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rattle can paint job

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rattle can paint job

Post by shakes »

why? because it's cheap quick and easy.

Further down the track however if I do decide I want semi-nice paint(even though it's very unlikely).... will my tight-arsedness now come back to bite me and I'll have to take the car back to bare metal to get anything to stick??
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Post by NutterGQ »

cost ya less to get it done el cheapo than rattle cans anyway
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Post by mike_nofx »

Buy a cheap compressor and a spray gun?
Will def be a better job
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Post by mrflibbles »

flat black or cammo paint?
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Post by PJ.zook »

Rustpaint and a paintbrush, all ya need mate.
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Post by shakes »

NutterGQ wrote:cost ya less to get it done el cheapo than rattle cans anyway
10 x satin black cans = $70 (K+H not no name stuff :D )

cheap cheap cashy with me masking/stripping everything = $700


so anyway... will this effect anything down the track ?
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Post by PJ.zook »

If you are willing to strip it back down to bare metal then no it wont really affect anything. Even if the cheapy paint reacts with the old paint then you can still strip it back down to bare metal.
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Post by GT60 »

Painting's all about preparation, spend the time to prep the surface to be painted and the results will be much better, if you choose to respray down the track will be much easier to rub back and respray.

Of course using enamel on enamel or acrylic on acrylic etc is a good start!
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Post by zookimal »

GT60 wrote:Painting's all about preparation, spend the time to prep the surface to be painted and the results will be much better
That's true, 100% agreed, but if it's only going to be rolled, dented and scratched next drive out then why spend all that time and effort? You'll feel better about damaging it later too.
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Re: rattle can paint job

Post by cloughy »

shakes wrote: will my tight-arsedness now come back to bite me and I'll have to take the car back to bare metal to get anything to stick??
Yes, DON'T do it

it will be farked and forever will be, will need a complete strip to do decent later on

Stop being a retard :finger:
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Post by Yom »

Image

i dont see the problem?


oh yeh, australian export. quality A+. Paint is lasting well.

oh yeh the prep work was minimal.

i dont think we even washed it properly :lol:
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Post by jessie928 »

boat paint :)

you just use a roller to roll it on
it flattenes out as it cures, looks NICE

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Post by coxy321 »

Wash it.
Scuff it.
Mask it.
Wax & Grease remover.
Air compressor and cheap spray gun.
Industrial HammerTone paint. (it hides all of the imperfections).

Done.

Seriously though, i resprayed my old MK ute for $300. Most of the cost was for preperation tools/consumables.
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Post by bogged »

kennards - hire a compressor and gun!
but then again bought a gun other day for $25 at bunnings, only for painting trailer and outdoor furniture. Compressor was only $150
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Post by shakes »

cool cool, you've just talked me into buying a compressor.

Something I "need" anyway.

next question. whats the basic procedure for rubbing back a car. What grit sand paper etc as I am completly clueless on this kind of thing.

From what I can tell acrylic is the easiest and safest to spray at home. How many litres would I need roughly for a range rover ute? and all the other noob questions that I cant find with a search that brings up 10000 pages with not much info on it.

Or even better give me some links with some good info on it.
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Post by Spartacus »

i did mine in killrust ocean. Painted the car instead of washing it.. much easier
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Post by bn_sil80 »

HAHAHAHA this thread cracks me up. I'm used to painting cars and bikes in 2K Clear over Base and also triple layer candy pearls with my $500 Iwata and $800 Sata guns....then I read this about painting cars with $5 spray cans. LOVE IT hahaha
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Post by jessie928 »

bn_sil80 wrote:HAHAHAHA this thread cracks me up. I'm used to painting cars and bikes in 2K Clear over Base and also triple layer candy pearls with my $500 Iwata and $800 Sata guns....then I read this about painting cars with $5 spray cans. LOVE IT hahaha
yeah your 500 iwata and 800$ sata that can be brought for 200$ respectivly

its horses for courses :)

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Post by shakes »

bn_sil80 wrote:HAHAHAHA this thread cracks me up. I'm used to painting cars and bikes in 2K Clear over Base and also triple layer candy pearls with my $500 Iwata and $800 Sata guns....then I read this about painting cars with $5 spray cans. LOVE IT hahaha
those gun's still wont stop tree's, mud and rocks scratching the fuck outa my car.
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Post by bn_sil80 »

Guys didn't say that to bag out what you were doing? A lot of my mates have done these jobs. Just find it funny as to see a spray can job...

Best of luck at getting those guns for $200 champ
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Post by coxy321 »

bn_sil80 wrote:Guys didn't say that to bag out what you were doing? A lot of my mates have done these jobs. Just find it funny as to see a spray can job...

Best of luck at getting those guns for $200 champ
If you're half handy at this stuff, why dont you give us all some tips?? I'm sure there's plenty of OL members that could/will use it....
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Post by cooki_monsta »

if your in melb se. milsoms auto paints have fantastic grav feed guns for 120 made by work quip, very nice to use.
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Post by bn_sil80 »

what kind of tips do you guys need? i can TRY and help. Not saying I'm the greatest painter in the world but have had some very nice jobs. Just finished a triple layer pearl on a Nissan S15 200SX. White base and ground coats, blue over lay, 2k HS Clear
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Post by coxy321 »

bn_sil80 wrote:what kind of tips do you guys need? i can TRY and help. Not saying I'm the greatest painter in the world but have had some very nice jobs. Just finished a triple layer pearl on a Nissan S15 200SX. White base and ground coats, blue over lay, 2k HS Clear
Well, you can come and paint my 180B for nothing, then i'll post up a whole thread "Painting Your Car - For Dummies". :P

please.....
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Post by bn_sil80 »

you prep it...if your in Melb I can swing by and give you some tips. You do all the prep and i'll be more than happy to gun the car at your place.

You can cut most of the dust out of 2k Solid, where as COB you can't really do much in that sense.
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Post by coxy321 »

I was just stirring mate :D . I wouldn't do that to you! Whent the time comes, it'll just be a "good from far" paint job as its never going to be in showcar condition.

Its got two jam jobs on the original paint (not from me), so its going to be a 2L Selleys paint stripper job.

The hardest part of it all.....what colour do you paint your car!!!! At the moment its bright canary yellow (still has the circuit racing stickers and sh1t all over it). I was thinking plain white, or maybe a colour off a new falcadore. Who knows.
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Post by shakes »

180b's need to be a really bright candy red :D or baby poo brown. (or killrust matt green like mine is)
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