87rx7girl

duplicolor to be exact

it all started back in the day when i was stripping paint down to fix dents. i needed something to cover the metal so i wouldnt get rust durring the long break i was taking in the project. i used duplicolor sandable primer. i got sick and then winter came and i didnt feel like finishing the project . my rx7 looked hidious with just some sections primerd!!!


so i rattled the whole car black primer. over the year i continued spraying layers to make up for the fadding black.



one day i went in to buy more primer cuz my car had fadded yet again. i saw purple metal cast... ahah! i would try that out!!!


from previous attempts i've seen. i thought mine came out great! though it did have some cloudy streeks threw it because the paint was transparent.


after a while the pruple fadded a great deal. and started to speckle with white from the hot summer. it was time for a new idea.

while the car was purple i created a new scheme with photoshop using a popular white fc picture

some of you might have seen this befor, well i was the the one who did this colorscheme on this photo.

i thought. hell....... i can paint that..... i'll give it a go!!!!
i did some prep but not much, i didnt care to much because of how many dents were on it.

at the time i didnt have many masking suplies so i used what i had around


it took about 3,4 days all together. masking spraying and masking new areas.

but soon i was finished



i realized how awsome duplicolor truck&suv paint was. it did not leave over spray, it was a satin finish. it was not a gloss so it didnt have that horrible inperfection look to it if you came back and re-sprayed one small area. i fell in love with this paint. but i did not clear it, i didnt want to put forth any more effort then this because of the numorious dents i had. besides this was a trial and error paint job

after testing some rubbing compound, polishing and wax. i realized how perfect i could get this brand of spray paint. it could be perfect.
i just recently bought a convertible that had a primer hood and bad clear coat.
i decided to try out doing everything perfect this time. so i did!
i sanded, primerd, sanded, colored cleared and sanded again, bufferd, pollished and waxed!!!!

look what i got as a result!




imo, duplicolor brand spray paint FTW!!!!!

7_rocket

iTrader: (6)

Too cheap to pay for a proper paint job?

blacknmild874

damn that time when you actually gave a **** looks great.

i like it. ill have to do the same on the fb im getting.

big props to you.

87rx7girl

lol probly didnt even take the time to read. what a jackass
i dont need to pay some one to do a proper paint job, i rather learn how to do it myself. takes more skill to get the rattle can to look good then it does to get the other stuff to look good.

spoolnblue

Why r ur turn signals sticking out that far. Just wonderin. Looks good though, if i didnt have decent paint, i would have done this.

7_rocket

iTrader: (6)

Yea with a spray can? thats professional

87rx7girl

your funny.

7_rocket

iTrader: (6)

Thanks .. carry on

JWteknix

iTrader: (2)

hahaha my cars the same flat black

magnus.rx7

Good work Jess! A+ for effort.

rynberg

I'm confused....so are you bragging about how your car looks or about how much effort you put in? Because to be perfectly honest, it looks like crap. If you really want to DIY, why don't you get an inexpensive sprayer/compressor and put REAL paint on there?

XxMerlinxX

iTrader: (2)

I really don't care for DIY painting projects. They almost always turn out looking like ***, so I figured this thread would be pretty half-assed. And while most of it was half-assed, the finished products are actually fairly good for someone on a budget. How much were the supplies all total?

87rx7girl

wow. this forum really does have a bunch of ********. just wanted to show the work i've done and the progress threw the years. and the achivement of making the paint work for me. the hood on the vert looks like ***? right... it looks no different then the finished paint on my caliber. but then i have to take into concideration that some of you havent read what i wrote.

there is no difference between REAL paint and the paint you can put threw a paint gun. it is real paint. i dont think they'd sell FAKE paint. its just a different type of paint that is in the rattle can. its not a paint you mix then spray. its a lacquer. and you can spray cars with lacquer.

man i can never make a post about my work with out ********* bashing.

XxMerlinxX

iTrader: (2)

What, exactly, looks like crap on the vert that he did?

87rx7girl

60 for the sand paper and compounds and aplicators and 5 cans of paint
1 color
1 primer
3 clear

i just spent 30$ on primer and color and clear to continue on the fender that is flaking too. whole car is flaking and i wish to take care of it and its dents.

i have done my researche on this. and i have read that people can get a good life span out of their duplicolor paint if they maintain keeping it waxed like any other paint.

i belive macco uses lacquers instead of epoxy type paint aswell. doesnt say much, but they dont do good prep and post work to it

RE-Amemiya

Cough...She. I like originality, there's not many ppl that would take the time to do something like that or try something different. I think the end result looks fine, it's just not my taste.

Rex7-93

i think it looks very good for being a DIY with spray paint. from the pictures i wouldnt have been able to tell it was spraypainted if you didnt mention it. good job IMO.

RX7LINK

iTrader: (3)

i dig the color scheme and much props for DIY. I understand you wanted satin finish but DIY will not give will not give u the "show car" gloss that a real automotive paint job would.

scrubolio

iTrader: (8)

the gloss/deep shine comes from the clearcoat not really from the paint itself. if you ever get all the dents out try putting on some layers of clear coat

87rx7girl

hell ya i will. i'm going to strip it down and fix dents when i have it on stands for my tii swap

XxMerlinxX

iTrader: (2)

I apologize for the gender confusion, you automatically think "he" on this board. Be that as it may, that's the best damn thing I've ever seen for $30, I don't care what anyone says. I bet you could do the whole car for under $100. If possible, can you take some closer pics of it? I want to know if it looks good from far, but far from good.

Edited to add that had I looked at your SN, I might've been able to piece together the puzzle, lol.

87rx7girl

hahah. ya. i'm a chick! but ya. it looks good from far. and up close! it feels great too! and hell.... ive been more a critict of paint jobs i see on stock cars. and ****.. i see more orange peal and swirls on stock paint jobs then i do on my own.....

veilsidei

you did an awesome job.. id never stick with it lol. id quit once i got a bump in the process. which would be why i haven't sanded down my fd. cause im too damn *** lazy to get off and do that and if i screw up i cant afford a new paint job as this car has sucked all my money. *my fd only has 33k miles on it. but its never been garaged in vegas heat which = worn interior and sun damaged paint.*

veilsidei

hey there was a guy earl shibe *sp* who would paint your car for 29.95 *whole car* windows wheels your car just goes through a painting machine and paints anything that is there. i think his business stopped that. and now is a pretty successful business but many unsatified customers.

GoRacer

iTrader: (2)

I like it, better then primer and I like the scheme alot. I'm impressed that you were able to do that with cans, especially since they typically run. I'm also impressed more with you being female since most of the girls i've ever met have a hard time filling the tank, much less checking for oil. I say wet sand it, polish it and clear coat, then polish and wax.