Paint Your Truck With A Roller!!!

[beater69]

Ok, here is a can of worms. You will have to forgive me for give a link to a m*p@r site, parden my french but my uncle showed me this i just thought it was interesting. It is a very long post but worth the read. Thin some rustoleum, roll it on, wet sand and wax. scroll down to 69chargeryeehaa post, it is his crazy idea. http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...0&fpart=1&vc=1

[MrBinAz]

Interesting...........would like to see some input from some of the other members that actually do some professional painting to see if this is really feasible........

[beater69]

not for me. i plan on spraying some john deere blitz black (satin black). i just thought it was interesting and wanted to share it.

[ChevLoRay]

Originally Posted by beater69

not for me. i plan on spraying some john deere blitz black (satin black). i just thought it was interesting and wanted to share it.

Me, too. Blitz Black, red wheels, minimal chrome......ahhhhh, a tribute to our hot rodding past. That's my plan, too.

[PICKMUP]

...how about using a "mop"? I have had some that looked like they were painted with a mop. Think that might work? You could get in the corners and edges where the roller might not slop it in as well?

[smokekiki]

Originally Posted by PICKMUP

...how about using a "mop"? I have had some that looked like they were painted with a mop. Think that might work? You could get in the corners and edges where the roller might not slop it in as well?

You need an old fashioned cotton mop.The newer ones don't work as good.

[ebfabman]

No doubt its possible, but it will always look like a cheap paint job. Maybe something you would paint a swing set or garden equipment with. As far as his "mirror" finish goes.......well.....some gloss but no mirror finish. However his method may be a cheap quick alternative to painting a vehicle, good enough for a lot of peoples cars/trucks but not for me.

[QKENUF4U]

theres a guy from my hometown in Pennsylvania that changes the color of his cars this way once/twice a year. they are 20/20 (20ft/20mph) cars but its all he can afford.

[special-K]

Now that`s cheezy!

[68haywagon]

My neighbor used to do it....he says on a nice hot day it smooths right out and gives a nice shine. The last one he did was an old 2 tone burb...the new owner loved the custom paint job

Mike

[cdowns]

it's a very doable thing have seen many done in similar methods(done a few myself) why a $thousands$$$ paint job on a hundred dollar car????

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by cdowns

it's a very doable thing have seen many done in similar methods(done a few myself) why a $thousands$$$ paint job on a hundred dollar car????

Exactly, I haven't tried the roller method myself, but I had an '86 toyota worth about $400 bucks. I bought some new rust free fenders, cut out the rusty rockers, rivvetted in some roofin tin, glassed it over, with a spray can paint job with spray can clear over that. It was my "winter beater" for 4 years. It two-toned it and actually got a few compliments on it I'll posts some pics if I can find them (they need to be scanned in).

[subtle71]

About four or five years ago now, my Pawpaw decided to "repaint" his 71 C10 lwb fleetside. I kid you not, he took the time to trim out with a brush then with a tray and roller, he proceded to paint the truck. He used a Rustoleum, when only the best will do, turquoise greenish color on the body and insid the bed. He followed up with Rustoleum white on the roof. It still looks amazingly..."decent" for the minimal investment. I can't wait to get ahold of it and strip it down to the bare metal and do an original restoration.

[Premium72]

eh....that prolly looks like crap in person..ill be spray'n my truck.

[ebfabman]

cdowns, I agree completely. But the opposite is also true. His mopar is worth less with that cheap paint. Unless of course it was a rust/bondo bucket before he rolled on the rust paint.

[special-K]

Paint sprayed costs the same as paint brushed or rolled per gallon.Just rent a sprayer.

[cdowns]

Originally Posted by special-K

Paint sprayed costs the same as paint brushed or rolled per gallon.Just rent a sprayer.

please list places where a sprayer can be rented for the price of a roller and brushes// i'm sure people on a very low budget would prefer to spray thier paint on since after all it's the same cost!!!!

