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| | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 | I have a 58 3200 apache that has that warn in look. I like the faded paint for the body, but I would like to put a fresh coat on the headlight buckets, grill and front bumper. http://tinypic.com/m/5a0tgw/1Has anyone had solid results from a rattle can? I'd like to do a coat of etching or epoxy primer & then the original Ivory color. Can I even get etching or epoxy in a can? Or for that matter the original Ivory color? | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | I consider rattle can paint to be inferior quality. It's OK for small parts that don't need a high quality finish.
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 843 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 843 | to answer your question about self-etching primer in a can:yes
some thing I've done on my truck is spray clear coat[also in cans]over the colour[Canadian spelling :D]
Rattle can paint is not very hard,so it marks easy | | | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 | Hmmm - That is what I was thinking about the cans - I've done a couple of rattle can jeeps & I've even painted one for real with a base / clear - it turned out really nice.
I'm hoping not to get too involved in this for just a bumper and grill, but then again - I don't want it to look like crap in 6 months either.
If I could find a good hard finish in a can I'd jump on it. If not - I'll bite the bullet & buy the good stuff. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | ... rustoleum in a quart can??? | | | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 208 | ... rustoleum in a quart can??? I guess I could thin that down a little & shoot it through my paint gun. I know they make a good enamel that will dry nice & hard. It would need to have a good primer though - I've used that on an old trailer of mine (brushed on) and it is peeling off now. Anyone know of a good automotive primer in a can? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 769 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 769 | | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Most will say use expoxy primer. IF on small stuff I use either the self etching primer by duplicolor or the Automotive Primer in a can made by Rustoleum. Depends on how long you want it to stay in primer. | | | | | Joined: May 2009 Posts: 181 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2009 Posts: 181 | I've used the green self-etching primer. It's good stuff, gets good n' hard, sticks well. Kinda pricey though. I get it at Napa
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | Very nice! Let's here it for the rattle can! I painted my entire truck that way and then drove it to the body shop to be painted, once it was on the road. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1 | John Deere Blitz black! is the answer You seek!! | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 679 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2006 Posts: 679 | Fine job. You did your truck justice. You weren't out for concourse. It is a big improvement of what you had and cleans it up.
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Bill | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | Nice job....as others have said rattle cans are fine for smaller areas.
Like all bodywork/paint,preparation is everything.
I've rattle canned my whole dash and I'm pleased with results,time will tell......
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 20 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 20 | Man, that looks really nice! What products did you end up using? | | |
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