Been thinking about painting my car myself. Came across this website... http://thebugshop.org/bsfqpnt.htm

Anyone good with paint or ever painted their MINI??

 

have you ever painted anything before?

 

Never painted a car but I've painted random parts and an old trailer...all with rattle cans.

 

Please post pictures of your progress.

 

I will when I get started. Probably won't be for a month or two. I want to do a flat or matte black with a no gloss clear.

 

i spray painted a few sets of wheels...

the clear coat is tough because it's a heavy enamel and it doesnt dry as quickly as the paint. sounds odd because pro painters dont have this problem, right? well, theyre working in a paint booth and under controlled temps to aid in the curing of the paints/clear coats...

with that said, you'll get pooling in areas where the clear can gather, like the areas between cowl vents and at the corners of the roof. when the clear dries it may or may not be noticeable depending on how heavy a coat you applied.

the good thing is you're going for a matte black which hides A LOT of the imperfections of the painter. but don't let my post discourage you, it's totally doable if you have the right ambient temperature and work area.

oh and dont forget to wetsand

 

Im not critisizing you, im only trying to help...I would strongly advise against it. You do no want to rattle can the car and getting decent with a nice paint gun take some time, also where will you get a "clean room" to spray? no matter how good you clean the garage you will still have a fairly dirty enviroment for painting. you would be surprised what a very small amount of dust can do to a nice paint job. also what about wet sanding? what primer are you using? High build? what about bonding agents? what about thinners? spray guns are a whole nother world away from rattle can and the difference is vast as far as overall look. you will NEVER get a gun quality paint job with a rattle can. I have experience painting and its kind of like art. some people are artists, some people are not. I am not. I dont do a bad job, but i wouldnt paint my car. what ever you decide i wish you the best of luck. practice alot on junk pieces and go in with as much experience and knowledge about painting as possible. i recommend a class in auto body

 

What Jhud said.

You have to have the right equipment, knowledge and a good place to paint your car (paint booth).

If you don't have the above don't do it.

 

don't do it

 

you guys have totally missed out on the trend to paint cars with rollers from Home Depot. A cheap way to paint a car for the likes of the "drive the trash" races that seem to be lots of fun!

Go for it!

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Matt

 

I once read in a magazine, that they painted their brand new Subaru STi flat black with spray paint. They did it in their garage with a ton of plastic, beer, and paint. It actually looked really good when they were done too. I say go for it.
I did also read in eurotuner that many matte paint jobs are actually a multi-step process.So you might want to look into that if you want the best results.

 

if you wanna do it, do it. but plan it thru and practice makes perfect.

this guy has done his car several times...







previous paint jobs by himself with a rattle can:

 

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/b...job/index.html

ive done two of my cars this way, both with great results. however, it is ALOT of work.

 

Do This

http://www.rickwrench.com/index79mas...llarpaint.html

I've personally seen a couple cars done this way and it looks awesome!

 

I have seen cars painted that way that coulduv come out good, cept the person doing it rushed through it and ended up with orange peel and runs. I have also seen a roller job that believe it or not wasnt bad. Take time with the extensive prep. Also wetting down the floor/ground helps reduce dust and other fly-bys

 

Unless he was specifically going for the low-gloss "suede" look, I'd actually have to say that all of those cars look like hammered ***. And that's in photographs, which generally make cars look better than they really do, so God only knows what they look like in person.

Honestly, Every full-car rattle-can repaint I've ever seen has been a "fifty-footer", at best.

 

hmm anyone have any more info on the roller style painting? i'm planning on using a spray gun and doing it in a big warehouse

 

Be sure to especially load up on the beer -- and be sure to post pics.

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im about to start painting my secound car and it is all about the prep. a great apint job will bring out all the little imperfections in the body so fill and sand till your hands fall off.

 

Sorry - saying I picked up in the Navy (a sanitized version of the original, actually).

I meant that those cars look awful - they look like someone shot the colour coat and forgot to apply the clear coat afterward. The first three pictures in particular just look like light-brown primer - I was expecting to see the "after" pictures next, but I guess those were it.

On the last picture (the light-blue car), look at the reflections in the paint (or lack of reflections). You can make out light and dark areas, but that's it - no detail. You can actually see the reflections better in the paint of the similarly-coloured convertible Beetle in the background, and the Beetle's probably two or three times as far away as the hatchback in the foreground.

 

I may be wrong here but isnt that exactly what makes it a flat paint job?

 

I used to have links to some sites that showed the whole process but since my hard drive crashed all those links went away. But if you spend some time on google I am sure you can find some info. It can be done with pretty decent results. But it is very labor intensive, with quite a few coats of paint and a lot of wet sanding in between.

 

Never mind - I missed the part of your post and glnr's followup where you talk about wanting a flat finish. If the pictures glnr posted were of cars that were *intentionally* given a flat finish, then they're not as bad I thought.

 

Yah...I know the guy from one of the euro forums I frequent. He's purposefully going for the flat look...hence no reflections. They're all just temp jobs until he finishes up his bodywork mods but I've seen the paint up close in person and can attest that the paint is incredibly well done for a rattle can job.....definitely not a 50 footer....but they're really just "for fun" paintjobs anyways

 

sometimes it helps to read the thread thoroughly

some people like flat finishes. youre entitled to disliking it though