Bob Holton

How many cans are required to cover an Fb? Enough to look good and cover with several layers of clear coat?

Gregs

rattle can jobs suck, i know from experience

if u want it to last more than a week a minumum of 3 coats is needed, and it will always look uneven and shitty and it fades hella fast

RRTEC

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Rent an air compressor and buy a $40 paint gun at TSC, then buy 19.99 worth of tractor acrylic enamel (1 gallon) 1 can of $4.99 hardener and paint your car for the same price as a rattle can job. I painted my runaround s-10 for $30 and it's still holding up great....

This route will end up cheaper then a ratttlecan job.

IanS

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I know a guy who rattle canned the front end of his first gen eclipse and he bought 12 cans to do it.

cosmicbang

Theoretically, it can be done successfully. A member of one of my other car clubs did it and won a national show. He used either 32 or 36 cans and removed most of the body panels from the car for painting. The end result was absolutely perfect, but it required a lot more labor and took much longer than conventional methods. He also spent countless hours rubbing and compounding.

Rusty Shackleford

it took me 19 cans..took each panel off and took my time sanding everything even and bondoing any dents..etc...its been on for about 7months now and just starting to fade and get gritty looking

RX7Elmo

if you're going to rattle can, get some good paint in the first place. I suggest www.paintscratch.com or others like them.

skrewloose78

is that john deere yellow? tsc has all the paints? do they have flat black?

84stock

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take rrtec's advice. My brother painted his car in the driveway with a rented compressor and decent paint and it lasted for years. Rattle can jobs get very costly once you need 20+ cans. You could buy better acrylic paint and have much better results.

82streetracer

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I used a epoxy based spray paint to paint the wheels on my Probe a Matching Gloss Black.

Didnt clear them, so without wax, they dull a bit, but the finish is holding up great, even with minnesota winter and road salt.

I thing Plasticote makes it.


Flat color paints are more durable, and much easier to apply, as they dry almost instantly.

Rusty Shackleford

paint without clear coats and waxes suck!!!! like up there ^ when a bird craps on my car i gotta wash it then respray that spot because the paint washes off with a strong spray or rub of a rag

trochoid

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Do all of your prep work, then spray it with an epoxy primer. That is what I am doing with my widebody, until I decide on a finish color. My paint supplier says it could hold up for 2 years, and if I want he can mix me a poly clear with the gloss toned down and it will last longer. The U-Tech epoxy is less than $100 a gal., which gives 1.5 gal. to spray. It is not a full flat black, but it's not 100% gloss either.

The nice thing about the epoxy is, when you get ready for your finish coat, you just scuff sand and paint (providing all your body work is done). Then you can shoot a single stage poly for the top coat, and it can be deglossed to whatever flatness you want.

RRTEC

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Tractor supply has flat black..they have tons of colors.... I am going to paint my "track FB" with the silver they have of course I will lay clear over top of that aswell but that entire paintjob will cost me $70.. 1 gal clear one gal silver paint...

Bob Holton

Thanks guys, I was curious. Bob

luiml73

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I think you should just shop around for a nice little paint shop. I paid $650 for my paint job 2 years ago, and they even fixed my front spoiler that was broken in 3 pieces.