erics944

I have recently been thinking about the possiblity of painting my car this winter with rattle cans. I don't have the money or the facilities to do a high quality paint job. I would sand it down so that the finish is nice and smooth. Then repaint it the same color it is now, white. I would put a few coats of color then a few coats of clear and wet sanding. I know people have done their wheels this way, but has anyone done the whole car?

SeaCay

Don't do it. Believe me when I tell you it will look like ****!

BeerBurner

I would imagine that with enough wet sanding you could make it look decent. But I'm not sure it's something that I'd personally pursue unless my current paint is just that bad...

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Billy W

An old member did that to a black 944 his name was Sean I think?

Dales944

MideastMafia was his screen name. He still comes around now and then, you may be able to get some advice from him.

Ben Z.

I thought it was just a joke...

pete944

My front fender was painted that way at some point in my cars previous life. You should have heard the cuss words when Dan had to sand all that crap off. He must have used 500 sanding discs on that fender!
Don't do it if you plan on a real paint job in the future.

RMills944

If you want it done cheap, at least get a sprayer and an air compressor. It'll look much better and much more even.

xsboost90

take it to Maaco for 200 and get a ****ty paint job, it will still look better than the cans and prob. cost less than fifty cans of krylon.

BeerBurner

Hey now, my Maaco paintjob was really good! Of course, it cost more than $200...

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lilredpo

Maaco as well as local suppliers could probably do just the paint cheap. The real cost is in the body work and prep.

IMHO, I would do the body work and sanding the best you can and pay to have the final prep and paint applied.

Probably would cost almost as much as the cans.

Good luck.

BeerBurner

...which is actually what I did. The results came out rather nicely.

Of course, a lot depends on the particular shop you'd go with. Sometimes they suck, but other times they'll do pretty good. I had their top-end paint option on my 944 (after stripping it down) and it came out pretty good. Sure, it's not perfect, but for the several $k's I didn't spend, well, it's worth it...

edit: that pic was taken about two years after the paint was applied...

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xsboost90

ive seen some real nice maaco paintjobs, but if your going to spray can your car, comon, get the 200 maaco/ earl shives special.

BeerBurner

I agree with that completely.

Or, as was mentioned before, if you've got the inclination, you can probably rent the equipment you need and do it yourself for about that much, and it'll likely turn out better than spray cans.

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yoyoguy2

i know of plenty of people who have painted their jeeps with spray cans, it uh, gets the job done i guess. for another jeep paint job (which would probably be a porsche first) you could do the entire vehicle in spray on truck bedliner.