Okay, I saw this at Old Skool Rodz' board: http://forum.olskoolrodz.com/showthread.php?t=35253 But hey, they stole it from here: http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2331682&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1 And now I'm passing it on, so it's probably made ALL the rounds, now. "69chargeryeehaa super stock Reged: Jan 04 2006 Loc: toronto canada Re: paint job on a budget!? [Re: Mustanghater] #2338616 - Wed Jan 25 2006 02:34 PM here's how i painted my car for about $50, it's actually very easy and the results are amazing. First off, get a can of tremclad real orange (or what ever color u want) in the can, not spray, yes tremclad, it is a acrylic/enamel paint which is very durable. next prep your car as if was any other paint job, fix all the rust, ect....no need to prime the car since the tremclad allready contains elements which allow it to be painted over bare metal. next, after prepping the car get a small 4" professional FOAM rollers, it's tiny and has one end rounded off, and the other cut straight, and is a very high density foam. u also need a jug of mineral spirits to thin the paint. The thing i really like about this is that there's no mess, no tapeing the whole car, just key areas, and u can do it in your garage, since your not spraying there is virtually no dust in the air, just clean your garage first, also it does'nt really smell at all, dries overnight and it super tough paint. also it you decide to paint the car professionally later, just prep and paint, there's no need to strip the tremclad. i have done this to a few cars, and i can say it works amazing, u just have to be paitient. next u thin the paint with mineral spirits so it just about as thin as water, a little thicker. get out the roller and paint away, don't get the paint shaked when u buy it, enamel is stirred, otherwise you'll have bubbles in the paint for a week!!! after u do 2 coats, wet sand the whole car, then repeat, 2 coats, wetsand, 2 coats wetsand. i painted the charger using a can since your not spraying the car u use all the paint and not spray 50% in the air, use progressivly finer sand paper each time. it's not really that much work, cause u can stop and start any time, u can do just a door, or the hood, ect. do one panel at a time, and don't stop once you start. once your done the final coat, wetsand with about 1000 grit to a totally smooth finish, and then using a high speed polisher i use a buffing bonnet and turtle wax polishing compound. do the whole car with this, and i'm telling u, depending on the amount of time and paitence you have, the results are amazing. laugh if you want, but for $50 ($30 for paint, about $20 for rollers, sand paper, ect...) it really looks good. also you can do these steps overnight, paint one evening and by morning u can wet sand. i have personally done alot of painting, mostly single stage acrylic enamel, and i've sprayed several cars in my garage with really good professional results, just it stinks, it's a real pain to do, easy to make a mistake, messy, and expensive. The tremclad is awesome paint, the "real orange" is an amazing hemi orange, and almost looks like it has some perl in the sun, awesome color right out of the can. I used this technique on my 1974 beetle also, here are the results: http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/69martin/Picture10.jpg the car before: http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/69martin/IM000475.jpg another after pic: http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/69martin/DSC00164.jpg here is a car i sprayed (71 beetle, midnight blue metalic): http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/69martin/DSC00194.jpg here is the car before (71 beetle): http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/69martin/Picture1.jpg here's a few pics of the charger done: http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/69martin/DSC02764.jpg http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/69martin/DSC02769.jpg well that's my 2 cents worth, sorry for the long post. i was borred lol i painted the orange beetle in 1999, and it still looks like the day i painted it, the 71 blue beetle i painted in 2000, and built the car for my dad, i used the same paint on my charger, maybe one day i'll spring for a good paint job, prepping is 90% of the work, stripping the car, sanding, ect.....painting is overrated!!! So if you have TIME, then i'd say go for it, the worst that could happen is that it does'nt turn out and your out $50, but if your paitient, and expriement with lets say just the trunk pannel and if you like it do the whole car, if not just get it done by someone else for $4000. i don't know about you guys, but i would rather spend the $4000 on other parts like getting the mechanics sorted out and new chrome, cause when u have really nice paint and crappy bumpers, door handles it just sticks out more."
I see a similar technique is written up in Hot Rod this month, on a Ford Falcon I believe or something like that. They painted it white with red scallops. Looks like a LOT of work to me compared to a decent spray job, but then I did paint an entire 55 Ford pickup with spray cans from the local Farm-Boy grocery store years ago...
I heard the guy at ol skool just put some semi-gloss black designs over the grey paint and the combo looks good....lol He's waiting on his freind to stripe the edges before posting pictures.
This has come up here before - check out these posts for more info ... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=184937& http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=160907&
The biggest attraction to this is if you have no means of spraying paint. I wouldn't attempt to spray paint in my attached garage and have all of those paint fumes in the house. You also have more time to deal with imperfections as you go. You don't necessarily have to remove everything since you aren't as worried about overspray making it into every nook and cranny.
I took my grandmas old electrolux vacuum cleaner and found the spraygun attachment she bought in the 50's and painted my ole Impala. I used porch and floor enamel and thinned it real good.Wet sanded and buffed it. Hell Earl Schieb was jealous! That was in 1974!
A friend of mine is about to do his wife's 12 second Dart with Rustoleum and a roller. If it looks okay, I'll probably do my daily driver with it. That's the only paint job within my budget. Slonaker
I just added scallops to the 50 dollar paint job, I did rattle can these though with the Rustoleum. I just need to get a heavy(3/16's) white pinstripe around the edges and it'll be done.
HOT ROD, July 07 Not bad for $25.00 worth of fence paint, I think the thing looks pretty bitchin'. Besides, when's the last time something built by, or featured, in HR had scallops, pinstriping, and bias-ply www's?
Were testing some colors on a spare hood. Here is a closeup of it w/ 4 coats, light wet sanding and hand rubbed polish. Wont be bad with a few more coats and some good wet anding time.
Me and a buddy of mine did this to his truck with Rustoleum. It turned out pretty good, probably not as good as the Falcon in Hot Rod. But well worth it. I think he had about $70 in the paint job.
Looking good, if you went to that ol skool link you'll see where I used a base coat clear coat polish after the turttle wax paste. It realy gave the shine a clearer deeper finish and has a smoother feel about it.
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