paint help

michaelhinkle1

just found out my moms boyfriend has a really high end paint gun (the kind they paint houses with)

he also has loads of white, red, black and other misc colors of rustoleom paint.

i figured i'd paint the car this weekend.

help me pick, oh and fyi, it's going to have painted bumpers, no black bumper coating, etc.

curt

a nice gloss black is so nice.

wagodizzle

Red.

michaelhinkle1

curt wrote:

a nice gloss black is so nice.

yeah and black really shows imperfections well.

michaelhinkle1

i was thinking maybe red with a black hood and the red painted bumpers with black trim?

curt

really? why a black hood going for that fake carbon fiber look?

michaelhinkle1

it'll match with the black and red interior.

and the rims are going to be black as well.

evol911

WHITE! white confuses the eyes and hides imperfections and dings. it will look so much cleaner even if you are not a professional body man.

michaelhinkle1

thanks.

shenrie

evol911 wrote:

WHITE! white confuses the eyes and hides imperfections and dings. it will look so much cleaner even if you are not a professional body man.

Agreed. Then you woint have to paint all the jambs either. Save you some time.

michaelhinkle1

since i'm using a paint gun, 50% rustoleom white and 50% mineral spirits? i'm going to do 4 or 5 thin coats and 1 thick coat, wetsand, then buff it really good.

sound good/right?