Diesel RVs: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Paint Stories

I'm thinking off clear coating my hood with fine roller.That all my car needs is hood.

--- On Sat, 1/22/11, john public <brad_macaboy1234@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: john public <brad_macaboy1234@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Paint Stories
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011, 6:51 PM

I painted the hood of my white jeep with Wal-Ma*ts $1 per can enamel. The color matched perfectly after several coats and the finish was similar to a factory shine as I wet sanded it with 1000 grit followed by 2K grit, then polishing compound. The hood outlasted the rest of the truck; the box frame rusted out, but it looked good at the boneyard several years later.

This page may have been referenced in this forum before; I chose not to use rustoleum because when I've used it, it seemed to remain tacky for a long time.

http://www.autoblog.com/photos/50-paint-job/#298589

--- On Sat, 1/22/11, BStromsoe <bstromsoe@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: BStromsoe <bstromsoe@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Paint Stories
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011, 5:27 PM

I saw a fellow in the neighborhood paint his 1980's Pontiac using spray cans - in his driveway. It was a magnificent job. He stripped it, sanded it, primed it, did all the things a pro would do. Anyway, I was really impressed - I had never seen anyone do what he did before and come away with a really great looking car - using spray paint cans.

brian from la verne, ca

From: Alan Boucher <alstheone@verizon.net>

If you're an artist you can do it with spray cans. I sold a VW bus to a woman who repainted it with spray cans and a hardware store owner I know used his private stock to repaint his Fiat based Scorpion. Actually the current spray cans are much better at providing an even spray than some of the earlier products. The acid test for any paint job is does it look better when you are done than when you started.