$50 paint job result!! (mirror-like shine)

[GTO_VR4]

Theres a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge thread on moparts using rustoleum and brightside paint to paint your vehicle for $50 bucks. The thread has lots of people posting progress and finished pics of their projects. I started mine about jan. Ive been practicing on my hood. Ive gone through a lot to get to these results

Hood shot
2nd hood shot


I used rustoleum for the hood. it has 8 coats and used 600g 800g and 1000g per 2 coats. lots of work if you just started but once you get the process down, it should be pretty easy.

 

[CDailey]

Wow that looks excellent for store bought rattlecan. 👍

 

[GTO_VR4]

haha not rattlecan, it actually comes in a quart. dont get me wrong though, i did use rattlecan for the doorjam and under the hood. which just so happen to come out fine.

 

[CDailey]

Ah, I've only ever seen Rustoleum in a rattlecan.

I'm assuming you used a spray gun then?

 

[GTO_VR4]

no sir. high density foam roller baby.

 

[TB]

Quart can with a roller? On a hood? That is mental! Looks pretty sick. How long until the whole car is finished?

 

[GTO_VR4]

Actually im practicing with another paint on the trunk. the paint is called brightside and its more expensive and sopposed to cut the amount of coats you lay. rusty paint you have to have 8-10. with brightside, you only need 3-4 coats!

the progress for this project is pretty slow. to ensure my layers of paint are solid, i let my coats dry for 24hrs.

ill hit you guys up when I finish up the rest of the car.

 

[land sea air]

so can you actually get enough supplies for a whole car for $50?

 

[GTO_VR4]

yes you can buy the supplies for $50 but its very time consuming!

 

[land sea air]

yes you can buy the supplies for $50 but its very time consuming!

I would imagine, so between each coat you let it dry for 24 hours then you sand it three times with 600 then 800 then 1000 grit paper then you "rinse and repeat". Time consuming indeed but very tempting.

 

[GTO_VR4]

I sand after every 2 coats.

 

[land sea air]

gotcha, looks beautiful though, keep us updated!

 

[Sniffs]

this just proves you can use ANY paint tech and get gorgous results.

 

[Slick6]

So for eight coats of paint, you had to sand the hood four times? I think if anyone really valued their time, they'd buy a cheap can of single stage and sand the car once. You couldn't buy the three grits of sandpaper to sand the whole car four times for $50. Don't get me wrong, your work put into it looks really great, I just hate sanding cars, and for a little more dough, you could get some paint that would be a little more UV resistant. I look forward to the rest of your pictures though, looks really good for a roller. 👍

 

[backspace]

With a lot of work $50 paint jobs will look decent, but unfortunately they will never hold up like a real paint job will.

 

[Omnis]

How's the orange peel?

 

[Anderton Prime]

I assume there is none, since he's claiming a "mirror-like finish?"

When's the last time you saw yourself in the peel of an orange?

 

[Sniffs]

if someone puts the kind of wet-sanding effort into paint, it's worth the effort for the appearance. believe me, I watched a guy do this kind of wet-sand job while respraying a 95 F series to red. he was rushed for the last coat or so, so It didn't come out perfect, but...

remember, some people like a beautiful finish, even on a slab sider (for example).
there's times that it is utter satisfaction to exhaust yourself in an effort for perfection. and it satisfies your sense of perfection. there's just something abouyt putting a crapload of effort into something that is SO satisfying.

 

[Omnis]

I assume there is none, since he's claiming a "mirror-like finish?"

When's the last time you saw yourself in the peel of an orange?

I meant, like, how much more or less orange peel [that you'd have to sand out] do you get with that method as opposed to the standard paintjob.

And you can usually see yourself in the black cars at auto shows, but there is still orange peel like a mug all over the cars.

 

[Duke]

My time is more valuable than that, honestly. Unless you're entering the $2008 Challenge and the rules say you absolutely can't put more money into the car, it doesn't make too much sense to go the Rustoleum route.

Prepwork makes all the difference and is where the cost of a good paintjob adds up, not particularly the materials themselves. That's why cheap commercial paintjobs don't last - the prep is bad.

When I redo my old Poncho some day, I'll do all the prep myself and then take it down to Maaco to get shot. Those guys paint cars all day, every day, and they get pretty darn good at it. And with me doing the pre-paint and post-paint work, it won't cost much either.

 

[Omnis]

My time is more valuable than that, honestly. Unless you're entering the $2008 Challenge and the rules say you absolutely can't put more money into the car, it doesn't make too much sense to go the Rustoleum route.

Prepwork makes all the difference and is where the cost of a good paintjob adds up, not particularly the materials themselves. That's why cheap commercial paintjobs don't last - the prep is bad.

When I redo my old Poncho some day, I'll do all the prep myself and then take it down to Maaco to get shot. Those guys paint cars all day, every day, and they get pretty darn good at it. And with me doing the pre-paint and post-paint work, it won't cost much either.

That's actually a really good idea.

 

[GTO_VR4]

Just a small update. I made a new blog (link in my signature) with progress pictures. I started my whole car, but haven't put pics up yet. those will come tomorrow.

update - pics are up!

 

[GTO_VR4]

new pics are up!