Quick question, what is the coldest temp you have painted at? I am wondering in low 60's is ok to lay down some brightside. Thanks!

I've done Rustoleum into the 50's

Well, from the looks of Chargers pics, I shouldnt have any issues! Thanks!

I've been having troubles with paint coming out good with rollers, and Because I want this to be perfect, I am planning on buying a spray gun...

Where can I buy one and how much?

I've been trying to get HVLP gun for my last 2 coats too, I borrowed a compressor but i've had bad luck finding a cheap gun in Canada, I've checked KMS / princess auto / lordco...i'll keep looking but if you find something let me know

It's been a week since my last coat

thanks

Fellas....go ahead and roll the final coats. Even if its a bit rough looking, once you wet sand it down to an EVEN matte finish, it will polish out beautifully.

vridaw, i just got one from princess auto, so recheck them, it was 18$


I'll try spraying a coat tomorrow and see how it goes.. Is there anything that I should know before I start spraying? Like techniques? PSI? how thin of paint should I be spraying?

anything would be great, it will be a learning experience for me since I have never sprayed a car before, but again, I've never rolled paint of a car before either..haha

If anybody is looking for clear Enamel, I found some.

http://www.paintforcars.com/clearcoats_aecc2.html

The harbor freight gun is one of the best for under $50. It is on sale for $20 right now. If you have one local, print out the add and bring it in, they will price match.

HF spray gun

Brew

Looks like this made it to instructables now

http://www.instructables.com/id/Paint-Your-Car-With-Rustoleum/

sorry for asking this question, I am sure it's been covered 100 times..but I just put my last coat on..and I started sanding it down.

But What im wondering, when is the earliest I can Wax and polish it...?

I've seen some do it after 2 days, some say min. 2 weeks...some says at least a month..

I am confused...I really need to drive this car, since I've been taking transit for a month now...when is the earliest I can Polish it

Thanks fellas

Hey guys. I have been following this post for quite sometime. I am sold on the whole process. I have tried it out and am very pleased with the results. Now my only problem is I want to paint my 72 challenger sublime green. I see that someone had a picture of a hood that was tremclad #566. I live in Michigan and I know that paint is from Canada. Also I looked at their website and I don't even see that Color available. I have checked with my local box stores and no one will tint rustoleum for me. They said they use to but the stopped doing it. So my question is has anybody else have any ideas or found the right rusto color? Thanks in advance.

Though I used Brightside paint, I found out that Ace Hardware Stores will tint the Rustoleum (in Orlando area anyway). Also, Rustoleum is now selling a line of marine topside paints at Lowes. Brightside rocks but your color pallette is limited.

My truck was in despereate need of some new paint. The factory black was pretty worn and a collision on the passenger side needs repaired. I figure if this technique works for me then I can save some money over a Maaco job, learn something, and have some fun.

My dad was the one that told me about this process. "There's some guys on the web painting their cars with rollers." He was doing some research for painting his project Beetle and came across it. I laughed because I thought the idea was crazy. A little reading and some experimenting at home and now I believe it is legitimate.

I decided to try it out on the tailgate of my truck. It's small enough and can be removed so I figured it was perfect since I still have to drive my truck everyday to work.

I made a little quickie website to document the progress for my dad and some friends I told about my little project.

Link to my little quickie webpage

I'm taking time off from work tomorrow so I can do the rest of the truck. Wish me luck.


Here's a picture as of yesterday. I did finish polishing the rest of it after this photo but I wanted to show the difference between the polished (Porter-Cable 7424 with Poorboy's SSR2.5) and 1500 wetsanded surfaces. The portion of the tailgate in the lower left corner of the image (from the edge to the handle and F-150 logo). I'd say it looks good. My bodywork isn't awesome and there's still some scratches evident but I am more than pleased.

Looks good frank... which paint and color are you using?

He's using Ace Rust Stop (a Sherwin Williams Paint), it's international blue, and the name of his website makes a dirty old man wanna reach for the viagra!

Good job on the tailgate. I'm still hand sanding down my satellite (the guy I bought the car hand painted it with a brush three years ago,and it's filled with orange peel, brush strokes, and runs) and I'm getting ready to rust bullet the underside of my bulge hood.

It's nice to see another Ace Rust Stop guy on the thread...talk about inexpensive paint!

Several member have asked about mixing custom colors and who does it. Since I work next door to an Ace Hardware store, I thought I'd see what they had to say. Their answer was they can mix anything that has a tintable base. The Ace Stop Rust paint is available with a tintable base, and they showed me a color chart with about 20 different colors they can mix. They can also mix in three different sizes, pints, quarts, and gallons.

My question is, how much paint will I need to do my 86 1/2ton Ram?