tekslk
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Gonna throw a fast coat of paint on a old dodge daytona, what would be the easiest kind of paint to use, I dont want a clar coat just a nice black color. Its a 250 dollar car so anything will look better than it does.
Paint job help
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Sounds like a job for emplament enamel to me, cheep and durable and add a high gloss or flattener or satin additive in it for less then a hundred counting hardener from your local tractor supply..... Hay, I have dun it to a stock car and turned out pretty darn good :glasses7:
TrailBeast
AKA Mopars4us on Youtube
Have you ever seen some of the Rusoleum with a roller paint jobs.
tekslk
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did you really paint the charger with a roller?
tekslk
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How much of that tractor supply paint and hardner do I need? How do you mix it? Anybody ever here of plasti dip?
TrailBeast
AKA Mopars4us on Youtube
Not me, but it was painted with a roller.
Bulldozer
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TCP global has a great single stage system . right around 100 bucks for the 1 gallon kit which comes with the reducer and hardener
Woods74
Broke Senior
DaveBonds
Garage Trash
Good stuff. ^
Acrylic Enamels should be painted with a tac-coat first. Never go full mid/wet coat and follow up. The first one or two coats is best not to try and get full coverage on Acrylic Enamel and the final coat will stay nicely and lay out fantastic.
If you are doing this in a home grown booth, a couple of clean tac cloths, used vigilantly, are your best friend before shooting it.
I'm really curious about the roller job. Esp. on the Charger. I'd love to see pics or video.
I don't know that a roller could ever do a metallic and look right, but it would be interesting to see how level the gloss dries on a black car.
Acrylic Enamels should be painted with a tac-coat first. Never go full mid/wet coat and follow up. The first one or two coats is best not to try and get full coverage on Acrylic Enamel and the final coat will stay nicely and lay out fantastic.
If you are doing this in a home grown booth, a couple of clean tac cloths, used vigilantly, are your best friend before shooting it.
I'm really curious about the roller job. Esp. on the Charger. I'd love to see pics or video.
I don't know that a roller could ever do a metallic and look right, but it would be interesting to see how level the gloss dries on a black car.
Never herd of plasti dip, But the implement paint will tell you on the can how much to use, and what hardener you will need for the temp you will be spraying.
I have seen a truck painted with a brush before and it was unreal how decant it turned out, it took a long time (a few hours to dry and laid down quit nice) ..... But I would maybe look at the single stage, price it and see, the tractor paint covers well, may as well go with a gallon, you will use it on other things maybe.
d55dave
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A few years back there was a thread about rolled tremclad paint, I think it was on bigblockdart. If you google roller paint or tremcad or rustoleum you should find lots of info. Essentially the paint is thinned with mineral spirits (I think) then rolled on. When dry it is wet sanded. Some of the paint jobs done this way are pretty darn impressive...
tekslk
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gallon is what I was thinking, Its gotta look better than it did, Im not expecting miracles, Im not sure what reducers are used for, or how to mix the hardner.
Some very good advice here, and strain your paint :cheers: I have not painted a car with out prep whip ever... That stuff works and removes all and any stuff off the car after you scuff it down..
The paint will have instructions on the gallon container and do like DaveBonds said and do a fog on coat all over (I would hit the hard to get to places first, like low area's and inner fenders then walk around it with an even thin fog coat, then let it tack down a little then start a even spray not to fast and try and get 4 coats on, I add a touch (a cap full) extra hardener in my last coat, it seems to wake it up and lay down flat... but remember I am no pro at this , I have dun it back in the day
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blackbomber
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Do NOT even think about it! It WILL look worse, I promise.
The TCP global choice sounds good. I've also worked with stuff from here. With rolling Rustoleum, there will be a bunch of sanding involved to get it smooth (or so I hear). You can SPRAY rustoleum oil base, though. I did the wheels on my Duster. Mixed Aluminum and Gloss Black until I got the right tone, and thinned with acetone. Sprayed with a cheap HVLP gun and single stage oil free compressor with a crappy water separator. Rustoleum is under $10.00 a quart, and pretty durable. So if you already have access to spray equipment, this might be the lowest cost option.
Rice Nuker
Let the Coal Roll!
I say wash it with soap and water, scuff it all good with some grey scotchbrite pads, sand it all with 400 grit, wash it again, mask it off and sprayTCP Global single stage acrylic urethane kit:
MOPARoldtimer
Banned
My son tried rolling some Rustoleum on his car, as seen in the many youtube.com videos. But when it came time to rub it out, manischewitz, was that stuff ever resistant to sanding! It seemed to have quite a rubbery texture which the sandpaper just couldn't bite into. So although in general I like Rustoleum, I would definitely recommend against using it for a roller or brush job that has to be sanded smooth after the paint has dried.
Dartnut
Don't hate me because i'm beautiful
I painted a Ford Ranger once with Tremclad spray bombs, it turned out awesome.
The only problem i had was the paint faded in a couple of years from gloss to semi gloss.
It still looked good though, and i could wash it off using a regular car wash.
The paint never peeled off, and i only scuffed it with a scotchbrite pad and buffed the rust scabs off with a cup wheel on a grinder.
The only problem i had was the paint faded in a couple of years from gloss to semi gloss.
It still looked good though, and i could wash it off using a regular car wash.
The paint never peeled off, and i only scuffed it with a scotchbrite pad and buffed the rust scabs off with a cup wheel on a grinder.
pauly v.100
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I sprayed mine with interlux brightside boat paint and it looks pretty damn good. It's single stage urethane.
I shot my old 71 d100 with ace hardware rust paint thinned with mineral spirits.
This is not buffed straight out of the gun, less than $50.00 for paint materials.
Sadly it got totaled a couple years later.
This is not buffed straight out of the gun, less than $50.00 for paint materials.
Sadly it got totaled a couple years later.
I shot my old 71 d100 with ace hardware rust paint thinned with mineral spirits.
This is not buffed straight out of the gun, less than $50.00 for paint materials.
Sadly it got totaled a couple years later.
That's a darned nice little truck there Sireland!!
tekslk
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Lots of ideas now what the heck to do?
As for Mr Bonds roller question, that would have been originally from a Moparts post in a thread here. The orange Charger was the first finished one,his thread. As for applying acrylic single stage enamel,dead on the money. Still what I use for budget paint.TCP Global sprays nice.
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