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General Information => Upgrades (non engine related ) => Topic started by: ein bora on July 16, 2009, 10:15:19 am

Title: $50.00 Paint job
Post by: ein bora on July 16, 2009, 10:15:19 am

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!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/truszip/98jetta001-1.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/truszip/98jetta003-1.jpg)

Title: Re: $50.00 Paint job
Post by: clbanman on July 16, 2009, 12:22:36 pm

Nice.   What products did you use?

Title: Re: $50.00 Paint job
Post by: rallydiesel on July 16, 2009, 12:57:29 pm

Excellent. I'm planning on doing this too.

Title: Re: $50.00 Paint job
Post by: ein bora on July 16, 2009, 03:44:48 pm

Quote from: clbanman on July 16, 2009, 12:22:36 pm

Nice.   What products did you use?

Tremclad

Title: Re: $50.00 Paint job
Post by: jackbombay on July 16, 2009, 09:34:26 pm

  That paint job only cost you $50 in materials?!? :o

  Nice work man!

Title: Re: $50.00 Paint job
Post by: madmedix on July 16, 2009, 10:44:16 pm

Very nicely done. Don't get caught with dual plates on her though; your lawyer's retainer will be more than an engine rebuild.

Title: Re: $50.00 Paint job
Post by: lovinthedeez on July 17, 2009, 12:29:21 am

it looks great ;D

Title: Re: $50.00 Paint job
Post by: burn_your_money on July 17, 2009, 06:13:29 pm

Nice that looks really good.

How many hours did it take you?

Title: Re: $50.00 Paint job
Post by: Patrick on July 18, 2009, 07:27:20 am

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.

Title: Re: $50.00 Paint job
Post by: 8v-of-fury on 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?

Title: Re: $50.00 Paint job
Post by: clbanman on July 21, 2009, 11:34:19 pm

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.   

Title: Re: $50.00 Paint job
Post by: Smokey Eddy on July 24, 2009, 09:39:35 pm

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 (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?