rustoleum paint jobs out there?
12-05-2007, 09:54 PM
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rustoleum paint jobs out there?
i was thinking of painting a c3 with this rustoleum paint this guy painted his charger with.... there are some pictures on a site it looks clean.... just wondering any one do this to any of their vettes? here is what he said...
""Yes i painted it with a "profesional" high density foam roller. The trick is in how you thin the paint, get it as thin as possible without running, and the paint "self levels" it comes out like glass, wet sanding just makes it better, it all depends on how much time u have. i have sprayed a few cars in my garage with a single stage acrylic enamel and it's a pain, messy, stinks, ect... the tremclad is almost odorless and is really easy to work with. u can paint one day, wetsand the next and immedieatly recoat. once you got all the coats on, just wetsand and buff with a compound, then wax and your good to go. i've done 3 cars this way and the 74 beetle i did 6yrs ago, still looks awesome. the paint is cheap like $30 a gallon, you can get it tinted to any color u like. on the charger i used about 3/4 of a can, when u spray even with a HVLP gun, u still waste about 30% of the paint that just goes in the air. Tremclad is basically rust paint, but it is the new type which is a enamal. i still strip the car of chrome, bumpers, handles, keylocks, basically everything, and then just tape only using tape where i might get paint on something i don't want painted. the paint is tough, like stove paint when it's done, i've spilt gas on it in like really hot weather, and it resists stone chips really well. i had to repaint a fender on the beetle like 2 yrs ago, so i just got a small can of paint 3 yrs later and the color match is exact. ""
""Yes i painted it with a "profesional" high density foam roller. The trick is in how you thin the paint, get it as thin as possible without running, and the paint "self levels" it comes out like glass, wet sanding just makes it better, it all depends on how much time u have. i have sprayed a few cars in my garage with a single stage acrylic enamel and it's a pain, messy, stinks, ect... the tremclad is almost odorless and is really easy to work with. u can paint one day, wetsand the next and immedieatly recoat. once you got all the coats on, just wetsand and buff with a compound, then wax and your good to go. i've done 3 cars this way and the 74 beetle i did 6yrs ago, still looks awesome. the paint is cheap like $30 a gallon, you can get it tinted to any color u like. on the charger i used about 3/4 of a can, when u spray even with a HVLP gun, u still waste about 30% of the paint that just goes in the air. Tremclad is basically rust paint, but it is the new type which is a enamal. i still strip the car of chrome, bumpers, handles, keylocks, basically everything, and then just tape only using tape where i might get paint on something i don't want painted. the paint is tough, like stove paint when it's done, i've spilt gas on it in like really hot weather, and it resists stone chips really well. i had to repaint a fender on the beetle like 2 yrs ago, so i just got a small can of paint 3 yrs later and the color match is exact. ""
12-05-2007, 09:57 PM
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Very interesting. I don't think a Vette has been done that way before even though there are a few rattle can paint jobs driving around these forums.
I would be interested in knowing the mixtures and what it was cut with.
I would be interested in knowing the mixtures and what it was cut with.
12-05-2007, 10:15 PM
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Eventually it WILL start cracking like hell. And then you will have a mess on your hands. Rustoleum is made for metal, not fiberglass. Fiberglass constantly expands and contracts much like vinyl siding.
If money is an issue, check into a Maaco job. But you do all the sanding and prep work first.
If money is an issue, check into a Maaco job. But you do all the sanding and prep work first.
12-05-2007, 10:20 PM
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There was a guy on the forum who fairly recently painted his Vette with Rustoleum. If you search the archives for 'Rustoleum' I'm sure you will find the thread.
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12-05-2007, 10:28 PM
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http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1755149
12-05-2007, 10:30 PM
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it was a yellow vette..... prolly about 8 months ago
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12-05-2007, 11:21 PM
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Only on the C3 board do you hear this stuff. 
12-05-2007, 11:43 PM
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St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'23-'24
Hell Yea! Lowbuck72 did it last year and even won a show. He has numerous threads, I've attached two.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1446626
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1397978
Link to his threads
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/sear...archid=6791054
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1446626
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1397978
Link to his threads
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/sear...archid=6791054
12-06-2007, 12:15 AM
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Too bad all of Lowbuck72's photos are gone. Those were some pretty cool threads.
12-06-2007, 09:35 AM
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12-06-2007, 09:47 AM
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SOME of us are on very limited budgets when it comes to these cars, and a $50 paint job that could last five years and look great would be well worth it to most of us.
If more of us had huge car budgets, then dropping $5K on an 'ok' paint job or $10K on a GREAT paint job would be no big thing.
However, a lot of us are not prepared for a paint job like that and don't want to wait seven years to save up the money to do it.
I can totally understand even if I would never do it myself.
12-06-2007, 01:26 PM
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My Rustoleum paint job's now a year and a half old, and it still shines like new. I had a minor accident recently, tore up my right rear fender lip a bit, did some fiberglass repair, and the paint touch up blended right in. Planning on painting another car early next year, my GT-40
12-06-2007, 01:31 PM
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I read almost all 43 pages of that MOPAR forum thread on this Rustoleum paint being rolled on.
I caught a lot of info about why to do it and why not to.
The guy advocating it even painted his boat with the same method and product and says it looks like it did a few years ago...and his boat is fiberglass.
Seems it sticks very well to bare fiberglass with no gel coat, AND, Rustoleum even recommends it for fiberglass use.
I agree that I would assume it would crack on a C3 fiberglass body, but it seems like it would work just fine.
I caught a lot of info about why to do it and why not to.
The guy advocating it even painted his boat with the same method and product and says it looks like it did a few years ago...and his boat is fiberglass.
Seems it sticks very well to bare fiberglass with no gel coat, AND, Rustoleum even recommends it for fiberglass use.
I agree that I would assume it would crack on a C3 fiberglass body, but it seems like it would work just fine.