They use the Canadian version of Rustoleum paint. Not many colors to choose from. If you prep well and use some elbow grease buffing and polishing it would probably come out not much worse than the factory enamal paint jobs from the 60s. And if you don't like it when it's done you can sand it off and not be out much money.
Mark, I'm in the same boat you are. I've got no money and about the same amount of time. I'll tell you what the real trick is to getting a good deep shine out of just about any base coat. You put about 5-7 layers of high gloss clear on top of your base coat. You can buy the rustoleum in clear, and I'm sure it's not as good as a dupont clear, but there's something about beggers and choosers. Anywho, after you wet sand, rub, and buff that clear, it'll look 10 times better than if you just try to finish off the base coat. The US version of Tremclad, which is Rustoleum, isn't quite as nice because our VOC emissions laws won't allow the canadian version to be sold here. One thing of note is that it takes the Rustoleum FOREVER + 1 DAY to properly cure. It's like you paint it in the fall, so it can cure over winter and then you can drive it in the spring. At least, that's what I was able to glean from some of these articles.
I have recieved some interesting responses, and from what I have seen this is not looked highly upon either due to it being different or what, I was primarily curious if anyone had tried it or knew someone who has that could give me an opinion on a finished product. I am really surprised by some of the resistance by some of the quotes this has recieved, from what I have seen new and different ways of doing things are not only accepted on these forums but they are highly applauded. I am sorry I have caused such a commotion and I hope that I have not caused abrasion within the group
I've considered it on my 76 Mav after reading about it on a Mopar:16suspect website. I went so far as to buy 4 qts. of light blue Brightside topside boat paint (single stage polyurethane paint), the rollers, and all teh other crap involved but just haven't gotten around to it Now I'm trying to sell the car so it'll probably never happen, but I'll find something to use the paint on
Newtoford, your car looks pretty sweet for rattle. I think it all depends on what look you going for. I know you won a rat rod trophy so obviously if you going for the ratrod look then be as much of a minimalist as you can. If you wanna be inbetween then you can do some body work, get a cheapo Maaco or 1day paint or earl sheib and then buff it til it looks great. And of course if u want an amazign look, either gotta do it yourself or spend lots of $$$ and have it done. For me the problem is the air compressor. It's a 5-6 cfm air compressor, I can't do much painting with it so going roller is probably a pretty decent option.
ok great, so that takes care of the paint but.....what about some inexpensive pirmer and etching primer? I like what I see and am really thinkin about doing it, so let me know guys and gals. Thanks Alex
ive done the paint roller+rustoleum paint job on a big 4dr delta i had. i didnt thin it or anything, just used it right out of the can and it was dried on the car in about 2 hours. i didnt do any prep at all, i painted right over the dirt on the lower rear 1/4's. ive sinced stoped driving the car since i pulled the engine for something else but almost 3 years later the paint still looks like the day i put it on, even all the dirt is still held in place under the paint. its been sitting out side BTW, rain, snow, wind, sun. its held up fine. now the .99 cent a can walmart flat black rattle job on my mav tends to be faded out after it gets wet a few times. alot of model cars I build are a combination of .99 cent rattle paint and .99 cent clear coat and they come out NICE. i dont know if i'd be able to recreate that on a large scale though. blending together the lines of paint is hard to do, on a model its not even an issue. i like the looks of a $5000 paint job just as much as the next guy but i'd rather have the rat rod look then the cheapo macco job. to the untrained eye shiney paint is shiney paint. believe it or not i really am a perfectionist when it comes to body work. i could run it through macco as is today and come out just as nice as anything else they do but the steel and panel fit on my car is going to be "perfect" before i ever invest in something professional.i'd rather be flat black and straight then shiney with bondo and rust bubbles poking through all over the place. and believe it or not just about every oter car at the local cruises falls into that catagory
All of this is fine if you have a $ 50.00 car. I've been painting cars for 30 years. All you're going to do is cost you alot more getting that mess off, when you get ready for a nice paint job.
so why not Why not try it when I can afford a $5,000 paint job would I not send the whole shell out to be soda blasted anyways?:16suspect Hey for those of you that are interested I found this website http://rollyourcar.com/default.aspx gives a little easier to find info and has some good closeup pics of final results
