Cleaning and Detailing

After considering the options, I'm going to go with hand painting with Rustoleum. I want the depth you get with the single stage application and the ability to go back and re-do mistakes i.e. orange peel in corners etc. I had previously used Interlux Brightside a marine polyurethane, very hard and durable but the gloss was too high. See that the Brit's used to use Tekaloid but, I believe it's no longer made. There is another brand, Craftsman, also made for hand painting, another option. Could have taken the easy route and let the local body guy do the job but after he showed me the options; with orange peel, like a modern paint job vs. no orange peel but, double the price. I can use the savings for something else on the car. When it's all done will post photos.

Errata: That's Craftmaster Coach Enamel not Craftsman.

That's a decision that needs to be considered carefully. Rustoleaum is a good paint for painting fences but not so much for painting cars.

Consider using automotive paint with the appropriate hardners and UV protection. Your biggest problem will be trash. If your paint takes a couple of days to dry, you're going to have a lot of trash.



With best regards

Al

Done the research Al. This is a more common practice than one would think and many use Rustoleum. Others use the marine paints that are formulated for self-leveling needed in hand applied applications using roll and tip.

John, I looked at it too about 10 years ago. The problem is that it requires 10 times the labor and for what purpose? So that you can pay $30 for a gallon of paint vs $150 for a gallon kit of single stage urethane automotive paint?

If you shop you can get a decent paint job for not a lot of money, especially if you do your own prep work.

I had my Porsche 928 painted for under $1000 in base / clear using a color for the base and a high solid clear of my choice.

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I've painted cars myself and while I love the idea, I can't seem to get as good a finish as a pro that paints cars every day. I just learned that this is the kind of job that I would prefer to farm out.

I won't pay $7000 for a paint job, but I won't do it myself either.


With best regards

Al

Al, fully aware of the labor involved as this will be the second time around on the 6.9 and I've learned from my mistakes and with that experience I think I can cut my time in half. Goal to apply less coats, more use of the sander, make up some custom sized blocks, maybe apply a sealer, and so forth. The Interlux urethane was good paint but I don't like the high gloss finish which left a two stage look. I want the one stage appearance, more color, less gloss. If I can get that British paint it's a definite go. In any event I'll be taking the car on some trips this winter so painting will be next year when the temp warms up. In the interim I can do some prep work at my leisure.

Best of luck John.

Thanks.

With best regards

Al