Paint Your Car Yourself w/ Rustoleum Paint for $50? (lane, truck, mileage)

[MustangEater82]

Originally Posted by scarabchuck

You get what you pay for.. LOL there is a reason some paint jobs cost $10,000 and up ...

To compete in car shows?



Another one, is tractor paint. some people have had good results, but really only 3 colors, black, white and red.

I had considered trying to mix black and white and get a dark gray, when I was looking at getting a beater Cherokee, alot of faded ones out there.

[MustangEater82]

btw, some tractor paint cars... I think I am going to do my engine bay on my car whenver I pull the engine. I mean you are not going to win car shows, but looks alot better then 5 different colors, faded out paint etc....

[rbohm]

Originally Posted by scarabchuck

You get what you pay for.. LOL there is a reason some paint jobs cost $10,000 and up ...

yeah, and the paint still only lasts a handful of years in the southwest, and it has to be redone again at a cost of $12,000 due to inflation. thanks but no thanks, i will use rustoleum or fleet x or even dupli-color paint shop paint. if i want to splurge, i will get some low cost PPG or dupont paint. i will leave the high cost PPG and dupont paints to the pros and the nuts that want a high end show quality paint job, and let them cringe every time they take the car out for a drive.

[MustangEater82]

Also there is the ability to "fix" paint.

The nose of my 2000 beater Camaro, the clearcoat was peeling and paint was faded bad. I masked off an area, tried to "blend" into seems. Then I very lightly sanded, prepped and used rattle can

Once again, not a show winner, but looks a million times better IMO... most people that saw the difference complement it.

Before...




After...some sanding...

[camaro69]

I knew a guy who hand painted his old (1973) T-Bird with a brush back in thr 80's

Believe it or not, didn't look that bad.

[camaro69]

Originally Posted by MustangEater82

Also there is the ability to "fix" paint.

The nose of my 2000 beater Camaro, the clearcoat was peeling and paint was faded bad. I masked off an area, tried to "blend" into seems. Then I very lightly sanded, prepped and used rattle can

Once again, not a show winner, but looks a million times better IMO... most people that saw the difference complement it.

Before...




After...some sanding...

Agreed. Looks much better.

[frankgn87]

not too bad MustangEater. not bad at all

[SD4020]

Originally Posted by MustangEater82

To compete in car shows?



Another one, is tractor paint. some people have had good results, but really only 3 colors, black, white and red.

I had considered trying to mix black and white and get a dark gray, when I was looking at getting a beater Cherokee, alot of faded ones out there.

I am going to do my project with equipment enamel and on the final coat I will add a paint hardener. I will use Ford tractor dark blue.

[Tek_Freek]

I love typos. Seriously funny stuff towards the end of page 2 ^^^.

[MustangEater82]

People forget what a good buff job, claybar and wax can do to make a car look new again. And if 90% of the car looks good it hides some of the imperfections.

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