Getting tired of multiple colors...might do the Roll-On

Oh yeah, I have probably taken at least 30,000 photos of cars in the last 20 years. My jobs and hobby requires lots of photos. (and I still have them all) I can take photos of pretty much any car from 10 feet away and make it look awesome no matter how bad the paint job might be...as long as it's not all spotted up. Pictures can be VERY decieving.

 

I agree with The Razor. Beware of beautiful "looking" paint jobs on ebay auctions.

I knew a guy who sold his old Mustang Hertz CLONE on ebay. The paint was crap. He even admitted it in his auction. When the guy came to pick up the car, he complained about the paint not being as nice as it appeared in the pictures. Pfft!

I also use a "zoom image" plug-in on my FireFox Browser. It can zoom in on areas that might be dented or rusted also (even though it is a digital zoom - it sometimes reveals hidden 'things').

 

if you use spray paint from a can in the summer it will dry as it hits the hot metal, and it will appear "salt and peppered" and will not blend together very well

also the humidity will play a factor

just experience from being a painter for 17 years

 

i used this paint on mine( only not the kit ), you have seen it scott. i think it turned out pretty good. although i did clear coat mine. i also have many hours of sanding and buffing. i have around $400.00 in my paint job,not including my time. ive been told i'm cheap, i guess that proves it.

 

i found a can of navy blue rustolium yesterday, i'm going to do a test on my dads van in the next few days.

 

....and you dont even have sense enough to cover where you have sanded thru the paint with something NON-porous? Your advise is a dime on the dollar man.


Ill vote for you when a poll for fuggliest car comes along.....
http://mmb.maverick.to/gallery/showimage.php?i=2987&catid=member&imageuser=2494

 

People always want to know how your time affects the overall cost.

Well, after I clock out from my day job, my hourly rate plummets.

I can't manufacture overtime either. Soooo....my time is worth approximately $0/hr after I put in my time at my day job. Actually, it goes negative. I actually lose money if I'm just sitting around watching TV.

If I were to do a detailed cost analysis similar to what I do here at work, all of my costs would be in materials and overhead at my house. Overhead will be an extra electricity or water you use, which will be minimal.

Rolling a car with 8 coats with lots of sanding sounds like a good winter project. I could sand and paint from November to March and be just ready for the cruisin.

 

i have actually done the roll on paint method to my truck at home, and my buddies truck. I'll be completely honest, i didnt put nearly as much time as you are suposed to into the buffing and waxing and alll that to get it perfect, my dad just said he was goin to evict it from the driveway if it was not all one color.

My buddies truck was just used for when he needed to do some moving of things, or when his normal car was in the shop, so his roller job turned out just fine.

Basically i ended up with a nice lookin 10/20 foot paintjob, that looks good cruising around town, i know my dad loves to take the truck out and get thumbs up and all that

My computer recently crashed, but as soon as i can, i will post pictures of the truck in its painted form

 

Any chance of closeups so we can see how the paint laid down?

 

Just curious what would happen if you mixed in some enamel hardner into the paint to speed up the curing process and add to the durability? I have done it with our Canadian brand TREMCLAD when i painted truck frames and it worked out very well.

 

tremclad is actually the stuff your suposed to use, its what the guy used on his charger to make it so tough, i guess the rustoleum is similar but not fully the same

 

im stil in australia for one more week, but when i get back to the states i will do that for u, in some places it laid down nice, in other places not so great, to be honest i didnt do that much work prehand (prep and all) i just had to make it red before i went abroad for the semester, so when i take the pics itl be wat it looks like after 6 months of being painted

 

Cool, enjoy the remainder of your trip/semester!