50 Dollar Paint Job

I’ve seen some bad paint jobs on cars recently. One guy had some kind of Franken-car that looked like half Gremlin, half Honda, lowered, with huge rims and a body that looked like it was made poorly from paper mache. But as I have often suspected, it’s often just the craftsman that makes the difference. Witness the nifty paint job on this Corvair:

50 Dollar Paint

The trick? It’s done with Rustoleum and rollers. Lots of coats. Lots of wet sanding and buffing. Very neat. If I had some beater to paint, I might even think about doing it this way. Maybe some future robotics project will benefit from this knowledge…

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  1. Dan

    I painted my classic with the roll on method. 1:1 paint thinner and rustoleum royal blue. not much wet sanding. once in the beginning right after body work like normal, once after the third coat, that is all I did and I won a trophy at my first car show. all togather 7 full coats and if there was any lighter areas I just put another coat on that area. seasoned professionals that looked closely at it did not beleive it was rolled on. It is not perfect, but it sure looks good to me. $35

    Have a great day!

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