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[bigred240sx]

ok guys im gonna rattle can my car for now...has anybody else done a 280 z...1976if so about how many cans of paint, primer, and clearcoat would work?thanksbigred240sx

[Perrenial Badass]

Eww... rattlecan. I do hope that this is a temporary solution. However, I have painted a replacement fender as a temporary solution before a full paint job. I got one can of the automotive DupliColor, and it covered most of the fender. With this in mind I calculate that you would need about 12 cans of color. A similar amount of primer, and as much or more of clear.

That's alot of money in spray paint, and since you will be spending a couple hundred bucks, may I ask why you can't do it with proper automotive paint? It isn't hard.

[evildky]

I gotta recomend against this, it' not as hard as automotive paint, and it'll all have to be removed before you put any areal paint on the car, I'd rather get the budget Maaco paint job, it'll oook better, last longer and isn't too expensive, and if you prep the car by removing as much trim and parts as possible they do a pretty decent job, it's their masking that makes it look crappy

[bigred240sx]

this is just for now...it actually isnt gonna cost that muchbut my paint gun is broken and i just wanna get it painted for next weekend

[Perrenial Badass]

Well, buy one can and spray it on the hood (since it's easily sanded). Use the can up and see how much it covers. Then measure the sq/in covered, and figure out how many cans you will need. Then multiply this number by the cost of the spraypaint and see if that wouldn't put you wellon your way to a quality paint job.

Why not just fix the gun and paint it yourself (the right way)?

[bigred240sx]

dont feel like it really but where can i get good automotive paint if i do fix my gundo i get it off the internet or does autozone sell it

[evildky]

autozone sells the duplicolor paint shop line, which is simple as it requires no mixing, but you have few color choices and by the time you build it thick enough to buff out you've spent as much as a better quality paint from a real supply house, if you go to your local supply house you can usually get a good quality single stage fleet white pretty cheap, and for only a little mroe you can have their lower line single stage products which from my personal experience I feel lay better and won't require color sanding, I did my Z31 with the duplicolor paint shop and it looks ok but needs to be color sanded and polished but it's really a bti thin as I was trying to do the job on a tight budget

[bigred240sx]

ok ima ask around townand i found out that the sand blaster is broken not my paint sprayer so ima do it right...how many cans of paint did you use and the z31

[evildky]

oh boy, I think it was 2 quarts primer, 3 color and 3 clear IIRC, sorry it's been a year and my memory sux

[bigred240sx]

ha nice thanks for that info thoughyea at least im not gonna rattle can it no more

[bigred240sx]

well guys i got most of it painted now just gotta do stripe and clear coatand i will have the pics up later tonigh

[evildky]

did you go with the paintshop products? how did you like them? I found they cover well but I really should have added coats of clear for color sanding

[bigred240sx]

it turned really good and i used the paintshop...i need prolly another half gallon of clear to make it look amazing but i didnt really want to look like a show carits gonna be autocross ready for local meets by christmas...hopefully i can have a lil cheap gas saver to drive around in by then

[evildky]

great, we want to see those pic's!

[bigred240sx]

i havent gotten them to my computer yet but i will try that tomorrow i wanna wait till the fender mirrors are on too...gotta do that in the morningwe just about finished a turbo install on my friends 240sx...so i been busy between paint and this

[bigred240sx]

[evildky]

ewww...black, how does it look? black is the hardest color to spray, shows every little imperfection

[bigred240sx]

yea we know that...but i think it looks great hahai could use a little more clear but i dont really care from a little ways off it looks professional...its only up close that u can see a the bad spots

[evildky]

black donw well looks great but I don't dare attept it myself, glas it came out well

[bigred240sx]

im just glad my dads friend offered to help otherwise it woulda looked like crap and i woulda did it in my drive wayhe has painted many cars before and has that nice shop...

[bigred240sx]

[jtiet87]

for your fender mirrors, did you measure and drilled it to a certain spec? or did you just drilled wherever it was perfect for your own vision?

[bigred240sx]

a spec i got off another forum

[jtiet87]

hows the vision on that spec?

[bigred240sx]

its actually pretty good cinsidering im not big on using mirrors...but once i see the front of a car in them i can get overi love them now haha

[Boost Logic]

props to the good work

[bigred240sx]

thanks man