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Cheap paint job

We have been having a lively discussion over on the Studebaker newsgroup about a really cheap method of painting a car someone has come up with.

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(if that link doesn't work go to Google Groups and then alt.autos.Studebaker and look for the "Roller Paint your Studebaker" thread

It involves using a product called "Tremclad", apparently a Canadian version of Rustolioum, you thin it until it's a big thicker than water, and then BRUSH it on the car (truck, Jeep) with a foam brush and 4" foam rollers.

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The idea is you give it two coats, wet sand the car, give it a couple more coats, and repeat. Finally give the car a really good polishing and a coat of wax.

Obviously you don't want to do this on a show car but to make one look presentable it might be worth a shot.

Jeff DeWitt

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The discussion about roller painting got me curious about other alternatives.

Anyone ever painted a Jeep with tractor paint?

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Most of this stuff seems to be made by Majic paint.

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Jeff DeWitt

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L.W. (Bill) Hughes III

Didja ever see a tractor that shined at all? Tractors are notorious for faded paint.

Personally I think that anyone who would paint ANY vehicle with a paint brush or a roller- deserves what they get.

Sometimes they use a roller to repaint an old jeep top, that's a whole nother ball of wax though. In that case you would want the orange peel effect.

Kate

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>> The idea is you give it two coats, wet sand the car, give it a couple >> more coats, and repeat. Finally give the car a really good polishing and >> a coat of wax.

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Will Honea

back in 1991, I had an old Chevrolet C-10 truck repainted, I had the guy paint it John Deere green, white wheels and bumpers.

I never lost it in a crowded parking lot

industrial paint stands up pretty good, also.... sold the truck in 1993, and saw it last time in 2001, paint was still looking good.

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Kate proclaimed:

Yes, quite a few actually.

I would agree with mud and miscellaneous animaly byproduct, but never really saw faded paint much.

Perhaps a regional thing. The farmer/ranchers I grew up in the middle of might be driving a clapped out rustbucket of a car, but never a faded or poorly maintained working vehicle like a tractor.

... a cheap paint job?

Rollers don't cause as much orange peel as poor prep and bad paint mix. For real textured effects you go with a texturizing brush, thicker paint that may or may not have appropriately shaped mechanical filler in it. e.g. sandy paint literally thrown on with a stucco type brush for camo.

I'm surprised nobody has suggested painting the thing with water bearing polymer and planting grass on it yet. Some guy in Torrance CA had an old sedan that had to be mowed periodically.

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