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Color Change on my 99, using a Foam Roller and Brush❗️
Ok guys, let’s just jump in! This will NOT be for everyone, maybe no one, except me! About 20 years ago I was introduced to Hot Rod magazine and car forums using oil based paint, and foam rollers for a on the cheap color change!
Back in 2014 I was close, but decided instead to plastidip my whole car! Which turned out great!
With the birth of my first child, sold the car for a few years and bought it back!
Put on wheels, wide body rear etc etc, did a partial back half wrap, and then here we are today!
Roller, brush, and TIME, lots of time and patience!
Back in the late 1970's I was stationed in England, and at least as late as 1979 they still advertised and marketed automotive paint formulated for brush application to cars! The formula (and English environment) allowed for a slow, slow cure which let brush marks flow out over a day or more. No idea if they still have such a thing, but by all means do what you want and post all the photos. Already looking like a fine 20/20 finish.
Looks good from the distance.
1. Where did you get the paint?
2. Is the paint automotive specific?
3. How much does it cost?
4. Is this a one coat application?
5. Any close up pics?
Back in the late 1970's I was stationed in England, and at least as late as 1979 they still advertised and marketed automotive paint formulated for brush application to cars! The formula (and English environment) allowed for a slow, slow cure which let brush marks flow out over a day or more. No idea if they still have such a thing, but by all means do what you want and post all the photos. Already looking like a fine 20/20 finish.
That’s cool, yeah you can add a product called flood penetrol that helps level it out however I did not choose that path since I want to buff and polish.
Originally Posted by DanielW
Looks good from the distance.
1. Where did you get the paint? Good ole HD
2. Is the paint automotive specific? No, old school oil based Rustoleum
3. How much does it cost? I think I’m closing in on $200 now for the whole project videos to come.
4. Is this a one coat application? I wish LOL, at least 4-5 coats needed especially if you want to cut and buff!
5. Any close up pics?
Not trying to be a jerk. So far, I am not impressed. Especially since you did it on the street and not in your garage. Hope it all works out for you. Look forward to seeing pics after you cut and polish. Good Luck!
Using this method I have painted boats and appliances with great results. Haven't done a car yet but I would try this before spending $8,000 on a paint job for a $15,000 car. Nice job!
Not trying to be a jerk. So far, I am not impressed. Especially since you did it on the street and not in your garage. Hope it all works out for you. Look forward to seeing pics after you cut and polish. Good Luck!
Thanks for following along, will look better once polished!
Originally Posted by DDaaryl
Using this method I have painted boats and appliances with great results. Haven't done a car yet but I would try this before spending $8,000 on a paint job for a $15,000 car. Nice job!
Yeah I found those videos on YouTube and holy hell are they fun to watch, roll and tip I think they called it on boats! They also do it for coach buses!
And yeah insanity of what good quality paint jobs cost nowadays, I got two separate quotes for 10k and that was just a respray of the Pewter color, not a full color change!
It’s a fun toy, I have kids, could never afford to drop that this time in my life!
Originally Posted by AtkRWC
Back around 1980, a buddy of mine and I did his Mustang. Kind of turned out ok for the money we had. Good luck.
That’s so cool! It’s actually a fun process, no overspray, minimal taping! Just a ton of prep sanding in between coats!
Reminds me of the days we would heat up Dulux straight enamel on a hotplate until it bubbled.We would then load up the paint gun (usually a binks 77,no gravity feed) w/o any thinner or enamel reducer and fire one coat on the car and call it done.Cheap paint job back in the day...This roller deal however is on a different level.. after cut and buffed I bet it will look good.
A kid here did his truck with spray cans and it looks good, He cleared it after a "color" sanding and then buffed it out. So far 2 years and still looks good.
I would have got a cheap spray gun or used the 2k spray paints they gave today.
I just did my 911 wheels. They came out great. The 2k sprays have paint with a catalyst in the can. Shake it release the catalyst on the bottom shake and spray. A harden paint comes out and is perfect for sanding and buffing. Note no sanding was needed on my wheels.
This reminds me of one of my roommates back in college whose grandfather passed away and his parents gave him his grandfather's 70s era brown Ford Ltd. to help him get back and forth to school, etc. The car had less than 30K miles on it but was ugly as sin. It was a rust brown with a tan interior with a bench seat. However, as ugly as it was, it ran great.
One weekend, I helped him paint it a black. He didn't use rollers, but he did use a professional spray gun and taped off all the chrome, trim, and wheels. He let the paint cure for a couple of weeks and then went back and polished it down to a satin finish. He then wired up a great-sounding aftermarket stereo but hid the head unit underneath the front seat and kept the stock head unit as a decoy to prevent the new stereo from being stolen. He also added a set of black cop wheels with no hubcaps to finish the look. He drove it through college and even kept it for a few years after graduating and living in the city where he parked it on the street. He mentioned a few times it was his favorite as he never had to worry about it getting banged up or stolen.
Color Change on my 99, using a Foam Roller and Brush❗️
It was a rust brown with a tan interior with a bench seat. However, as ugly as it was, it ran great.
