Drive-Way Rattle Can Paint Job
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 6:02 pm
Drive-Way Rattle Can Paint Job
Just having some fun with the sigma giving it a rattle can paint job after a failed attempt at the famed $50 paint job using a roller...
Starting point - Car has different coloured panels due to me smashing it a little and the paint is generally in poor condition due to sitting out for a year with a busted engine under a cheap car cover that did more harm than good. So faded, cracked and peeling paint with some areas of rust starting to come though lead me to say "It can't get any worst..."
I knew from research that it's all in the prep and I was keen to go back to bare metal so tried a number of methods including media blasting, hand & machine sanding, chemical stripping, and scraping. Finally settled on using paint stripping discs on and angle grinder as my main method as the paint was really tough and would clog sanding discs quickly. I know sounds extreme but as long as you don't focus on the same spot to long and have a lightness of touch the paint flies off leaving a brushed finish which I was tempted to just put a clear coat over. Only problem with the strip discs was if any body-filler was encountered it took it out in a plump of white dust. I was never told by the previous owner that the car had been re-sprayed but there seemed to be a lot of BOG on the car which I hadn't expected.
Took about 45 mins to get the bonnet back to bare metal with the strip disc.
So skip past some removal of trim, light fittings, and chrome. Fast forward past the doggy BOG work and associated hours of hand sanding. Move past the masking up of surrounding panels to some results!! Paint that I used was Whites Rust Proofing Rattle Cans the ones that don't require primer probably use other brands but this was what was available at local Bunnings. Attempting to get satin effect went with the satin black but the colour was too flat and marked easily, so went instead with the gloss black and got the result below.
Really happy with the results just enough shine to reflect the light to show the angles on the car but not glossy enough to fully see your reflection. Some texture striping can be seen in the reflection in the bonnet caused by the can running out of paint and only spraying propellant but another coat with a fresh can should fix this. Generally the vertical panels (Guards, doors, etc) are coming out better than the flat panels like the bonnet and boot lid. Hopefully will improve with practice or possibly swapping the nozzle on the can to a "Rusto" cap which gives a wide spray pattern.
Lots of BOG in passenger side so going to just sand back the old paint as the condition is better and spray over the top. Will also do the same with the roof as metal is really thin up there and I don't think it will take the strip disc.
Boot lid was the original test subject for all the different techniques used so has taken a bit of a beating but figured this was the easiest panel to replace... still came out great, although maybe a little warped from a bit too much pressure with the strip disc.
Painting in progress today thanks to low wind levels and a light drizzle of rain to help keep bits of the universe out of the wet paint!! Actually vacuumed the driveway to minimise dust that could be kicked up as I moved around the car, so far been lucky with this with only small dust particles and no bugs. Bugs are the reason I don't spray at night as well.
Cage is there to stop sticky kid fingers from infecting the finish. Plan to paint the 15" chaser stock wheels same colour of the car and attempt to get some BF Goodrich tyres with white raised lettering for a mini mad max interceptor muscle car look. Window tint also on the agenda.
Original paint on the passenger side with the usual rust spots coming though on the bottoms of the doors and rough spots where bump trim was removed.
Now on to restoring the trim pieces but not sure which way to go... do I spray them chrome (match other trim on car), flat black (keep it understated but noticeable), or same colour as the car so they disappear. Opinions?
Well that's it for now will update as progress is made...
Dave
Just having some fun with the sigma giving it a rattle can paint job after a failed attempt at the famed $50 paint job using a roller...
Starting point - Car has different coloured panels due to me smashing it a little and the paint is generally in poor condition due to sitting out for a year with a busted engine under a cheap car cover that did more harm than good. So faded, cracked and peeling paint with some areas of rust starting to come though lead me to say "It can't get any worst..."
I knew from research that it's all in the prep and I was keen to go back to bare metal so tried a number of methods including media blasting, hand & machine sanding, chemical stripping, and scraping. Finally settled on using paint stripping discs on and angle grinder as my main method as the paint was really tough and would clog sanding discs quickly. I know sounds extreme but as long as you don't focus on the same spot to long and have a lightness of touch the paint flies off leaving a brushed finish which I was tempted to just put a clear coat over. Only problem with the strip discs was if any body-filler was encountered it took it out in a plump of white dust. I was never told by the previous owner that the car had been re-sprayed but there seemed to be a lot of BOG on the car which I hadn't expected.
Took about 45 mins to get the bonnet back to bare metal with the strip disc.
So skip past some removal of trim, light fittings, and chrome. Fast forward past the doggy BOG work and associated hours of hand sanding. Move past the masking up of surrounding panels to some results!! Paint that I used was Whites Rust Proofing Rattle Cans the ones that don't require primer probably use other brands but this was what was available at local Bunnings. Attempting to get satin effect went with the satin black but the colour was too flat and marked easily, so went instead with the gloss black and got the result below.
Really happy with the results just enough shine to reflect the light to show the angles on the car but not glossy enough to fully see your reflection. Some texture striping can be seen in the reflection in the bonnet caused by the can running out of paint and only spraying propellant but another coat with a fresh can should fix this. Generally the vertical panels (Guards, doors, etc) are coming out better than the flat panels like the bonnet and boot lid. Hopefully will improve with practice or possibly swapping the nozzle on the can to a "Rusto" cap which gives a wide spray pattern.
Lots of BOG in passenger side so going to just sand back the old paint as the condition is better and spray over the top. Will also do the same with the roof as metal is really thin up there and I don't think it will take the strip disc.
Boot lid was the original test subject for all the different techniques used so has taken a bit of a beating but figured this was the easiest panel to replace... still came out great, although maybe a little warped from a bit too much pressure with the strip disc.
Painting in progress today thanks to low wind levels and a light drizzle of rain to help keep bits of the universe out of the wet paint!! Actually vacuumed the driveway to minimise dust that could be kicked up as I moved around the car, so far been lucky with this with only small dust particles and no bugs. Bugs are the reason I don't spray at night as well.
Cage is there to stop sticky kid fingers from infecting the finish. Plan to paint the 15" chaser stock wheels same colour of the car and attempt to get some BF Goodrich tyres with white raised lettering for a mini mad max interceptor muscle car look. Window tint also on the agenda.
Original paint on the passenger side with the usual rust spots coming though on the bottoms of the doors and rough spots where bump trim was removed.
Now on to restoring the trim pieces but not sure which way to go... do I spray them chrome (match other trim on car), flat black (keep it understated but noticeable), or same colour as the car so they disappear. Opinions?
Well that's it for now will update as progress is made...
Dave