Tired or spraying...(DIY paint job)
lalunette
familEE
Hi folks...
I have owned my hatch for 2 years now and it’s starting to look old…
I bought the vehicle because it was a Honda (reliability), a wagon (room for the kids and the dog) and cheap ($2100 with taxes – within my divorced, child support paying, single father budget). The inside is amazingly clean and good looking for a 16 year old vehicle. The car had some exterior cosmetic issues but I dealt with them right after I got the wagon. This involved some elbow grease and a couple cans of near match spray paint from Canadian Tire… However, 2 years later and the rust spots are gaining…
Unable to shell out for a full autobody shop patch & paint and tired of the mismatched exterior colors, I decided to explore my options and came up with my own evil plan. I am going for a complete “makeover”, with a ratty, yet clean, look.
I am using a rust paint called Armor Coat (Grey) which provides good coverage and a pleasing enough finish. Also, it’s applied with a roller or a paint brush (I’m using a synthetic paint brush) so I don’t have to worry about overspray. All I have to do is use the green 3M tape and voilà… The other advantage of using rust paint is that I can repaint at will without having to worry about clear coat, feathering the edges, etc… I'm doing this is a garage with a cement floor so weather, dust and bugs aren't an issue. The paint has time to cure undisturbed.
Anyhow, I’m almost done and I have to admit the car looks okay. Of course it now looks like it belongs to the Navy because of the new “battleship grey” exterior. I still have the right rear wheel well to grind, patch and paint and the exterior will be complete.
I have a cottage 3 hours north east of the city and the gravel roads are murder on the hood. I’ve tried sanding it down, priming and spray-painting it flat black but the paint doesn’t hold up. I like the results of the Armor Coat so much I’m going to sand down the hood once again and apply some flat black rust pain on it. That should do the job.
Bye for now.
P.S. Photos will follow once the project is complete.
I have owned my hatch for 2 years now and it’s starting to look old…
I bought the vehicle because it was a Honda (reliability), a wagon (room for the kids and the dog) and cheap ($2100 with taxes – within my divorced, child support paying, single father budget). The inside is amazingly clean and good looking for a 16 year old vehicle. The car had some exterior cosmetic issues but I dealt with them right after I got the wagon. This involved some elbow grease and a couple cans of near match spray paint from Canadian Tire… However, 2 years later and the rust spots are gaining…
Unable to shell out for a full autobody shop patch & paint and tired of the mismatched exterior colors, I decided to explore my options and came up with my own evil plan. I am going for a complete “makeover”, with a ratty, yet clean, look.
I am using a rust paint called Armor Coat (Grey) which provides good coverage and a pleasing enough finish. Also, it’s applied with a roller or a paint brush (I’m using a synthetic paint brush) so I don’t have to worry about overspray. All I have to do is use the green 3M tape and voilà… The other advantage of using rust paint is that I can repaint at will without having to worry about clear coat, feathering the edges, etc… I'm doing this is a garage with a cement floor so weather, dust and bugs aren't an issue. The paint has time to cure undisturbed.
Anyhow, I’m almost done and I have to admit the car looks okay. Of course it now looks like it belongs to the Navy because of the new “battleship grey” exterior. I still have the right rear wheel well to grind, patch and paint and the exterior will be complete.
I have a cottage 3 hours north east of the city and the gravel roads are murder on the hood. I’ve tried sanding it down, priming and spray-painting it flat black but the paint doesn’t hold up. I like the results of the Armor Coat so much I’m going to sand down the hood once again and apply some flat black rust pain on it. That should do the job.
Bye for now.
P.S. Photos will follow once the project is complete.
Comments
if its a ugly car and you make it look like a mean ugly car
(any flat or army color will do)
then at least its uniqe my olive drab green wagon was a joy to see in a parking lot cause it looked knarly as fuck when parked next to a shiny car also try to get a plastic lip from home depot and screw it to the front with visible screws and while your at it weld a scary room rack straight to it .....
ok nevermind DO NOT REPLICATE MY CAR hahahahha
but yea get those pics a gnarly car is a fun/happy car fuck standard paint
http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/sho ... art=1&vc=1
I'm doing it on my car and it looks great.
That's a super link.
The stuff I'm using is called Armor Coat and, yes, it does "self-level".
I'm going to have to go back and wet sand a few spots on the sides that have waves but it's no big deal. The beauty of this stuff is that you can sand a specific area, clean it and paint right over the sanded area (and a bit around it) and IT WON'T SHOW... nothing to tape over, no overspray, no stink...
I'm definitely doing the hood with this stuff - flat black !!
I was happy to see the olive drab paint job on your wagon... in fact, I sometimes use that picture as a desktop background !!!
This paint job cost me $8 for a can of paint and about $15 at the Dollar store for miscellaneous supplies (sandpaper, brushes, etc...)... definitely on the cheap side.
Now that I've got the process down, I'm definitely going to be changing the color of the car every few years, or everytime I do body work...
Olive drab is sounding better all the time... LOL !!!
Thx for the offer but since I do alot of driving on gravel I'm keeping my stock steelies with stock plastic Honda hubcaps. If a hubcap breaks I can get a replacement at the local boneyard for $2.
Cheers !!
P.S. Picked up the flat black this afternoon and should have it on the hood by Sunday!!
Pics to follow shortly thereafter.