(S) rattle can spray job

hey i was wondering if it is possable , i am going to spray pannel by pannel with rattle cans , got quite alot of experiance with them and i am spraying the car mat black so it is quite an easy colour to spray . , is it worth doing and would it come out good ? cheers .

it would work yes but it will just look like its been done with spray cans... and people will laugh.

would look crap IMO over time original paint showing through and can jobs always look crap

Panel by panel? Imagine the amount cans used, not only of black but of primer etc.

Cant understand why people would scimp on spending on a job like this?

Save up for a proper spray job

One of the partsmen at the dealership did that with his rat nova. looked quite good, although he did take his time and prep the car first.

Cheers

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yeh i want it rat style dont want it looking amazing , i might try the inside first see how the paint takes and that and then might have ago on the outside seeing i done my bonnet well

a poor spray job isnt what a 'rat style' car is about. rats are about rust etc

Whatever rocks your boat, but i think its going to look a disaster and no one will ever buy it if you ever sold it i hope i eat my words though

yeh i do understand wat u mean about the rat look but it aint for sure yet might be getting it done propperly , but hearing these comments now has made me think lol cheers

beau, what did you spray your bumper with?

you can get bloody good results with cans, the skirts on my old green punto i did in my garden, i still wouldnt do a whole car!






and what will i be respraying my rear bumper with? oh yes you've guessed it, cans

i smoothed the bumpers and done them with cans , like i said i do have alot of experience with cans , so i was thinking of doing something bigger lol soz ment to put new reply lol

go for it

theres a matt black mk2 golt gti round where i live. used to be a crappy goldy colour, then i saw it half black and half goldy...then a week later it was all matt black lol
looks nice

good luck anywho

cheers m8 . i might do if i cant get my mate to do it properly .

Years ago, my mates mum worked for Holts which had a warehouse locally, she got me 12 large cans of british racing green, and a few cans of lacquer.

Luckily, I had a Mini just gagging for some paint

Now, spraying a car with cans isnt something I would have normally done, and the key to a good finish is in the prep

The body was flatted back, imperfections and any rust spots dealt with

I did each panel at a time, it was just easier

When the first coat was dry, I flatted it with a fine wetndry paper, then I gave it a second coat, flatted, then a third coat, I was sweating blood after all that.

Dont use the can too close, make each stroke as even as you can

For me, it turned out very well. I took the car in to a garage to have some welding done to the sill a couple of months later [it was a mini!] and the fella said "what a nice paint job"

I had the car for a year after that, and then a mate of mine had it another year, the paint didnt fade, held up very well, and in fact looked better and better each time it was polished, we found that a few weeks later after painting, when the paint was fully hard, that T Cut brought a great shine to it.

It is do-able, but if anything, its a good learning process, preperation is everything
remember your local hire shop will hire you a car spraying kit, and get the paint from a local car paint place, it will produce a better result

Good luck!

thanks for that m8 , u dont know wat type of lacquer to use on a mat black finish ? cheers

nope!