Rustoleum paint jobs

[Stumpalump]

That is the best brand but save the used tips because the paint is so thick and good that it clogs them frequently.

[Tinman]

Thanks for this. I am going to do the same thing, coincidently on a Montero as well. Have you got any other images? I’d like to see some other areas and maybe an overall shot. I am thinking of going with Charcoal Gray. The test area I did on the rear hatch seems to look pretty good.

Thanks

[dorton]

Thanks for this thread. I've been contemplating a spray bomb job on my 4runner.

[dwh]

Real Men use a roller:

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/b...b/viewall.html

[LaOutbackTrail]

Real Men use a roller:

http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/b...b/viewall.html

I would have used a roller, but they didn't offer the color in a qt.




So I've decided no clear, and will give the truck a few weeks to cure in the sun before polishing.

[Daryl]

I don't "get" these rattle can paint jobs. If you use enough paint to actually cover properly (rattle cans do NOT cover well) you've spent as much money as you would have for some cheaper real automotive paint and a harbor freight spray gun. With just a bit of practice and an air compressor you're going to end up with a better, thicker, more durable paint job.

[LaOutbackTrail]

I don't "get" these rattle can paint jobs. If you use enough paint to actually cover properly (rattle cans do NOT cover well) you've spent as much money as you would have for some cheaper real automotive paint and a harbor freight spray gun. With just a bit of practice and an air compressor you're going to end up with a better, thicker, more durable paint job.

Bull SH!T is all I have to say to that. I was going to do it the other way... it was going to cost a couple hundred bucks more.... I even borrowed the compressor and bought the harbor freight POS HVLP sprayer. It cost me less than $100 to paint the truck. And I used lots of paint.

[Daryl]

Bull SH!T is all I have to say to that. I was going to do it the other way... it was going to cost a couple hundred bucks more.... I even borrowed the compressor and bought the harbor freight POS HVLP sprayer. It cost me less than $100 to paint the truck. And I used lots of paint.

If it was going to cost you a couple hundred bucks more you either didn't put much paint on with spray cans or didn't know where to get automotive paint at a decent price. Yes, if you go buy a couple quarts of mid or high level Sikkens or DuPont it will definitely cost you a few hundred more. But even thinning out quart cans of rustoleum and spraying them is going to put down a better finish and more material than a spray can.

To do any sort of proper wet sand you're going to need a WHOLE LOT of spray cans, and that's my point: a finish with enough material on it to look decent and/or last is going to take a lot more money in spray cans than in paint cans.

Also, it's pretty hilarious that you can describe a harbor freight HVLP gun as a "POS" when you're comparing it to a plastic spray nozzle. While it's by no means a professional quality gun it is so far from even being able to compare with any can spray nozzle that they don't even warrant mentioning. When set up properly, kept clean and fed with an appropriate amount of air it puts down acceptable quality paint. I've painted with one several times yet spent mot of my time painting with professional HVLP guns. If money is no object the choice is clear. When when it is, I'll take something that does 90% of the same job for 10% of the price.

[Squatchout]

I have given a lot of thought to painting both my old beaters with Rustoleum. This truck belongs to a friend and it was painted with Rustoleioum Hammertone finish and a roller. It's looks pretty good.


I think I'm going to use Monstaliner instead though. The Jeep guys seem to have had good luck with it. I like the slight texture it has. I've already gotten the color samples and hope to at least give it a try before the end of the year.
http://www.monstaliner.com/

Huge thread on this stuff.
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f43/i...-liner-875162/

[soonenough]

Bull SH!T is all I have to say to that. I was going to do it the other way... it was going to cost a couple hundred bucks more.... I even borrowed the compressor and bought the harbor freight POS HVLP sprayer. It cost me less than $100 to paint the truck. And I used lots of paint.

I see your point here. I recently painted a camper shell for my truck, and I spent roughly $400 just on consumable materials using automotive-grade 2k urethane paints (Nason primer, PPG base, and Advantage clear). It adds up pretty fast with all the paints, reducers, activators, filler, degreaser, tack rags, sandpaper, masking paper, tape, etc etc.

You can buy Rustoleum Professional in quarts and even gallons. At Lowe's here, a quart is $9.xx and a gallon is $27.xx (compared to $5.xx for a 15-oz rattle-can); they're not stocked in all colors, but many of the basic colors. By spraying the lower cost Rustoleum paint with a cheap gun instead of a rattle can nozzle, you can get a nice-looking paint job for relatively cheap (much cheaper than using automotive-grade urethanes). A gallon of rustoleum paint goes a LONG way, especially after its reduced. That's what I'm doing right now for a set of sliders. And the best part is that touch-ups can be done with a rattle can since it's the same paint.

Nice-looking paint job btw...I've always found something cool about rattle can jobs for some reason