brrt50cal

No prep work at all just did some minor body work with Bondo.

Epic2112

This looks ridiculousy cool. I think I really am going to paint my Volvo beater. It's going to go from white grandma-car to black with red wheels. Yeah. Rat Rod. I need to find someone who will lend me a garage.

Burma Shave

Does Rustoleum make a clearcoat? If you put an automotive clear over the rustoelem, it will most likely wrinkle up like elephant skin.

Jfrahm

If you were going to mask to shoot the clear, why bother with the roller for the color coat? The point of the roller is to avoid masking, avoid having to set up a booth, avoid mess, overspray, odor, etc.

There is a lot of info about clear on the Mopar site linked earlier in this thread. My impression is that BC/CC is somewhat beyond the scope of a roll-on paint project.

I'm tempted to try it on my 968 hood, it's got some sort of cracking from a previous repaint. I've had good luck with that Rustoleum paint, I used it on a fiberglass boat with good results, and I used the tractor paint to redo the fiberglass shower enclosure in my house, it's holding up well after a year of daily showers and neglect.

-Joel.

MM951

Any new pics? Can't wait to see the finished product..

aben8057

yes..pics..patiently waiting

brrt50cal

None yet its sitting over at the mechanics awaiting an inspection sticker. I'll get some up as soon as I get her back.

ehall

This thread is FREAKING AWSOME!

xsboost90

i guarantee it!

brrt50cal

Is that a George Foreman guarantee?

Luis de Prat

It sounded like this was more of a temporary fix. The nice thing is he can always get a BC/CC job done to the car over the Rustoleum if he wants to eventually, but meanwhile it sure is stylin' for a can of paint and pocket change!

Rogue_Ant

I've read through the first thread (43pages!), and am working on the second thread..

You can paint a BC/CC job right over it, no problems. Also, the rustoleum isn't a temporary fix - he has pics of cars with over 6 years old paint, and it still looks really good.

Also, in the second thread, a guy brought up boat paint, which is meant to be brushed or rollered on, self levels, and is high-gloss. The marine paint is more expensive, but it takes less coats and works well in an automotive application.


-Rogue

Airflite40

don't put clear coat on it. Why mess with something that already works???

Alpine951

Where is the second thread?

eniac

As far as Marine paint goes, if your talking about Gelcoat, that stuff is a PITA to work with. It doesn't lay as smooth as auto paint and is a nightmare to wetsand and polish after it cures. Also Getcoat oxidizes much faster so it's not a good choice at all for street vehicles. Maybe he's talking about a different marine paint, I will have to check out the second thread when I get time.

One more thing to add, this procedure does work great with solid colors, However I would suggest NOT trying this with any sort of metalic paint. The specks will not roll on evenly and will only get worse the more you wetsand it.