Pics of the "Rustoleum Rocket", roll on paint finished!

I think the best part about it, is that if you get bored with the color, or you rub up against a parking lot pole, or even if it starts fading/hazing in two or three years, you can just paint it again the same way. You could paint it probably 50 times before you'd have spent the same amount of money for an entry-level professionally done spray job.

money and time

5.0Torx said:

It looks really good!

Other than those 10 holers lol

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I agree man I HATE THE TEN HOLES LOL I will be looking for a new rim this winter! money and time man money and time

true that

that is true! i am keeping a quart of the paint just in case... i think i'm going to look into sprayin my car. in the future of course! i can't say how many heads i've turned or thumbs up i got now that i have painted her this color...love driving this thing now! it rocks!

looks good man!

Thanks for sharing all the pics and the whole process! Lookin' good! Makes me feel like crap especially b/c i just spent $350 to have my door sprayed and rehung.

Any updates on this car, and how the paint is holding up?

I've been doing some research on this, and it looks like guys are having long term success with these paint jobs. I've read about some cars that have gone 2-3 years and the paint still looks brand new.

^ Nik you're right. There's a great thread over on the Meguiars online forum. If you know how and have the patience to wetsand, compound, and polish you can get a very impressive finish from that roll on paint.

My "rustoleum $50 roll-on paint job"

It looks to be somewhat time consuming, but DIY labor is free!

N8Dogg98 said:

It looks to be somewhat time consuming, but DIY labor is free!

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And that's what I'm talking about, and it's really making me seriously consider doing it this winter. Really, the one and only "worry" that anyone has is that the paint won't hold up against the sun over a period of time. Regardless of whether that's true or not (which it might not be, I've seen at least 1 car go 3 years parked outside with no signs of paint fade), Rustoleum offers a "Top Side" paint that is UV and weather resistant.

This guy got serious about a roll on paint job using Top Side, and he claims his finished product has less orange peel than the new Corvettes...

NikwoaC said:

he claims his finished product has less orange peel than the new Corvettes...

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Anymore that's not really saying much. I have this habit ever since i got my car painted, when i'm sitting at a red light i always look at the cars next to me for orange peel and it seems like the majority of new cars out there have it.

I may be doing this in gloss white.

I have brushed on interlux gloss on my last boat and it held up great!

Flavadave4 how is this car holding up? I'm ramping up to do this myself, just curious if you have any pointers. Did you guys do anything special with the flexible bumper covers?

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I hate to be negative about something like this, but I feel like I need to speak up, so I'll try to be as eloquent as possible.

While it is possible to save thousands of dollars on a paintjob by using this method with cheap materials and get a result that looks great, there IS a down side. That downside is lifespan of the paintjob. While if kept in a garage, it will last a good while longer, it still will not last as long as automotive paint.
It sounds great when you don't have the cash for a prfoessional job to justify it with the "My own labor is free" outlook, but take it from someone who has done it the right way and the wrong way- It's a lot easier to say,"I'm going to strip all of the bad paint off this car" than it is to actually do it.

It takes a really, really long time to strip a car with rustoleum on it, and you HAVE to when you decide to do it right, because unlike automotive paint, you can't paint over it; it will simply let go and you've wasted money again...

Advice is free and you can take it or leave it, but here's mine:
IF you are going to do a roll on paint job, please, PLEASE at least invest in automotive grade materials, so it will at least adhere to the car properly. You'll thank me later.

Oh, and if you don't believe that look here: http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/ever-see-a-car-youve-sold-and-wanna-cry.854112/

The thing i don't get is, if you can properly prep the car for paint, and you know how to wet sand and buff to get all the orange peel out, what's stopping you from hitting up Harbor Freight and buying a cheap spray gun and buying the cheapest automotive paint you can get and doing it the "right" way? If you have the ability to do all that, just buy some single stage spray on auto paint and you'll get the same results in a fraction of the time and effort. The only real advantage of the Rustoleum paint job is that you can do it without fear of over spray. Hell you could even spray the same paint that's being rolled on so why not do that?