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« on: August 14, 2009, 02:38:41 PM » |
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I read the article on the rustoleum paint job and decided to try it out on 2 fenders. It seems like its going to work but I am only on my first coat. I mixed the paint with mineral spirits 50/50 and applied a very thin coat with and ultra fine paint roller. The first fender was wet sanded with 800 grit sand paper. This caused the paint to not want to stick that well but it turned out ok in the end. On the second fender, I wet sanded with 400 grit and applied a thinner coat. The paint went on great and smoothed right out. I will get some pics up today of my experiment. I was bold and went with sunrise red.
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« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2009, 06:53:31 PM » |
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You better hope you never want to really paint the car now cause you will have to have the car acid dipped to put real paint back on it......rustoleum is oil based. I have also see gusy spray this stuff on bikes. It last a long time and looks good.
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Brian
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1966 Beetle
1965 11 window bus
1984 Mazda B2000
1939 Chevy Master Delux
2005 Nissan Titan (Tow Pig)
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« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2009, 07:00:42 PM » |
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Damn Rick you put it all back together almost . You must have busted your ass.  Hey I am sorry I couldn't do any better than that  I am glad you are happy . I really enjoyed painting it for you, I want to get back into painting after this. I think this is the best shot right here.  and this one looks good too.  |
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Shew
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« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2009, 08:44:03 PM » |
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Yeah it looks great. As soon as I get back from Virginia I am going to buff and polish it out and put it back together the rest of the way. It will be nice to drive it again.
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« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2009, 09:33:45 PM » |
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It looks good Rick. Can't wait to see it close up.
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Shew
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« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2009, 09:13:12 AM » |
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It sucks that I have to go to VA for 6 weeks before I can finish getting it back together and polishing it out. If only these OCS results would be published before I left, I wouldnt have to go. Oh well.
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Shew
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« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2009, 05:45:48 PM » |
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Shew
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« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2009, 06:06:02 PM » |
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Only if I were to get stationed overseas or something of that nature.
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Dave72ghia
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« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2009, 01:15:20 PM » |
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Hey that really looks good buffed out.
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« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2009, 11:31:14 AM » |
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So let me get this right. YOU painted this with a ROLLER? Using a oil based paint? It looks amazing if that is what I am seeing here. Are you worried about it staying on and not chipping? No clear coat right? Damn..it looks great.
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Dave72ghia
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« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2009, 04:16:24 PM » |
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So let me get this right. YOU painted this with a ROLLER? Using a oil based paint? It looks amazing if that is what I am seeing here. Are you worried about it staying on and not chipping? No clear coat right? Damn..it looks great.
It is oil based Rustoleum . No clear coat . He started to roll it, but I went over and sprayed it for him . I never painted a car with that before but it turned out good . I was surprised to see how well it it looked when I sprayed it for him. |
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Shew
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« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2009, 05:41:00 PM » |
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When I rolled it, it produced a glass like finish. When Dave sprayed it, it also produced a glass like finish. I only rolled the paint on 2 fenders. After that, Dave was nice enough to come over and spray it for me.
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1968vdub
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« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2009, 09:58:23 PM » |
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Well it looks damn good. I assume much cheaper? How much difference in cost?
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Shew
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« Reply #14 on: November 25, 2009, 08:52:22 AM » |
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The paint was about 10 bucks a quart. I think it took about 3 or 4 quarts to paint the car minus the large amount I spilled on the floor. We reduced it with mineral spirits. Spraying the paint produced a better finish in much much less time.
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