[killthewabbit]

I'm in the middle of a test hood using rustoleum and rollers. I heard of some people even using Wagner power painters and the like. Seems like it would go faster than rollers and be more even than rattle cans, but I never really saw anyone posting up results. I would imagine the Duplicolor paints would work pretty good.

After rattle canning the bottom of my test hood in my single car garage, I would recommend doing the roller stuff if you have to do it outside in the apartment complex parking lot. There's just too much overspray when you're spraying. People who park anywhere near you will be ready to kill you after you ruin their cars with your overspray. One of the good things about the roller method is that you can do a coat whenever you feel like, instead of worrying about flash times, etc. If you roll a coat on and don't have the opportunity to do another one for a week or so, it's no big deal. I say wait for the weather to look like it's going to be clear for a day and roll away.

*disclaimer - there are a lot of people who have insanely passionate opinions both for an against this. I personally like the price, the challenge of doing it myself, and the impossibility of making my truck look worse than it already does. Even still, I'm doing a practice hood first to get my technique down. Just be prepared to hear the onslaught from people for and against this.