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July 16, 2009, 10:15:19 am
ein bora
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$50.00 Paint job
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Anyone remember the old thread on the DIY $50.00 paint job's?
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4300727
http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=3493382&page=0&fpart=30&vc=1
Well here's my rendition. She's a one footer, meaning it still looks good at one foot. Came out perfect!
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July 16, 2009, 12:22:36 pm
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Nice. What products did you use?
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July 16, 2009, 12:57:29 pm
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Excellent. I'm planning on doing this too.
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July 16, 2009, 03:44:48 pm
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Quote from: clbanman on July 16, 2009, 12:22:36 pm
Nice. What products did you use?
Tremclad
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July 16, 2009, 09:34:26 pm
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That paint job only cost you $50 in materials?!?
Nice work man!
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July 16, 2009, 10:44:16 pm
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Very nicely done. Don't get caught with dual plates on her though; your lawyer's retainer will be more than an engine rebuild.
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July 17, 2009, 12:29:21 am
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it looks great
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July 17, 2009, 06:13:29 pm
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Nice that looks really good.
How many hours did it take you?
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July 18, 2009, 07:27:20 am
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Car looks good. One thing to keep in mind, any tremclad paintjobs I've seen are bad for fading. Only one I ever did myself looked great when I did it, but lost it's shine big time in about 6 months. It was a lot of ytears ago, but I can tell you I sprayed the car with automotive reducer.... Maybe should have used a hardener?? Or just brushed/rolled the car with no reducer?? Let us know what it looks like a year from now.
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July 21, 2009, 10:35:16 am
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July 21, 2009, 10:35:16 am »
I am going to roll on my $50 paint job, we'll see how well that goes for me...
lol what can i use for a sealer/clearcoat? Can, you buy jugs of that stuff and then toll it on too? Or whaT?
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July 21, 2009, 11:34:19 pm
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If you read through the links in the original posting, they say to use Tremclad and mineral spirits for reducing it 50%. Roll on light coats. Won't get a lot of coverage on one coat but because it is so thin, it will self level. Once you get enough coats on, wet sand and buff. I wouldn't bother with clearcoat, that's for a different type of paint.
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July 24, 2009, 09:39:35 pm
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if you look at my "new paint = time for poll" thats my car with tremclad sprayed final coat, rolled flat primer coat.
ps. did you spray or roll
http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?topic=18352.45
mine cost me about $100 because i have 1 gal of flat and 1 gal of gloss. i never used more than ... 2/3rd of a gallon?
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