**Rattle Can paint jobs**

[dOMEmE]

Originally Posted by shiftdrift

looks like he's making his cars how he likes them, NOT how you like them.

this is the best post EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CrimsonRockett]

Still say people should borrow a cheap compressor, buy a cheap harbor freight gun, and spray it inside a garage.

Single stage paint is crazy cheap and you get much better results.

Here's one I did like two years ago.







(Dirty as fawk here)


But, yeah. Car was done in a dusty ass garage, a small 17 gallon compressor, cheap paint gun, and with shitty tools.

For DECENT results, all you really need is a couple of sanding blocks(also cheap), a buffer, and a tiny bit of patience.

[michael_torres]

what part of rattle can is this ^^^^

[CrimsonRockett]

Originally Posted by michael_torres

what part of rattle can is this ^^^^

I clearly stated it's NOT rattle can. Simply giving advice to those looking to rattle can their cars.

I've rattle canned parts before.

It does the job, but IT DOES NOT LAST.

Fades super quick.

Here's my old rattle canned fender/bumper.







With the amount of work I put into rattle canning that shit, I might as well have painted it with a gun.

Would've been faster, and yielded me better results.

[shiftdrift]

i went to school for collision/refinishing, i'm perfectly capable of painting a car good. you can pull off a good single stage, but it's not recommended to wet sand/buff them for a good finish because it will most likely burn through unless you lay it on thick as shit. also, if i'm going to paint a car with a gun, it's going to be with a GOOD gun and GOOD paint, which my car that i drift isn't going to be done with because i'll cry if i hit something and fuck it up. now my 50 dollar spray paint job, i won't really care.

[michael_torres]

Originally Posted by CrimsonRockett

With the amount of work I put into rattle canning that shit, I might as well have painted it with a gun.

Would've been faster, and yielded me better results.

true using a paint gun covers more area then a can and looks way better

[shiftdrift]

good job, you quoted the entire thing to state a VERY obvious thing.

[Fries]

Originally Posted by CrimsonRockett

With the amount of work I put into rattle canning that shit, I might as well have painted it with a gun.

Would've been faster, and yielded me better results.

Completely fucking agree.
Granted I had SHIT for knowledge, SHIT for technique and SHIT for conditions.

It came out better than I expected. FAR from good, but looks ok compared to how it started.
When I get aero real paint/stage 1 is where it's at.

[titangts]

heres my old hatch..completely rattled red and rattle cleared. then buffed.

[Bubbles]

Originally Posted by ILoveMyRHS13

Looks like he knows what he's doing.

Does it?

Maybe my hipster frames have failed me but both of those look like proper shit.

[ddf2006]

ok ima do a little expiriement
cuz i do want to rattle can my car (good with a spray can lol)
so wat im going to do
is spray a old box type thing in my back yard
im doing it exactly how i plan to do my car
and wen its done
ima leave it in the back in the sun for some time and see how it reacts
so wish the expiriment luck lol

[Fries]

LOLWUT? ha

[ddf2006]

^^^^since everyone says it dont last long, ima find out exactly how long by doing everything on another peice of metal i have and leave it outside to see how long it last. (going to take some time but i need to come up on some supplies

[s13pignose]

Just this sunday I side swiped the passenger corner of my front bumper. I got a can of paint at home that closely matches. Thing I'm wondering is how I should touch it up. I did a rush job before work one day, but I wanna redo properly because I don't think I can find a fresh pearl white bumper before a meet I'm going to at the end of the month.

Another issue.. where the bumper hit, there's small grooves that got dug in. I dunno whether it can be sanded down or needs to be filled. If filled I have no clue what to use, bodywork is not my thing.

Any suggestions? It's just the corner that's messed up, rest of it is straight. Should I tape off that one section to isolate the rest? Wanna clear it too.

Thanks for any ideas

[boobs13]

CrimsonRockett your legit man

[Tom25666]

Originally Posted by s13pignose

Another issue.. where the bumper hit, there's small grooves that got dug in. I dunno whether it can be sanded down or needs to be filled. If filled I have no clue what to use, bodywork is not my thing.

if it got into the metal, go get some body filler from walmart or auto zone and follow the instructions on the can.
bondo is fun, kinda like drywall mud

[s13pignose]

thought bumpers were plastic/urethane?

