El Cheapo Paint Job

By Rob

Editor-in-Chief

Can’t afford to take your car to Maaco? Want to do it yourself for under $100? Well, a technique involving foam brushes and Rustoleum has been circling the net for a while now. I first saw it on Moparts last year, and it was featured in Hot Rod a few months later. The two best documented examples I’ve seen on the web recently are on at Chevy Corvair at rickwrench.com and on a Chevy Beretta at stylusscustoms.com.

What’s the cheapest paint job you’ve done, and how did it come out?

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Posted at 10:31 am in Beretta, Chevrolet, Chevy, Corvair, Paint

Comments

Ted
Feb 15, 2008 at 6:12 pm

I rattlecanned my Formula when I was about 20 (abt 1985)… in Krylon gloss black. Went over the car at least a few times, again and again, at that point not expecting a consistent finish. The main thing was to get a thick coat that didn’t have runs if at all possible. Used many, many cans of paint. After a few days, I wet sanded it, then used rubbing compound. Re-shot a couple areas where the black was too thin and wet sanded/compounded again to even things out. After that I used polishing compound and finally waxed it a few times.
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The results were pretty amazing. Inended up adding (2) white 9″ wide stripes the whole length of the car, oriented with the Ram Air scoops on the hood.
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The car looked great. Wish I had pictures of it.

Highspeedhijinks
Feb 15, 2008 at 1:43 pm

Thats interesting, but seems like may more work than I’d want to do by hand. That and on plastic pieces I dont see it being able to flex in the heat or cold.