6 cans of John Deere Green Rustoleum...and some tape...
$30 Paint Job
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Looks Great!
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holy smokes!! that thing looks clean... from here...
thats all you need on a trail rig! now lets see some pics of the beast in action.
thats all you need on a trail rig! now lets see some pics of the beast in action.
Looks nice. Did you spray or roll?
Can we see some better pictures? I used Tremclad(same as rustoleum) and did both spray and roll. Thinned with mineral spirits
Can we see some better pictures? I used Tremclad(same as rustoleum) and did both spray and roll. Thinned with mineral spirits
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I sprayed it. I'll get some more pics for ya...even has custom overspray in the middle of a couple windows where I didn't tape off completely. And no, I didn't pay extra for the runs and drips. I may spray some clearcoat on to keep it shiny longer.
I may spray some clearcoat on to keep it shiny longer.
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I REALLY want to see some closeups. I'm getting ready to paint my Piggie in a few months and its a trail rig so I don't want to spend too much time/money on the paint...I was thinking blue/white Rustoleum.
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Ultimately it would be good to do two consecutive light coats for a nice finish and to avoid drips and runs...but after about the third can you hit Git Er Done mode and all quality requirements go out the door.
My rig is also sprayed Tremclad, (Canadian version of rustoleum),
(sprayed with hvlp gun, thinned with mineral sprits) cost about $30
I mixed 3 colours of tremclad to get the final colour, mines also accented with flat black.
pm me for more pics.
Very durable paint, very good coverage, shiny but not super glossy.
(sprayed with hvlp gun, thinned with mineral sprits) cost about $30
I mixed 3 colours of tremclad to get the final colour, mines also accented with flat black.
pm me for more pics.
Very durable paint, very good coverage, shiny but not super glossy.
cool satin like finish from that pic. Nice looking rig. More pics?
If your talking to me, sure ill post a few more pics, thanks for the compliment on the rig
Looks good icefire!
Gotta say that hitch really sticks out far! The longer the arm the more movement it will have. Soo your tounge weight might be more dramatic on the springs, also it might cause more movement in the back end.
Not only that if I was driving it I think I would end up taking out too many grills in the safeway parking lot
Tremclad is nice stuff to work with.
Gotta say that hitch really sticks out far! The longer the arm the more movement it will have. Soo your tounge weight might be more dramatic on the springs, also it might cause more movement in the back end.
Not only that if I was driving it I think I would end up taking out too many grills in the safeway parking lot
Tremclad is nice stuff to work with.
Eventhough-
Here's a rustoleum job done with a roller and a hell of a lot of wet-sanding. Looks great. No affiliation...
http://www.rickwrench.com/50dollarpaint.html
Here's a rustoleum job done with a roller and a hell of a lot of wet-sanding. Looks great. No affiliation...
http://www.rickwrench.com/50dollarpaint.html
I was reading through the details on that Corvair paint job today. I'd also recommend the moparts thread he links to at the beginning of the write-up, lots of extra info about thinning the enamel, sanding, and buffing that wasn't mentioned in the Corvair write-up.
Looks nice. You need to throw some yellow on there somewhere. I'm thinking rims.
I read that corvair thread, very interesting but lots of work, In all honesty I manged to get the paint job done in about 5 hours, including, masking.
I also wanted to play with the colours Ive since mixed up 3 or 4 different tremclad custom colours. A tan brown, and a red burgundy.
Also im a beginner painter, and tremclad sprays easier than standard auto paints.
I also wanted to play with the colours Ive since mixed up 3 or 4 different tremclad custom colours. A tan brown, and a red burgundy.
Also im a beginner painter, and tremclad sprays easier than standard auto paints.
He was putting it on with the 4" heavy felt rollers, so that probably takes much longer than spraying.
I can see from the pictures that your paint looks nice enough for a trail rig, but can you offer any more insight? All of the other people that have discussed doing this have talked about doing something like 6-10 coats with those 4" heavy felt rollers, with color sanding and buffing every 2 coats. If I can just mask everything and spray it a couple times, I'd gladly sacrifice a little shine for not having to spend every evening for two weeks color sanding and going over my truck with a 4" roller.
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I really dig the smurf blue. I was trying to find that color in a rattle can but to no avail...and I didn't feel like doing a semi-professional job with an HVLP gun.
Getting a couple of these to toss on the side:
Getting a couple of these to toss on the side:
not just for trail rigs...
Mith, I'll try to tell you what I know. If you are willing to live without a perfect shine, then you can just spray and go. If you want it to be perfect after you spray, wetsand with 800 grit, and then polish. I have begun to wetsand some of the flaws in my paint, and it comes up nearly perfect and shiny when your done. The whole idea behind applying with rollers is to allow people who cant spray to paint thier cars, it is alot more work, it also give the same quality of finish in the end.
The skill of the paintjob is in the painter, Im a crappy painter, and i still managed to get a decent job, a quality painter should be able to acheive excellent results without having to wetsand.
I purhase my paint by the quart, mixed it with about 40% mineral spirits, then poured it into my hvlp gun, and just sprayed, I did it outside, there was some wind, and i got some runs, a good painter would not have any.
The paint was dry in about 2 hours, once I had finshed one light coat on one side i did the other, then back to the first side, till i had sprayed about a gallon, A total of about 4 light coats,
the paint has a satin type finish, except for the areas that I have already wetsanded and buffed which are glossy. The satin finish is mostly because I had to great a distance between the gun and the truck,
Bottom line would I do it again, yes, Im painting my BJ60 the same way, and 2 mercedes diesels, gonna do atleast 1 this weekend.
Mith, I'll try to tell you what I know. If you are willing to live without a perfect shine, then you can just spray and go. If you want it to be perfect after you spray, wetsand with 800 grit, and then polish. I have begun to wetsand some of the flaws in my paint, and it comes up nearly perfect and shiny when your done. The whole idea behind applying with rollers is to allow people who cant spray to paint thier cars, it is alot more work, it also give the same quality of finish in the end.
The skill of the paintjob is in the painter, Im a crappy painter, and i still managed to get a decent job, a quality painter should be able to acheive excellent results without having to wetsand.
I purhase my paint by the quart, mixed it with about 40% mineral spirits, then poured it into my hvlp gun, and just sprayed, I did it outside, there was some wind, and i got some runs, a good painter would not have any.
The paint was dry in about 2 hours, once I had finshed one light coat on one side i did the other, then back to the first side, till i had sprayed about a gallon, A total of about 4 light coats,
the paint has a satin type finish, except for the areas that I have already wetsanded and buffed which are glossy. The satin finish is mostly because I had to great a distance between the gun and the truck,
Bottom line would I do it again, yes, Im painting my BJ60 the same way, and 2 mercedes diesels, gonna do atleast 1 this weekend.
