Finally got my 36 Roadster painted...for $200

VERY nice!

My dream car.

Rich

 

Nice paint job. Betcha that when the car sells it will be priced with a 8K paint job.

 

I'm next

 

Very, very nice job ...........

 

That car just went up in value 5x

 

Thanks for all of the comments guys ! The paint job exceeded my expectations. The roadster will be my daliy beater... driving it to work 50 miles a day...shopping....wall-mart...etc. It runs a flattie (8BA) with two 94s connected up to a C4 tranny.

I did not want, nor could I afford a $8000 paint job. I chose to use base/clear since it is SOOO easy to fix a spot. I will drive the piss out of the car.... I rarely wash my cars (as some of you know)... so I was not looking for perfection or show quality. But it does look damn nice now Yes, OMNI is the cheap crap.... I was told just put enough on and you will be happy.

As far as cost and process goes....

Yes, I had shop supplies which I did not count, welding materials, sandpaper, and beer . I tend to buy it all in bulk, so it's cheap in my opinion. I use rolls of adhesive sandpaper for the idiot stick that are $20/roll. I probably went through a total of 2-3 rolls of various grits.

I took the body down to bare metal (no glass in this car). I panel beat it best I could to get the dents out. I replaced 1 rear and 1 front fender (both bought from Hambers)

I bought a gallon of Bondo from wall-mart for $20. I did my initial fill and sand until I was at a place it looked 'better'.

I use industrial epoxy sand-able primer....$100 for 2 spray-able gallons. I used 1 gallon for $50. Very similar to K36...but much cheaper with less shrinkage. Available only from 'Viking Paint' here in Minneapolis.

I guide coat it with contrasting bomb-can paint. Filled the low spots with either more bondo or 2 part glaze for the very small areas ($30). I did this about 6 times. The Roadster is extremely straight now.

With a complete coat of epoxy primer on it, I wet sanded with 400.

Sprayed 4 coats of base, 4 coats of clear. I needed a gallon of reducer (slow for the HVLP system)..... another $25...I'm starting to go broke at this point ..... 1 hour between coats.

Wet sanded with 800/1000/1200 .... bought in bulk of eBay.... 10-20 cents / sheet

Buffed with Wizards products.... about $20 of product.

So... I guess I lied a bit.... It may have gotten closer to $350 if I add in the primer, bondo, and all of the shop supplies...now the beer... that's another story

 

It still looks great.. Just had to tease ya!!!

 

Yep... .the same one at the Messaround in 2010... last year it did not leave the shop.....

I will be at the Messaround this year for sure !

 

I really like your seat cool

 

Sinister! I love it. I can't wait to see it in person. Great job Doug!

 

Wow, you did an amazing job.

 

Thanks to you and Titus, I have one heck of a nice roadster. I am glad you chose the color for me.... However, driving it around on July 4th in a 106F heat I was wondering if black was really the best choice

BTW, I get lots of compliments on the fine stitching job of the top and seats !

I'll bring it by sometime !

 

Awe, thanks mister. It's a date. Call though before hand, I'm due any day.