$50 paint job?
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$50 paint job?
http://www.rickwrench.com/50dollarpaint.html
Anybody tried this, and are these results typical?
Anybody tried this, and are these results typical?
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I painted my race car with brushes and rollers. Came it really well. With the John deere paint and all supplies it ran me about $70. It lasted good for a year and then all the shine was gone and it was like green primer. Still got my money worth out of it.
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Originally Posted by cdrmotorsports
I painted my race car with brushes and rollers. Came it really well. With the John deere paint and all supplies it ran me about $70. It lasted good for a year and then all the shine was gone and it was like green primer. Still got my money worth out of it.
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Interesting. I can't see doing it to a decent car...for all the labor, I'd rather take it down to a local shop for a $500 special.
Still, on a beater, a trailer, or even a boat, it's worth trying.
Still, on a beater, a trailer, or even a boat, it's worth trying.
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I have no doubts he got it looking like that with Rustoleum. But it's not going to last very long. When it comes to paint, you pretty much get what you pay for. There's no way something that's ~$10/qt (Rustoleum) will be as good as something that's ~$50-75/qt (real automotive paint).
Oil-based paints will fade/chalk badly in a short time.
The factor he left out is what his time is worth. He put on a couple coats a day for several days. How long did each coat take? I'm a painter, and I'm sure with that brush/roller setup, I could have a coat on in about an hour to an hour and a half. Times seven coats...that's a lot of time that could be spent masking and prepping for a spray booth, where a sprayed-on coat might take about 15 minutes.
Jason
Oil-based paints will fade/chalk badly in a short time.
The factor he left out is what his time is worth. He put on a couple coats a day for several days. How long did each coat take? I'm a painter, and I'm sure with that brush/roller setup, I could have a coat on in about an hour to an hour and a half. Times seven coats...that's a lot of time that could be spent masking and prepping for a spray booth, where a sprayed-on coat might take about 15 minutes.
Jason
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10 years ago, we painted the whole 6 truck fleet in a weekend with a disposable wagner sprayer and rustoleum. We masked the windows and wiped the chrome/lights with a greased rag. After it was dry we wiped the paint off the chrome and lights and buffed all of them out on sunday. They all looked as good as the factory paint job and the only one that doesn't look as good today is the F700 because it sits in the same spot for months at a time so its roof and hood are a little faded.
