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i have a question on how you guys did the door jambs and trunk jambs. did you actually use a roller and brush or did you spray bomb the jambs?

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i have a question on how you guys did the door jambs and trunk jambs. did you actually use a roller and brush or did you spray bomb the jambs?

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Poor mans canopy, amazon head hunter tribe style.

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To Quote John Wayne : " A man's gotta do... what a man's gotta do "

I think its pretty creative to see what you have been able to put together. If we were on Survivor Island, I would like to have you as a team mate. At least we would have a shelter on our first day on the island...

Now... if we were on Gilligan's Island, I would probably want the Professor to be my team mate. Heck he could build a three floor condo with just coconuts

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Ok sorry to butt in here.... Im new to site and simply wont to post a thread... And get started how the heck do I do this? Is it the threaded button that takes you to a huge list... help help please... anybody

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..back on topic - are you guys using angle grinders to polish your vehicles?

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Random orbital polishers... with a preference towards the Porter & Cable model but some good results have been obtained with some of the cheaper models of 'random orbital sanders'.

The problem with angle grinders is that they do not really emulate hand polishing. Random orbital sanders don't just spin around and around in circles... they also shift side to side while spinning. In effect this is like how you would rub or polish if you were doing it by hand. Angle grinders are ideal for ripping and quickly grinding rust off metal surfaces however...

The angle grinder is spinning in circles only. So it is almost natural that it will put circular swirls into whatever surface you are polishing.

Now... I seem to recall some folks mentioning that the angle grinders spin at a higher RPM compared to the random orbital sanders. The word was that this higher rate of spin on the angle grinders would 'burn' the paint or finish because it would be too difficult for the average person to keep the movement of the grinder flowing sufficiently so that one spot doesn't get over revved compared to another spot.

I guess lastly... there are tons of add ons designed for the random orbital sanders especially for the purposes of polishing and buffing surfaces. Whereas I don't think there are too many add ons designed for the angle grinders for the purposes of buffing and polishing ( although I suspect some clever lads have found ways to adapt random orbital sander add ons to work on the angle grinders.

If a Porter Cable random orbital sander is not already in your tool kit or the bucks might not be there for such a useful purchase, then you can go ahead with one of the cheaper random orbital sanders and it will approximate the same quality of finish in the end. The biggest difference between the Porter Cable and the $39 Simonize type buffer/polisher are longevity and user comfort. The cheaper product will die faster and vibrate your arms...

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Hey all,

I just stripped all the paint down (aircraft remover), sanded with 220 then 400 and then laid on the 1st coat (rustoleum gloss black).

I used about 65% rustoleum and 35% mineral spirits.

Am I right in thinking that I put this 1st coat on way too thick? How can I fix it? Can I just wetsand it before the 2nd coat or could I get by wetsanding after the 2nd coat?


First Coat (unsanded)

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I think that looks a tad heavy.....BUT there's 2 ways to look at it, since you layed it down very nice and smooth, you'll get coverage faster, and you could lay 2 coats as you did, and wetsand (which i actually find quite quick to do myself) and then another coat, really good perfect wetsand, and polish.....done...

the key being you layed a good coat down quite smoothly, and anytime you can do that your ahead in my book. You could be done in 4 coats....

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Or follow you all in your expierence's... Im going to do the $100 route... Only thing have not purchased is primer! Denver has West Marine and but cant find Brightside primer in there phone book of products..

Visited Napa today... They have that tractor primer stuff that is rollerable... But beeing that I have it down to bare metal... Sounds like the Bright side primer will cover better, to give me better sanding surface... How important is the primer?

Little worried that either would work with the
Rust Sunburst Yellow I'll be using...
Speaking of Yellow Ive learned its also hard to paint Yellow... But if I can avoid fish eye ect. then Im willing to put the extra time in coverage coats.. Sence I cant go metalic, yellow will make it POP...!

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Ok... first off... I would not hesitate to use a tractor primer. It would provide good anti-rust protection and probably lay down a nice thicker coat of primer that can be sanded ( old farmers are pretty demanding about products performing or they would have bad mouthed the product in to extinction ).

Well good... Napa is 5min away and westmarine is about 40min... So Nappa it is...

Now Marq... I did use Herculiner on inside and out side bottom of tub... But it will not be painted... Black looks fine and will give it good contrast to the Yellow.... So just painting the exterior of this jeep...
Herculiner does fade over time from the sun.. But is a product that sprays on with UV protectant in it to help avoid that..

Thanks for the input... Puts me that much closer to getting started...

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This guy is a HOOT! He claims that the $50 paint job is a myth, but that you can get professional results for just a bit more by simply buying his DVD... borrowing a compressor... and a paint gun... and a garage.

He even links you to a site where a guy got amazing results with rolled Rustoleum to prove that rolled Rustoleum doesn't work... Huh?

http://www.easypaintyourcar.com/CarPainting/fiftydollarmyth.html

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Of course it doesn't work, since he is trying to SELL his DVD, and i'm not trying to sell $hit...
His misconception about roller painting pi$$es me off.

He keeps going on about sanding, sanding, well you get the point, the reality of the fact is that within about 10 hours you can easily wetsand, and when you get the process down pat for example, i wetsanded my charger between coats in less than 2 hours. Start to finish, took me 3 days, BUT not solid, about 3 hours a day work. Plus you can do this in a residential area, where if you spray, someone will likely call the police, as happened to me.

I look at his civic, great, the reality is that the novice will most likely screw up the paint job, spraying is HARD. I've done both, many many times. I'd love to race this guy in a paint job, the reality is you have to tape the car up, which in itself would take longer than a few wetsands between coats. Plus his pics SUCK, if his painting skills were good he'd show pictures like this:





I rest my case. I'm not shooting down spraying a car, actually i prefer to spray a car, I'd just like to debunk his referrals to the roller paint job, plus remember this guys motive, he's profiting from this venture, sure he will shoot down the roller paint job; after all he probably lost 90% of his business since this came out. It has really gone a lot farther than i thought it did, if someone told me it would go this crazy I'd never have believed it. Plus i shared it with you guys for FREE!!!!!

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Plus i shared it with you guys for FREE!!!!!

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... And cheapskates like me worldwide sure appreciate it!