$50 DIY paint job

[Rattlebrain 10+ year member]

Wonder how it would work on cars with plastic body parts. (Like my Saturn)

 

[Blazin_Jason 10+ year member]

I think a guy did his civic. Those are like what? 85% plastic //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif. Should be fine.

 

[Rattlebrain 10+ year member]

I think a guy did his civic. Those are like what? 85% plastic //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif. Should be fine.

Yea, I was just looking at the civic.....HMHMHMMMMMMM:naughty:

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

ill try that on a fiberglass project.. thanks for the link

 

[SATX210]

old news, shine typically fades in a year and have to repaint/wetsand all over again. this guy obviously has a nice place to put his cars, but a daily or someone with no garage will have problems. i know Tremclad from my 4X4 days.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

repost?

 

[soul05 10+ year member]

what about clearcoat?

 

[Blazin_Jason 10+ year member]

http://forums.club4ag.com/topic.asp?whichpage=1&ARCHIVEVIEW=&TOPIC_ID=133867

Skim through that thread for some other pics. I plan on painting my blazer with tremcald. I won't be rolling it on though I will be using an HVLP gun. I'm going to paint an old fender first to see how it works out. I'm just having a hard time justifying spending $200-$400 for automotive paint materials for something I might wheel from time to time. I will update this thread with pics of how I make out when I get around to painting the fender.

 

[woody89 10+ year member]

Thats pretty neat. That Charger looks really good too.

 

[Showrides]

I just spent a few hours reading this thread. http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2331682&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1 69Charger the guy with the orange charger in his avatar starts it off. I can't believe the results that some of the guys are getting. I plan to give it a try one day.
For those that don't want to read it, in a nutshell: Gallon of Tremclad (rustoleum) acryclic/enamel paint, Mineral Spirits for thinning, professional 4" foam rollers, fine grit sand paper, then polishing compounds. He thins to consistancy of water, rolls on a coat, then another after that's dry, then wetsands after the second coat. This is repeated 2 more times then polished out. For more indormation and pictures check the link.

Jason

Very interesting. I may have to try that someday