of him actually rolling any paint on. Just the car without paint and then painted glossy white. You'll never ever get paint to gloss evenly like that with rollers
- brucerchapman, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2The key to any good paint job is preparation, preparation and, yes, a bit more preparation. And when you've finished that, some preparation work will be good.
As long as the paint goes on smoothly enough, and you sand it back between coats, with enough coats and enough sanding, you'll get a good result. It may only cost $50 in materials, but if you calculate your time....well - it's a weeks wages isn't it? So unless you are unemployed, you're better off working an extra week and paying a spray painter. The main cost of repaints is the preparation - so prep it and wet sand it yourself, and pay someone else to gun it for you. - xSeg, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I don't know if you can afford cable or not but on spike TV they had a show about a roll on paint kit. the paint in that kit isn't to much different than Rustoleum. Rustoleum isn't cheap paint.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1With so many options for cheap paint jobs I really don't see this as being worth your time/money. As others have said, earl scheib, maaco, etc would be better. As long as you prep the surface alright, things should be fine. You'll be out a little money but you'll save a ton of time.
- Jonjonr6, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Don't forget that it's STi, GS-T, DOHC V-TEC, TRD, and This Side Up.
That's another 1000hp - Jonjonr6, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Gloss black?!! You must have way too much time on your hands. It'll take forever to get a nice finish in gloss black.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Actually, the best information was found here: http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2331682&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1
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