Painting with a paint roller.

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Several years ago there was a thread, I think on FABO about painting with a roller, using several coats and wet sanding between coats. As I recall decent results for a driver were accomplished. Does anybody recall this and if not FABO, Who?
 
Orange Charger,originally on Moparts,dragged over here.Might Google "Rustoleum Charger"....
 
Roller??? ...Really????...............LMAO

Save yourself a lot of headaches. Prep the car yourself and either have a friend paint it or pay to have it painted somewhere.
 
ya know, ya can buy a pretty decent HVLP gun for like $50-75. if you can adjust the pattern and pressure, it works very well. should have the right size tip for what you are spraying. if ya know squat about autp body/ painting, , I suggest reading the sticky on body work for a start.

yes, roller? really!!!????????????????
 
The amount of time and effort sanding between coats would scare me off.. buy/rent a gun and compressor and do it in the driveway. Cut your sanding in half at least..
 
Ive heard of guys rolling on high build epoxy primer to block sand, Like the old "featherfill" product that made my brain the way it is today.LOL
But cant imagine accepting a color coated rolled on paint job. Even if it was sanded 100 times between coats the paint will dull out in 2 weeks.
And I been sniffin dust and paintin for more years than I like to acknowledge
 
"When I was a kid" I was led WAY WAY WWWWAAAAYYYY astray by the likes of Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Science and Mechanics, and Mechanix Illustrated. One of my all time favorite laughs is "painting a car with a mitt"

These are the same magazines that predicted how we would live, drive, and fly. We would fly to work!! We would have automated kitchens!! We would.......yeh

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And always with the great, the fantastic, the colorful cover art

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I sold my 66 barracuda to a friend who is bucks down. I sold it because I am no longer able physically to do much of anything. I am helping him as much as I can in obtaining parts etc. The car is bascally sound except for floors but it has sat outside for many years and a lot of the paint is gone. I have painted a few cars with pretty good results but as I said I am no longer able. He is concentrating on mechanical issues and floor repairs but it will be a long time if ever for him to afford a professional paint job. He drove the car with his wife joining him to a cruise in recently and both of them told me they had a ball. Before you become too critical of the roller paint job read the posts in the archives.
 
FABO member clhyer painted his Duster with a roller. I've seen the car and it's beautiful. It's white with black accents. Yes white is more forgiving. I believe he is happy he decided to use the roller technique. Some people would rather learn a new skill and spend considerably less.
 
FABO member clhyer painted his Duster with a roller. I've seen the car and it's beautiful. It's white with black accents. Yes white is more forgiving. I believe he is happy he decided to use the roller technique. Some people would rather learn a new skill and spend considerably less.

Naw, he sprayed it........but he did use 27 dollar a gallon Rustoleum. lol
 
Oh...somehow I thought he did, thanks Rob for letting me know. Well as you say, it can be done and look good, and save a lot of money. If you get the second coat on within six hours, you don't even have to sand in between.
 
Well regardless, Calvin's car is absolutely beautiful. If anything I painted turned out half as good, I would be happy.
 
Its not so much how the paint is put on sprayed, roller, brush or mop.
Most sand and buff paint before calling it done these days anyhow.
Some paints are gummy and don't sand or buff well. Others dry harder and do shine polish up nice.
Any paint can be applied. But....
If I was going to roller paint a car I would test the paint for ease of the sand and buff process.
 
That right there!
I read that roller thread till my brain exploded. I ended up using $29 qt. Interlux boat paint applied with a cheap gun.
Having spent a considerable amount of my younger years sanding high performance sailboat hulls, making it shine was easy.
 
Rolling a car is a choice. As RRR said I have seen some GOOD roller jobs. FYI you use a SMOOTH roller! Not like a :lol:house paint roller.
 
Several years ago there was a thread, I think on FABO about painting with a roller, using several coats and wet sanding between coats. As I recall decent results for a driver were accomplished. Does anybody recall this and if not FABO, Who?

I painted a car with automotive paint and a roller back in the late '70s. Didn't look too bad!
 
I had a 1987 grand national T-Type that was rolled and tipped with Awl Grip Flag Blue boat paint its self leveling ,i got a lot of compliments
 
That Moparts post is one of the most-read automotive posts on the web, and people have painted by Porsches that method. Don't try it without reading those posts and view the youtube's. Smart also to not comment until you read some of the posts.

I first did my camping trailer w/ roll & tip method, using a hard foam roller, foam brush, and Interlux Brightsides polyurethane "boat paint". A lot of area to cover and it came out smooth without any sanding, and is still shiny 4 yrs later. I plan similar for my 65 Dart. So far, I painted the trunk, applying it w/ a Harbor Freight HVLP spray gun. I will probably similarly spray the outside, but a foam roller would also work w/o overspray. It comes down to final sanding regardless of how you apply the paint. While probably not as robust as 2 part paints, boats sit outside in the sun for years so "should work" (and has for others). Judging from all the cars around here with failing factory clear coats after 10 yrs or less, I don't imagine it will look worse in the long run. It is sure easier to repair a 1 part paint, which is important in a daily driver. If yours is a trailer queen, better to go with the $10K shop paint job.
 
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