$50 Paint Job/Roller painting?

[Adam]

Just been reading up on paint for my Capri as I want to respray the car on a budget-best way of doing this i suppose is to do it myself.

 

Ive got a compressor and will have to construct some sort of booth (I will be doing this when the weather is better-not at the minute,its far too cold ) I will have to get a gun and the paint etc....

 

Anyway I came across this article..

 

http://www.rickwrench.com/index79master ... paint.html

 

Anybody done this before?Is it possible?Basically I need a respray-I cant afford a proffesional job.

 

Or is this a stupid idea?

[Burns]

interesting certainly

 

you don't have to have a huge budget to paint a car dude, check out the projects and resto room for people painting their own

[Adam]

interesting certainly

 

Well its worth a shot for the money isnt it...even on just an area I had areosoled it as a 'make do' til I could afford a respray-just as an experiment..if it goes wrong then I will have to do it properly

[bortaf]

Heat the paint and use a radiator/gloss roller

it'll never shine like a spray job and TBH it's not a job i'd do on a car (done a few trucks and vans like it) but if it's an alternative to a spray can job i'd say use spray cans and heat them first

 

Or should i say WARM them first no chucking em in the fire i stand em on me a radiator for 5 mins than a good shake and use half a tin then repeat the WARMING and use the last half the tin

[Adam]

i'd say use spray cans and heat them first

 

 

Wouldnt that cost a bomb in spray cans if its anything other than gloss white or black?

 

I want bright yellow

 

Just been reading this thread on a Bug forum..

 

http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=234403

 

Some half decent results

 

I might try doing the bonnet first as its all chipped up anyway

[mk1mexico]

Iv no valuable input to this thread but that Corvair is fookin

[Mick The Mig]

I remember an apprentice where I was employed, decided to paint his Rover 110 (big old barge) with a roller, turned out average, but he was also the guy who filled the bottom of his rusty doors with concrete and plaster then wondered why the windows woun't roll all the way down!!!