Thought ya'll might get a kick out of this. here is my rattle can fender. I'm pullin her out and I'm gonna finish prepping, the whole car, then off to find a sprayer and some real paint. I got lots of prep work to do yet, so it will be a while before I attempt to paint. I might play with the sprayer a bit on some other stuff though.
Not too bad for a can. Not too complex. Buy the cheap HVLP paint gun, spray it, call it a year. That is IT!!! Don't worry about all that other crap. It is just as easy as a paint can, but costs $49 bucks more
yah, it did come out kinda cool. but I was just bored. I gotta get paint, and hardner and softner and coat and stuff....I thought it was just put paint on and clearcoat and go. Guess I'm in for lots of learning. Very intersted in the single stage paint. LOL.
painting a car with a spray gun is the best way to do it using a spray gun takes some time to learn... its not a paint and go thing.. you need to make sure the gun is setup right so that you have the correct "spray pattern" the correct "atomization" and the correct air pressure oce you get it figured out, it is easier than a spray can and your finger wont get sore from pressing that darn spray nozzle on the top of the spray can
You must be new here ... This car was painted with a rattle can ... well ... actually .. about a dozen of them ... Ricks car
yes...my newness should be more than apparent by now. I knew and seen some cars painted with rattle cans at some time in my life...I just don't know how or what to do to make it look nice, I have the basics in my head, and I did some pretty good work this hunting season on some cammo jobs on deer stands and guns...I got a knack for the can and the patience or mental disorder to sit and do something for hours and hours....whichever it may be. This will def be fun and I will be trying all kinds of things on this car. I am weird...I actually like sanding so I won't hesitate to try different things along the way...if I do something and don't like it....time to sand. and i'll try something else. wish I started this sort of thing years ago. lol.
Here is the technique I used on the yellow Maverick above ... Prep, prime and sand just like for any paint job. Paint when the weather is cool and humidity low. I painted in my garage with door 3/4 down and a fan to suck out the fumes and mist. Use nice wet overlapping strokes. Only use the first 3/4 of the can ... after that the pressure is not enough for good coverage. 3 to 4 coats will do ... I got my paint from here and it's excellent: http://www.maverickcolor.com
i noticed when I was fartin around with the fender that once I neared the end of the can it started to spray crappy and even shot out blobs. My thinking was if I prep well enough, and put on enough coats, it will look nice. Sure might be the longer harder route, but I like seemingly mundane tasks at times...settles the constant flow of thought and voices in my head. I'll get a gun and play with it and learn, but I think I'll play with the can also and see if I can make something pretty. My trunk lid came out very nice. First coat of primer is sooooo smooth. I sanded it very well, before hand.....I almost don't need to sand at all. I was thinking of painting it with a can to see how purdy it could get. I'll update if I do it.
how many rattle cans did the fender take?? by the time you got finished with the whole car yo might be $$$ ahead to just by the right paint and equipment.
Figure 2 cans of topcoat per body panel ... (fender, door, 1/4, etc ..) ... hood was more like 3 cans ... I put vinyl on the roof so didn't have to paint that ... No way to buy a compressor, gun, mask, paint, thinner, etc .... for the price of a dozen rattle cans ...
I used one can on the fender, I imagine the next can would make it much nicer, but not very nice since I didn't sand the primered fender before, ust wanted to put some color on and see if that is what i wanted. I don't know if I could do it in a few cans as the above poster, but I guess he's proof it can be done. Just gotta get good at it I suppose.
If I may suggest something different http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads...+Aussie+Driver&topic=&Search=true#Post3071064 I might be trying this on my 76 Maverick I just bought last week. The whole post is like 140 pages long, in 2 parts, but some very interesting results. Love the site by the way and ples excuse the noob for just jumping in
