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DaOld Man:
Yes, I agree with Saint.
Candy apple red with flames would be very tuff.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 29, 2011, 10:51:16 pm ---I helped a friend repaint his car with spray cans of touch up paint once - wipe it down with paper towels and try to mask off the windows with loose newspaper style (this was college of course).

It took about 8 cans but we got good coverage.  I then waxed it a couple of times with tinted wax.  Sadly, it came out looking pretty darn good.  He drove it another couple of years and it held up remarkably well.  Now it sits without an engine at the back of his parents farm and storms boxes of christmas decorations....   :-\

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In HS a friend of mine painted his crappy Mustang with some weird textured spray paint.  It was horrific.  Then it got worse when the paint started to chip off because he didn't prime it.  His car looked like it was covered with popcorn ceiling paint broken up by Ford Rust.

danny_galaga:
Well, I've done 4 coats now and I'm leaving it at that. bear in mind that I originally approached this with the mindset that I was going to hand brush some grey primer on this panel so it wouldn't stand out too much.

Pics are of the paint after wet rubbing the 3rd coat with 800 grit. Notice I didn't take back all the orange peel- I was worried I'd start to find the old paint. Since I had pretty much made up my mind I was stopping at four coats, it was a compromise I was willing to make. Next pic, 4th coat. Always hard to see in a picture, but the orange peel is about the same as you see on some new cars nowadays, and less than some back yard jobs i've seen. this is more than acceptable to me. note the effect is much closer to the classic sprayed orange peel than to rollered wall paint orange peel. The fuel filler well was painted with a trim brush.

What I'm a little annoyed about, but will learn to live with, is that I didn't 'melt' one section into another as smoothly as I thought. This is what the third pic is showing. It wouldn't be a concern at all if I was definitely going to cut and polish the paint. But in general I like the look of it as it is, so that line (there are two actually) may be annoying. Or maybe, it will become less noticeable over time. Enamel takes a long time to really harden, and I bet in doing so, it becomes just that much thinner...

All in all I'm very happy with how it's turning out. I won't be putting the panel on until later in the month, even though I'm now itching to do the whole car. On the 20th, I am taking The Master to a VW rally, as is  ;D Will give my 'fender essay' one last huzzah before it comes off...

danny_galaga:
Tools of the '$50 dollar paintjob' trade. The colour I'm using is called Machinery Grey (sorry Saint, they don't do candy apple, or flames). I will do the roof white if I decide to take the plunge and do the whole car. And I'm almost 100% sure I will. I'll leave the panel on for at least a few weeks and see how it holds up. But really, the only test that matters takes years. I'm not waiting that long  :D

The paint is White Knight Rust Guard. It's an Australian epoxy enamel. Equivalent in the US would be Rustoleum, or Tremclad in Canadia.

the secret is the rollers. High density foam. Pack of ten, throw them away after each session (the one you just used, not the whole lot  ;D). And thin the paint to a somewhat milky consistency. Don't paint out in the sun, it will dry too quickly to self-level. Wet rub between coats. And that's about it!

Zakk:
So you're not going to sand and buff this?  I think that's how the guy got such good results, no?

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