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Just thought I'd share this...

While I'm still getting through the last few coats that I'm painting on my cowl grill, I've decided to use a shortcut for places that are difficult to roll or a pain in the butt to sand.

For instance, door jams, the water catch undernear my rear hatch (280z), bottom side of the cowl panel, etc etc.

I've already done this to the bottom side of my cown panel because I didn't see the point in making it look 100%. Nobody is EVER going to see that except me. So what I did is find the same color in a spray can and spray it. I think I did 2 coats -- maybe 3 -- and it looks great. I could probably wet sand it and buff it, but for areas that don't get seen much, it is saving me time and looks just fine.

The water catch area underneath my rear hatch is partially going to be covered with new weather stripping once I put it back on. But don't mistake me, I'm still preping the area just as I would any other surface. That's a must. But this way those little areas get color easily.

Anyways, just thought I'd give a random tip.

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exit - pull it out in the sun, you will see the light looks killer.

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You can get one of those rust stripping things for your drill, they are some kind of hard plastic and they work pretty well. They work great for light rust and paint removal but you'll need to fill where you use it because they will gouge right through the paint.

http://www.vwtrendsweb.com/tech/0401vwt_super15_s.jpg

If you're grinding though, that will gouge through the paint and into the metal, so you might start with one of those rust removal discs on a drill before you go to the grinder.

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the rust removers, be it acid or chemicals are very messy, toxic, and can ruin anything it touches, but it does work, almost too good, but i have seen some people who've used it and had trouble 6 months after with new paint, bubbles, flaking, peeling, and we're not talking about tremclad/rustoleum. so i'd be a little afraid to use it. i've used it on engine parts and it works like a dream, but be prepared to lower your life span by about 30-50%, and loose some skin/limbs/hair/fertility/knowledge!!!!!

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You can get one of those rust stripping things for your drill, they are some kind of hard plastic and they work pretty well. They work great for light rust and paint removal but you'll need to fill where you use it because they will gouge right through the paint.

http://www.vwtrendsweb.com/tech/0401vwt_super15_s.jpg

If you're grinding though, that will gouge through the paint and into the metal, so you might start with one of those rust removal discs on a drill before you go to the grinder.

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the rust removers, be it acid or chemicals are very messy, toxic, and can ruin anything it touches, but it does work, almost too good, but i have seen some people who've used it and had trouble 6 months after with new paint, bubbles, flaking, peeling, and we're not talking about tremclad/rustoleum. so i'd be a little afraid to use it. i've used it on engine parts and it works like a dream, but be prepared to lower your life span by about 30-50%, and loose some skin/limbs/hair/fertility/knowledge!!!!!

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If all you have is surface rust, try this stuff

http://www.safestrustremover.com/

the pics are extremely convincing and one guy I know says it DOES work but will not really help if rust is "dug in"

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I too am joining the legions of roll on car painters. I got here from the samba.com where I learned of this technique. I have a 68 bay window bus I will be painting soon.


I went to the Home Depot today to investigate the "professional" rustoleum paint. The instructions for thinning state that only acetone should be used. I have read the whole thread and see that most are using mineral spirits as it was done with the Tremclad stuff.

I just I was hoping if someone would be able to confirm success using the mineral spirits despite the directions for thinning on the can. I am looking forward to painting my car. I enjoy seeing the variety of rides being improved for next to nothing here. Keep up the good work.

I'll post dome pics if I can get this project rolling soon.

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I too am joining the legions of roll on car painters. I got here from the samba.com where I learned of this technique. I have a 68 bay window bus I will be painting soon.

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Hi Bowerbird. I'm a Samba.com defector too. This thread is awesome, but what's even better are the moderators here and Moparts.com. You guys are the BEST for being so welcoming and open minded to new ideas! THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!

Samba.com has basically shut down the thread on roller painting. Here's one of the (cleaned up) responses from the "moderators" on that site:

"allright,...last "advice" i will give in this thread.

doing all this work only to use Rustoleum is doing a job half***! ...waste of time. Rustoleum is NOT auto paint.learning how to spray is a good thing to learn... cutting corners claiming it's because cost is a sh****y excuse as auto paint is 90 bucks and cheaper for everything you'll need sans paint gun and compresser...if your that cheap you can't get up 90 bucks for auto paint then collecting cars isn't what you need to do!
putting Rustoleum on a car is a horrable idea

thank you
the moderator!"