Project SicMonte

[SRD art]

I have a question for you Doug. Im getting ready to do a cheap paint job on my cutlass. Assuming you have seen people do the $50 paint job, http://www.rickwrench.com/index79mas...llarpaint.html , and you would paint your car again would you do it with the rattle can like you did or do the bit of extra work and try this method? As far as im concerned i have more important things to pay for at the moment besides a fancy and pricy paint job.

If you put that much effort into it you could paint your car with a dish sponge and house paint and have it turn out that nice. I did mine almost a year ago with 7 cans of Rustoleum semi gloss black, which yielded 2 coats. It was a super quick and ugly job, but I simply wanted to cover bare spots and body work with something that wasn't porous like primer. The only prep I did was quickly sand the old paint with 320 grit on a da, wash it, tack cloth (which was a waste since I sprayed it half in the garage, half in the driveway) and then spray. Except for some paint chips here and there (largely due to really inadequate prep in those areas), it looks fine. For kicks I recently did a quick buff with some old cleaner/wax laying around and it made it a bit more shiny. My investment was about $35 in paint plus some sandpaper. Page 25 of my build thread shows how I did it and some thoughts about the results. Sorry for the thread hijack Doug.