Used the trusty high density foam roller. I let it sit a week before sanding. Thanks for all the positive comments. I'm hoping to have the whole nose sanded and rubbed out by the weekend, and start rolling the rear clip. I'll take some in progress pictures and keep you all updated.

 

Lowbuck, What's the latest on this? is the whole car painted now?

 

Oooooh no! Someone might be able to do it themselves! Painters, run for the hills!!!!!!

My car was sprayed by a shop of some sort many years ago...it has more orange peel in the fenders than this job.

 

By chance did you toss any primer on it before you sprayed or did you just sand up the stock paint and then put this on top of it?

 

oh yes brings back memory's of my driveway paint job! there is now way i am paying 7gs for a paint job! this one cost 200$ good job lowbuck72







Todd

 

YOU ROLLED IT?????????????? Wow now this is getting interesting! BTW, I painted a car one time with a broom and a five gallon can of house paint. My job did not even compare to what you have done here but I never got around to buffing it (that was a compliment).

Seriously Lowbuck, good job. This is amazing. Never seen anything like it.

Terry

 

Yes but when's the last time you saw a shiny red Farmall? I think you have the right idea, but I'm concerned about your materials. Automotive paint stays shiny a long time because it contains UV inhibitors. Rustoleum out of the can won't stay shiny nearly as long. I've used it before. The good news is you are keeping it indoors mostly and that will help preserve the shine than if it sat outside quite a lot. The other good news is you are painting Yellow, which, next to white, hides a ton of flaws. My hunch from years of painting cars (the right way) ...and painting patio furnature and other things with Rustoleum is, you'll be digging out your buffer every spring to replenish the shine. And that might not be a bad thing either. The other issues is chip resistance. Rustoleum doesn't have much of this. A little shot of ENAMEL HARDENER would increase the chip resistance a lot (and give a higher gloss shine as well). Enemal Hardener is a painters friend.

My suggestion for anyone wishing to duplicate this proceedure is to check with the auto paint suppliers for colors and pricing on automotive grade FLEET paints. Most of the main lines have a low-cost line for businesses. You can probably spend an extra $50-$75 for a basic urethane paint with hardener and get 5 times the longevity. I've used a lot of times for fleet projects and it works great, lasts a long time. You just can't get custom colors mixed (usually). Just a note: rolling solid colors is ok, metallics won't lay out very well. Good luck.

Mark G

 

4 year old thread?

 

Maybe this will inspire an update and we'll see what the paint looks like after four years?

 

You can wetsand and polish finger paint to a perfect shine if you really wanted too...

 

I saw one of these on an old Corvair and it last fairly well for a few years. I think with waxing and buffing it is possible. As said though for a little bit more you can get better. Although if you keep adding a little bit here and there it can be a lot better, but also a lot more expensive via more proper paint and tools such as a sprayer. With that said, I'm sure I'll wind up doing something like this on my Caballero.

 

On another note for a cheap paint shop, I rattle can'd my truck, took about 7 cans to do the entire thing. Its been 3 years, it looks the exact same as when I put it on. I used Rustoleum Implement paint. I've never waxed or polished it, but its a nice uniform color and easy to touch up.

 

I understand early production auto's were brush painted and then hand rubbed out--can you imagine? Love my paint gun!

 

He did a 2 year update, paint still looks good

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...paint-job.html

 

brush painting was the way to go circa 1900. To this day I think the best paint I have ever seen on a car was a 55 chevy that had a hand brushed and hand rubbed candy apple lacquer paint job. You could seriously not look at it long in the sun. It hurt my eyes, GORGEOUS car. That being said the owner would tell you quickly that if it wasn't kept inside it would fade in a year. The thing to remember about rustoleum is that it is an enamel paint, and enamels are soft but resiliant. I painted a suburban with gloss black tractor enamel a couple years ago and when I sold it the buyer actualy commented on how nice the paint was after 2 years in the driveway. enamel+hardener+buffing+keep a good wax on it= a nice paint job. It will last a while, but it isn't maintenence free for sure. Know what i know now with the evolution of paints, you could have still painted the car for not much more than 100.00 and had a much longer lasting finish.

 

Interesting thread....

 

2+ years later?