[jdm_s13driftking]

ok so i desided to rattle can my car about a week ago, i was gonna do all the work my self, but a friend of mine told me he new a guy that would do it for $40 bucks plus material so i went to the guys house and checked out his car that he had painted satin black with rattle cans, the car was done very well so i told the guy if he could do mine and he said no problem. the agreement was that he was gonna sand the whole car down then primer the car and then of course paint it the color of my choise. the guy calls me tuesday and says he can do it wednesday which was yesterday so i say yeah and drop it of about 9is i tell him he has all day and the next day to do it cause i had my girls dads car for two days, so i leave my car and about 4 hours later i get a call saying my car was done, i rush over to the guys house and i see my car looks good from far but i soon as i get closer i saw the f****ed up job he did he didnt even sand the car or use more than two cans of primer he just spray the cars how i droped it off and the car was dirty too f***. So i tell the guy he f-ed up and take my car now i have double the work too do and no time cause i have school.

so to all the people planing to do this do it your self and take ur time now i got to go buy more paint and do double the work waht a waste of paint and time.... ill post pics of the car later in the condition he left it and then of how i leave it....thanx for reading guys.

[WanganRunner]

I need to go buy the aforementioned cheap harbor freight paint gun. I have plenty of shit I can practice on before I do an actual car.

Looks like fun, actually. Prep is probably hell.

[Tearlessj]

Originally Posted by jdm_s13driftking

ok so i desided to rattle can my car about a week ago, i was gonna do all the work my self, but a friend of mine told me he new a guy that would do it for $40 bucks plus material so i went to the guys house and checked out his car that he had painted satin black with rattle cans, the car was done very well so i told the guy if he could do mine and he said no problem. the agreement was that he was gonna sand the whole car down then primer the car and then of course paint it the color of my choise. the guy calls me tuesday and says he can do it wednesday which was yesterday so i say yeah and drop it of about 9is i tell him he has all day and the next day to do it cause i had my girls dads car for two days, so i leave my car and about 4 hours later i get a call saying my car was done, i rush over to the guys house and i see my car looks good from far but i soon as i get closer i saw the f****ed up job he did he didnt even sand the car or use more than two cans of primer he just spray the cars how i droped it off and the car was dirty too f***. So i tell the guy he f-ed up and take my car now i have double the work too do and no time cause i have school.

so to all the people planing to do this do it your self and take ur time now i got to go buy more paint and do double the work waht a waste of paint and time.... ill post pics of the car later in the condition he left it and then of how i leave it....thanx for reading guys.

Thats what you get for spray painting your car. The fact that he only wanted $40 should have gave it away too.

[jdm_s13driftking]

here the pics of the car doesnt look too bad as if u were to see it in person....and yeah i guess thats what i get for not doing it my self thinking someone else can do it better.

[dpak]

Originally Posted by ddf2006

ok ima do a little expiriement
cuz i do want to rattle can my car (good with a spray can lol)
so wat im going to do
is spray a old box type thing in my back yard
im doing it exactly how i plan to do my car
and wen its done
ima leave it in the back in the sun for some time and see how it reacts
so wish the expiriment luck lol

Originally Posted by ddf2006

^^^^since everyone says it dont last long, ima find out exactly how long by doing everything on another peice of metal i have and leave it outside to see how long it last. (going to take some time but i need to come up on some supplies

this experiment would only work if you rattle can one part and legitamately paint another
you have to have a control group so you can see the DIFFERENCE between the two types of paint
if not, you're just wasting your time and money

[shiftdrift]

no, he's just seeing how fast it fades

[dpak]

Originally Posted by shiftdrift

no, he's just seeing how fast it fades

but how will you possibly measure "how fast" or "how much" it fades?
he's doing the experiment because people say it doesn't "last long"
but "lasting long" is completely RELATIVE.
since it's a relative statement, even if it wasn't intentional, people are saying that the rattle can paint job doesn't last AS long as a "good" paint job
i guess he can RE-rattle can a spot NEXT to it periodically to compare how much it faded..

all i'm trying to say is that there has to be SOME sort of control group or some way to measure/figure out how much has actually faded

[boobs13]

this-


to this-


LOOKING FRESCO

[ddf2006]

well i already started the paint and so far im impressed.
it looks really good
i had already had my bumper rattle canned and no problems

and yea dont ever have someone else do that for u
only u will know how u want the paint to look

im doing it my self cuz i have high expectations for myself and i know how i want it to look

[g00se]

anyone try the behr paint and primer stuff?

[Walperstyle]

rattle can only sucks when someone has no idea how to do it right

[thestreetzking]

alright guys anyone wanna give me some input?

I had my car rattle canned Rustoleum Metallic Cobalt Blue, when its wet it looks like the real paint obviously, anyways, I clear coated about 4 coats, wet sanded with 1500 grit, then used polishing compound and then nu finish polish. I have great results compared to how it looked, but my reflection isnt perfect, It has about 70% of the mirror quality that a real paint job has.

Any input? is this my final result? I see some of these pics and it looks like people have achieved what looks like real paint in pics.

[negrosx13]

Waiting on pics sir!