TheSamba.com :: View topic - roll-on paint job for a baja

Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:13 am

Could always get crazy and Herculiner the baja! 8)

It's a roll-on application. ;)

http://www.herculiner.com/testimonials_page1.html

So, I vote roll-on if you're using Herculiner.
If you're using paint....rattle or Harbor Freight spray gun. :D

Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:24 am

http://www.rickwrench.com/
Corvair paint with roller for $50.

Or the origiinal (there are actually a few threads on this Mopar forum about this)
http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?C...1&vc=1

Hot Rod magazine picked up on the popularity of this subject and recently did an article on it.

The current deal is to use a boat paint which is similar in price to the Rustoleum, but is supposedly more durable.

I've used Rustoleum on bumpers and cages for decades. I just a few months ago repainted (with the same type of paint) a roll bar which I painted in 1974. It was still shiny and looked good, but I added other bars and turned it into a full cage, so it needed re-paint because of that. I have no issues with the durability of Rustoleum. As a Water Company Consultant, I find that many water companies specify Rustoleum for their outdoor equipment, including LA County Waterworks.

Further, My grandfather painted his 2 pickup trucks in 1966 with a brush. I was apalled when he started. But when he was done, they both looked like ready for the showroom floor. His father-in-law taught him how to do it. Great Grampa was painting cars for Oldsmobile in 1903 just before he moved to California. My grandfather used a blend of oil-base porch paint and some other paints. When Grampa sold his 1960 Ford in 1990, the buyer was very pleased with the condition of the paint and thought it was fresh, 24 years later. I had washed that truck many times over the years and never did spot a single brush mark, even where grampa had repaired the bedside after a station wagon ran a redlight and hit it.

I use and have recommended to this young man a paint sprayer. I suspect his folks have forbidden spraying due to concerns about overspray. So the roller deal should be a good choice for him.

Oh, and the Maaco paint job suggestion is probably more $$ than the car cost.

Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:24 am

Rolled on Duplicolor truck bed liner. :wink:

Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:32 am

I agree with Dusty...
It's a baja and you're 14.

If your parents will let you spray, that would be the way to go....you'll learn alot and what better to practice on than a baja! :)

If not, then roll away...but read up a bit so you can do a good job. 8)

Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:13 am

Here's another link fo ya Ian. This one is about spraying the paint if you decide to go that way.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Paint-Your-Car-With-Rustoleum/

Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:34 am

the right amount of prep work will make any paint look great.

every now and then a paint topic comes up and i usually throw up a picture of my car. this was done with Industrial enamel available from any paint store like Dunn Edwards or Frazee, i painted this whole car for around $50 worth of paint and i had enough left over to paint it 3 or 4 more times if i wished.

Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:30 pm

runslikeapenguin wrote: the right amount of prep work will make any paint look great.

X2

Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:45 pm

Roll on Masterseries silver and bedliner from Wal-Mart.
Before

After

Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:03 pm

I have seen cars painted with house painting rollers. One guy put it on rreeeeeeaaaaal thick, then had arms like Pop-eye from buffing/polishing afterwards. He did use laquer, which mushes around more, but looked good in the end.

Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:29 pm

So far I'm up to $5 bucks for the hood, nose piece, rear fenders, engine cover, front bumper, rear bumper, and 5 wheels... Home Depot flat black. Every can matches the last.

Fri Mar 27, 2009 1:58 am

Lotrat, I like your thinking. I prefer Kragen's semi flat black. I need to paint my hood this weekend.

Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:15 am

Speaking of painting bajas...
I dug this one up out of the archives.
I don't know if this guy did it himself or not, but the end result was definitely, uh -- "different".

Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:54 am

Thanks guys, Maybe I should do some more research on each type of painting

Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:04 pm

That chick could be Skid's sister....

Fri Mar 27, 2009 1:45 pm

Lotrat wrote: That chick could be Skid's sister....

"Chick"???

"sister"???

I think the driver of this beauty would take offense at that.

:)

(And just remember, Skiddy, I can dish it out, but i can't take it.)

Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:08 pm

What? You got a problem with tow ropes?! :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Real creative photoshop, Mark... :shock:

Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:10 pm

Does anybody know where to get lime green- sassy grass- paint???

Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:19 pm

I have a friend that painted a MGB with a brush and some kind of enamel.
He did it in cold weather so the paint had time to lay flat and the brush strokes went away, it did not turn out too bad. then there was a guy that used to paint his "jalopy" class race cars with latex paint, he must have used a brush and dripped it all over, must have added 15 lbs to the car.

Earthquake

Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:25 pm

if it's a roller than it shouldnt leave streaks as a paint brush should

Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:27 am

Whatever ya do, lets see some pics when your done.