$50 paint job?
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From: Middleton, ID
I've actually started playing with the idea of using a rustoleum type paint, ACE brand is what I'm using b/c R/O doesn't have quite the color choice.
Doesn't look too bad either, I'm going to mask and spray rather than roll it on as well as hardener and maybe a coat of clear, MAYBE.
This is with two coats applied along with a rust stop primer
Anybody guess the two colors?
Doesn't look too bad either, I'm going to mask and spray rather than roll it on as well as hardener and maybe a coat of clear, MAYBE.
This is with two coats applied along with a rust stop primer
Anybody guess the two colors?
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I wonder if it would be easier, and almost as cheap, to use white rattle-can lacquer (not enamel), available at most auto parts stores and home centers. Lacquer dries instantly, so it can be immediately buffed between coats and dust is less likely to stick.
Jim
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> to use white rattle-can lacquer (not enamel),
When you use paint with the brush or roller thinned out it sort of self levels like latex. When you use a spray, all the imperfections stand out. Plus, spray cans are very expensive. I just bought a quart of satin Hunter Green at Home Depot for $8, that will cover a lot more then two spray cans ever will.
What I use the spray cans for is doing door jambs and tough spots like under wheel wells, other then that, I use a brush or roller.
When you use paint with the brush or roller thinned out it sort of self levels like latex. When you use a spray, all the imperfections stand out. Plus, spray cans are very expensive. I just bought a quart of satin Hunter Green at Home Depot for $8, that will cover a lot more then two spray cans ever will.
What I use the spray cans for is doing door jambs and tough spots like under wheel wells, other then that, I use a brush or roller.
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There is a topic in the paint forum about this:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...ck-or-car.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...ck-or-car.html
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Originally Posted by jimdandy
Our town drunk painted his 41 Ford with a 5 gallon bucket of black paint and a broom one time. Looked damn good to him. jd
I think before they invented the spray gun cars were painted with brushes. I heard early Rolls Royces were. Have him bring his 41 ford to me I'll wet sand it and buff her out!
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From: cape may county NJ
Originally Posted by loudfords
Hot Rod did a write-up on it on a Falcon in their second-to-last issue. They were quite impressed, but called it a 4 foot paint job, not show car.
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the best part of that link was his realization that his fugly stripes added that much needed hp... lol
i know of a guy who every summer will bust out his roller and dutch boy paint and roll his van - to each their own, i guess.
i know of a guy who every summer will bust out his roller and dutch boy paint and roll his van - to each their own, i guess.
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