Re: ...I'm insane. Cheap, insane and I'M GOING TO PAINT MY CAR MYSELF!

Not an insurmountable task. I painted my '73 baja with a few cans of Rustoleum and a paint gun. Didn't have a heap of dough to slap on it, but I wanted it to look good while not cringing when I crash through the underbrush. Wish I had a picture on the Web to show it off, but I did it in Red, White and Blue ? real patriotic. White overall with a few cool red and blue stripes. Looks fine, but when I stepped back, I realized the doors bear the French flag : 0 That aside, for being my first paint job, it looks pretty good. Just took a bit of putty, a few primer coats a LOT of wet sanding, and a good polish and wax when I was done. Now if only Rustoleum could clear up mechanical problems... Good luck.

-Wes

My thoughts exactly......

~Anthony

When I did a DIY paint job a few years back, the mistake I made was to not apply enough paint. I used acrylic enamel, which had a lot of orange peel when I was done. Color sanding the paint made a tremendous difference, in that my final results looked very much like the original finish, minus the rust and dents. Had I applied a little more paint, the resulting thin spots would not have been an issue.

Don't know how this type of scenario would play out with bc/cc. In my own case, a 2-hour window of opportunity opened in mid-November to paint the car before winter(outside, no bugs, no dust storms.) Having to apply in 2 steps would not have worked in my case.

Had my respirator fit a bit better, and had my eyeglasses not fogged up as a result, I probably would have avoided the thin spots!

Al Adams

THe pre paint work is the most important. Even if you do the best paint job, in a few weeks you can have bubbles.. Get rid of every speck of rust. Prime any bare metal FAST. You can alway fix a bad paint spot. ROt is not fun. Joe

I always paint my own cars, and that way I get the paint job I want. They are at least 20 foot jobs.

Sweet. I've always wanted a bus painted like the mystery machine. :-)