Thread: I surrender........

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Well the reality is sinkin in that a shiney riddler paint job is just not gong to happen in a unprotected drive way......no matter how much I will it to be so.
Soo for now I am going suede white on the top and a undetermined color on the lower half....
I am going to have it painted at a booth later when the funds are better,I will prep it and let a pro shoot it in a booth.
I guess it will be primer brown and a white top for now...........I just cant stand to do it less than perfect,soo off to the pros when I get the money.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...+with+a+roller

don't laff, look at the Mopar site it has over 200 pages on the subject & you won't believe how well the cars & trucks came out when they were done.......joe

I know what you mean, I don't have a booth either, and there is only so much you can expect shooting outside.

You might want to at least shoot flattened enamel on it, because primer sucks up moisture and really won't protect the metal underneath. Plus, primer shows every little spot and won't clean up well.

I know the song says " it never rains in Southern California" but..............


Don

http://www.rickwrench.com/50dollarpaint.html

.....LOL, yeah I primered my hood with 'rattle can' flat black the other night. Out in my driveway with a can of paint & a light so I could see. Didn't dawn on me at the time that the light ATRACKS bugs at night. SO while I'm painting the bugs come to the light & then land on the wet hood as I'm painting it! Good thing that bugs 'sand out' easily, huh??? Bill

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

You might want to at least shoot flattened enamel on it, because primer sucks up moisture and really won't protect the metal underneath.

Depends on which type of primer you are using. To my knowledge, an epoxy primer works as a good sealer. But, I would go with a sealer and flat paint as you suggested.

Shawn, mine is in primer for the same reason...when I get enough money, I'll have it painted. Who knows, I'll probably go with a flat black paint...but, the color keeps changing...I'll know for sure when I get the money for a paint job

As to the roller paint jobs, there was an article in the July issue of Hot Rod magazine on the same topic.

98% of a good paint job is in the prep. If you are doing a very good job on the prep, someone like Macco can give you a good spray, at a very good price.

Jack

i wonder if it comes in yellow

You don't have to spend big bucks to get a quality paint job. My friend's 31 Ford sedan was shot in his driveway. All he used was a bunch of PVC for a frame- rolls of plastic, couple of box fans & furnace filters & a decent EBAY Sharpe gun & a Home Depot 60 gal compressor.
It's won best paint at many shows. It's unbelieveable & many are shocked when he tells them it was painted in driveway.

I've never rolled one but I've heard perfectly sane people talk about doing tractors and field trucks with a roller and a brush. never paid much attention to it at thee time because , I knew my dad would disown me till I was talking with him about THIS thread and what it would look like and I found out WAY back in the day "before me" he had helped do a couple .

So now I'll add to the thread : I've had good luck getting everything ready the night before ( all the while watching the weather - no booth and don't want to rig one out of plastic) & soon as you have some light out side early in the morning , go to work , it needs to be not SO humid and NO wind and there should be dew on the ground, that should keep most things out of your work . Now this will not be perfect but better then most for a 10 - 10 paint job (really a 3 - 3 ) it usually turns out awesome.Then you can let it bake in the sun . Now keep in mind as already said above "your paint can only lay as nice as your prep work" .

You also have to play around and learn your gun and your product you choose to use . So a lot of things have to fall in to place for it to come out good. I hate to say this but it's really not that hard just really time consuming and having the booth and all the correct tools make it even nicer .

Different products have different quirks and rules to go by , its been said here many times by guys that do this for a living > " read the labels and stick with the same manufacturer for all reducers and the like " just because your next door neighbor gave you a gallon of FREE thinner you know nothing about don't use it , it may react with your paint by turning it in to gum!

Take your time masking and if it'll come off , TAKE IT OFF! rig up some racks to hold the doors flat and hood when you take them off because they come off and it's easier to paint your jambs that way." no , you don't have to but this is my opinion " and I'm sure some one has done better with less but this is the way I know works.

it won't be a Riddler award winner but you may win your local look'e lu show .

good luck Shawn

T L

Well here it is.........Its no show job ,but it will not rust and decay now,plus it looks better than primer..........all thats left is the windshield,then I can address the lower part of the body.I am painting it ,just going to knock the shine down with some 400 or 600 wet.

A few more......The paint is not horrible ,just not the show shine I was trying to achieve in a uncovered driveway using the inccorect materials....Like I said before this is rustoleum oil base shot on with a one pint trim gun ,unthinned.........I just thought this would look alot better than it does
It will look almost perfect once I knock the gloss off of it.

Wow, i love this thread lol. I have a 77 GMC p/u that i bought when i was 16. Ive replaced panels and resprayed that thing probbaly 20 times (with 10 different manufacturers idea of "flat black"). The damn thing came out horrible. If i had spots on it i just sanded em out and resprayed. The truck looked like someone just sprayed paint into the wind and let it settle on the truck. Not until a few years later did i learn the "proper" way to rattle can something. And yes, i believe there is a proper and improper way to use spray paint. I made the mistake of just spraying certain areas at times and not the whole panel. It made for a cool old look, but it wasnt what i wanted. Im actually embarrassed of the few first attempts, but hell, i was 16. If you want to see pics, i could throw one up. But not until someone asks for one. So until then, ill save myself the embarassement lol.

And ShawnLee, i like the truck alot. It actually looks 100 times better than my first attempts with rattle cans. I did end up buying an air compressor kit from Home Depot a few years ago, and it came with a spray gun, just haven't had the guts to bust it out and see what i can do with it... But you've given me some inspiration... Hmmm, what to paint, what to paint...

I wanna see pics.