Painted my Buick with Rustolium

Rattle canned my roadster. Spent the big bucks on the parts, not the paint. Looks OK and it worked. Yes I know the downsides and I don't care. It's mine. If I had the money things would be different. One can per payday. Thats life, and thats how I got it done.

 

If Johnny Cash was alive, he'd probally write a song about what you said!

 

two years later you can still see the reflection of the gas tank just like the first day I rubbed it out

 

Yep, I painted a door with it to see what the fuss was about, intended to sand it off. It looked so good I just kept going. I know my roadster and my wallet are not ready for high dollar paint yet, (if ever) and there's not much car to strip anyway, so why not?

Its a long way from the krylon we painted my buddys corolla with in college, after a few weeks you'd have powder blue all over your pants if you leaned against it!

 

That link is for acrylic latex. Is that what you used? I have used the oil based and it turned out great, but latex I'm not sure that will work.

 

nutajunka, BEEN there, done it. BEATS the **** out of NO paint! Money tight? Ya do what ya HAVE to do!

 

I think I'll do mine that way too. I have house paint on my hood right now, wonder if Rusteoleum will stick to that??
I did a custom acrylic lacquer job back in the mid 90's. It was my 1st paint job. I was impressed with myself, look excellent.........for a while, then it started to crack and shrink

 

I'll be here to help ya catch the "****". Rat Rod indeed! This is far from "wrat", I'd call it good thinkin on a limited budget. Nothin Rat Rod about that!!!

 

That link is correct. Back then there were 5 or 6 of us that used this with absolutely no issues spraying or no issues with the finished project.

 

I did both of these with Hardware store paint.

This one is Ace Hardware Implement Paint.





This one is Rustoleum

 

Thin it about 10% with acetone.
Flows out nice.

 

I m wondering if any of you guys tried to cut and buff this paint.I might do a real rat rod a 95 Ford contour . that I cant stand the color on.Or the car

 

Glad to see no one got flamed over using the Rustoleum. As an alternative, I used Valspar's Tractor & Implement paint (bought at Tractor Supply) on my '70 VW Beetle. This was my first paint job, so was looking to play around with less expensive paint. I'm happy with the results, but beware that these enamels need some time to harden. I think it was two months before it really set up.



I am going to repaint the gray area with a Low Gloss Black (Tractor & Implement) in the spring.

 

ratrods, rustoleum and volkswagons, what more could you ask for in a thread here lol

 

I was bored one day and low on cash, so I spent $8 on some paint to see if I could pull this off. I figured since the bug is my "goof off" car, I would go ahead and try the rustoleum...


I used three shades of rattle can rustoleum to make the faux rust. Before I sanded it to give it a dull look, it was actually really smooth and shiny.

 

Guys those paint jobs look great.