I thought this was an interesting idea. It is a Canadian brand of rust proofing paint that needs no primer and can be self leveling when done properly. Anyway, this is a link to the link to the original thread... The original thread is on a Mopar board. The thread starts out about regular automotive paint. It is pretty far down the thread that this non-spray method comes into the discussion. http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=684407 Warning: The original Mopar thread is VERY LONG... Up to 2 separate threads with about 105 pages a this time. And growing. Have plenty of time and refreshments handy if you read up on this method seriously. Here are some pics from the original thread: These cars were painted for about 50 bux at home with a paint roller!
I have read about using a roller, but I hear that you have to do quite a bit of sanding to level it out. Even a self-leveler isn't going to level out THAT nicely. Looks good, though...
I would think any paint can look good with lots of sanding an buffing ... and paint always looks better in pictures than real life ...
It's Tremclad, which is just re-labled Rustoleum, has to have French and English on all our packaging, so for some reason they change the name. I would never in 1000000 years use that stuff to paint a car, I don't even use the spray paint.
I've been following that thread on the Mopar site for several months. It has grown to over 100 pages in two sections of that site. Some people seem to really love it while others have very big doubts. I guess the point of the thread is "how to paint your car for $50.00" and you want it to be one of the stock colors the paint comes in. Not sure if I would ever do that but is was interesting reading and I would love to see one of the finished cars in person. Anyone can claim anything on a forum posting.
I would never in 100 years paint a car like that! You can tell by the pics that the orange is dull. The car's glass reflects well but the paint sure doesnt. And thats an awful lot of effort for minimal payoff, other than the car just having paint on it. Plus imagine the nightmare when you really want to paint it right! If you want something cheap, just primer the thing until you can afford a proper paint job.
Rustoleum is an oil based paint ... supposedly fish oil. Any of those cars would need to be stripped to metal and chemically cleaned if ever paint properly with real automive paint ... I can tell you that Rustoleum is some really tough stuff. I changed the color of my kitchen cabinets from natural pine to White using Rustoluem Gloss White Paint. I rolled the cabinets and sprayed the doors and drawers with a can. The cabinets themselves have some orange peel since I used a roller and didn't thin it out as recommended in the car thread. The doors and drawers came out super smooth and look like they came that way from the factory. Also this stuff is water proof and scratch proof when left to dry. I had accidently got some Rustoleum on a couple of pieces of silverware. As I test I left the paint on them (knife and spoon handles) and they have been through the diswasher atleast 25 times and the paint will not come off ... Dan
Unless you're really good at mixing your paint and setting up your gun and laying it down, you'll more than likely need to sand if you don't want any orange peel or runs. So, to me it wouldn't matter how you got the paint on the car. The rusoleom will shine a lot better with a layer of clear on top of the color. Makes the paint look deeper too. It does take forever and a day for the paint to cure all the way though. It's still an enamel so it'll protect the car very well. It is what it is though. $50 paint job. You always get what you pay for even though sometimes you can get a better deal than others. I would recommend this for anyone who doesn't really care a ton about the paint job, doesn't have a lot of money, but pleanty of time for sanding.
My mom's first car was a corvair monza 4 speed. There is a corvair for sale on the way to church that has been in this guys yard for about 4 or 5 months. I'm starting to get an itch for it. I don't know what trim level it is though. Maybe when this place thaws out I'll stop by and take a look. I really like the stripes on the one in the pictures. Nice car.
we rolled my dads van if we did a little body work after it would have came out better but its not terriable for a roller ...but its just a work van
As stated above...you get what you pay for. Then when you get ready to do it right...you REALLY pay for it!
