AGearHead4Life

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Depending on how picky you are and how much money you have to blow, this might be the choice method for you. Rustoleum is $27 a gallon and it takes less than a gallon to paint one car.

Check out this video:

Here's the playlist in stages as I learned:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...lH5l_zOsb518kE


It'll work for this project thats for sure!

jimbos'ss

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wow that turned out better than I thought it would.

AGearHead4Life

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Yea, me to. I found that there's a whole forum for this process called rolledon.forummotion.com.

They take pride in rolling the whole car. Quit a few on there do spray the Rustoleum on though. Good guys one there helping each other out. They even have projects up years later to show how the paint held up.

Amazing! this will save me money to invest more into my motor

I plan to spray this same paint onto the rest of my truck. The Camaro will be next.

DjinnWS6

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thats awesome!

AGearHead4Life

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Thanks Man!

I think so to. Thrilled to find an inexpensive way to get my truck one color.

snyousef

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Nice!

Does this only work with a particular type of paint made by Rustoleum or is it possible to do with other paint as well?

AGearHead4Life

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I (and most others) just pick up the regular Rustoleum off of the shelf from Lowes or Home Depot. I used the paint in the beginning of the posted video. Its $27 a gallon or about $10 a qt and you wont use all of a gallon to do one car.

You can mix the colors to give it your own touch. I added the "Aluminum" color to give it that metallic look. When you roll or spray it on usually do a 60/40 Paint/Mineral Spirits mix. The mix is the key.

You can also add hardener to make it more durable. It seem to be pretty durable already and sticks well.

AGearHead4Life

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You can even clear coat it if you choose to. I chose not to so that it'll be easier to touch up in the future. Plus it looks fine as it is.

I will be spraying this paint onto the rest of the truck. Rolling on this hood was just a test to see how it'd come out.

jlincks

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that is just awesome. i have a ve gti with over 200,000 miles on it and would love to do a little paint project on it. Is there any satin colors in the rustoleum?

AGearHead4Life

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Oh yes. They definitely have satins. Satins are even easier to do, because they hide imperfections. Like if somebody didnt want to do body work and just slap some color on, satin would be the best choice to hide imperfections.

snyousef

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Not sure what you mean by "regular" Rustoleum paint.....have a link or pic of what you used?

Uwilllosetomy93lt1

Looks fairly decent. Good job! Didnt think this was gonna be any good..

Guitar

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I'm planning to rattlecan my Jeep whenever I get the urge. Maybe this summer. Only thing I'm not looking forward to is the prep work.

RaggedRides

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Fantastic work man.

I remember reading about this awhile back in either Hotrod or Car Craft, where they did it on an old Falcon and it turned out great. I found that forum shortly thereafter and have always thrown around the idea. I bet with a little clear and buff it would really pop.

Don't they offer custom mixing for just about any color?

AGearHead4Life

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By regular Rustoleum, I mean the one you see when you walk into a Lowes and find the Rustoleum by the qt. A picture of it is in that video I posted at 6 secs.

AGearHead4Life

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Thanks! Yea, it is pretty interesting. I've seen some do it on youtube and not take their time and it came out crappy.

AGearHead4Life

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I was going to do the same to this truck, but rattle cans add up quick and may even cost more, plus not last as long or look as good.

AGearHead4Life

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THank you!

Yes, I think there are a couple articles on it. There's a guy on a Mopar forum that wrote in a thread that made this go big also.

I havent seen where they mix Rustoleum for you, but I know that Lowes carries a brand of paint that is the same thing and they'll mix it for you. It also costs the same as Rustoluem.

snyousef

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Thanks for the clarification!

Guitar

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Rattle Can jobs can look good and last just as long as others.