A couple months back, I read a thread on moparts about a guy in Canada that painted his '68 Charger with Trem-Clad(The Canadian equivalent of Rustoleum). The paint is thinned 50-50% with mineral spirits, and then applied with a foam roller. After a few coats(wet-sanding between each) and a final buffing, it looks pretty sharp. Heres the link:
$50 Paint jobSince the rattle can black I had put on the dart a couple months back wasn't looking as good as I had hoped, I figured it was worth a shot. You can see the results in the pictures below. When I have the time, it will get another wetsanding and a good buffing with an electric polisher. My advice? Save your money and go to a pro body shop to get a base coat/clear coat job. Unless your paint can't get any worse, which was the case with mine. I did learn 2 things though:
1. How to work with body filler.
2. To ALWAYS use power sanders (Seriously. I stripped paint, and blocked body filler all by hand. It sucks. Don't be a cheapskate like me)
Also, the dart is running strong with a new V8 and transmission.
Here's pics. Maybe better than Mr. Schieb could have done, ;)?
Lane
1 comment:
I've seen the car and the paint job. It doesn't look bad! Especially once Lane explained HOW the paint job was done. That was what impressed me.
Great job Lane. I wouldn't be embarrassed to roll with you in the swinger.
Now if you could just grow some sideburns and wear wide collar shirts you'd be styin'!
jh
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