[jfalesi]

Originally Posted by special-K

Paint sprayed costs the same as paint brushed or rolled per gallon.Just rent a sprayer.

You waste like 30% by spraying (less with HVLP).

[hotrod 80]

I have done this . I painted a 1988 Do*ge p/u with jon boat paint from the hardware store. 2 quarts paint 1 quart mineral spirts total cost $28 . I was an old plow truck and the finders were rusted around the lips . bought cut out flares and hacked all the rust out ran 33" with no lift. Spent 4 days preping truck with 80 grit and a d/a. It cam out good . Painted the inner fenders and firewall of my 1980 camaro with rustolem and a roller came out pretty good . Just painted the frame and firewall of 68' with a roller today gloss black . There is a body shop close by that does single stage paint jobs for $699 with 2 year warranty, so I won't be doing the outside.

[boundstaffpress]

Beater69 why not roll on your blits black?

This is my plan. I read a thread on Stovebolt.com, which I have since lost, about brush painting tractor paint on a pickup. They did a 47 Chevy 1st series in JD green and gloss black. It was for farm use, so they didn't do all the prep, but it looked amazing. Same self leveling as the paint mentioned in the mopar thread.

I'm want to keep my pickup gloss white, so I won't have any problem finding tractor paint. I plan to paint it with the windows in it, but will probably remove the front fenders and do the grill (1967) and fenders seperately. This truck is a work truck, and will need to be ready to take a load of yard debri to the dump, but I still want it to look nice. Doesn't need to be a show truck.
Thanks for sharing this. I will catalog the info for the future. For now I have rockers, cab corners, and some other rust to take care of.

[beater69]

If I had a place closer to where I live to do the rolling thing I would consider it. Plus I'm looking for that "special" look with the blitz black and if I roll it I might lose some of that. But I think that this process is so doable it is hilarious. I mean all the pictures I've seen look really exceptable. There was even another guy on that thread that tried it out and had good success. If you do a good job wet sanding your going to get out most of the imperfections. You just have to keep in mind that this is not to replace a $3000 paint job. This a $100 paint job. By the way I was in home depot the other day and they have Rustolem(tremclad) by the gallon, in several colors and can tint it too.

[boundstaffpress]

ebfabman. the paint in the mopar thread may not be a mirror finish, but I have seen orange peel rough enough to qualify as golf ball surface from a professional high dollar spray on paint job. Take a look next time you are at a big car show. Super Chevy, Carlile or the like. People who spent $7k+ on a paint job, and have less quality than the "gloss but not mirror" finish that this guy is has.

This is the kind of paint that Implement companies use because it doesn't oxidize as fast as laquer paint and isn't as delicate as base clear. And who can beat the rust fighting action.

I'm not handy enough yet with a spray gun, but would spray this paint on if I were. Till then, brush and roller will do fine for me.

[DTerry]

Sometimes I buy rustoleum by gallon, it's great suff. BUT, it's not so good in the sun. It WILL fade AND it WILL get kinda chaulky - UV destroys it. I've rolled it (never on a car), and I've sprayed it. I use it mustly on my snow plow equipment. We paint most of the equipment (plows, salt spreaders, etc.) every year, after it's been sitting in the sun all summer.

It does spray very well, and rolls OK, spraying is MUCH better as it is way easier and comes out nicer.

The most important things I can add though are these:
1. Rutso contains fish oil - auto paints don't get along with it very well.
2. Use Acetone - NOT mineral spirits, you can put as much as you want in it.
3. Rustoleum's competition brands aren't as good. Like what our TrueValue store has. Stay away from them and get the rusto for these projects.
4. Cheap real single stage auto is NOT much more money - Get the real stuff, and spray it. I wouldn't paint and vehicle with it (rusto) unless you don't think anyone will ever want to put a decent paint job on it. You'll be glad you did.

(D)

[cdowns]

rust-oleum hasn't contained fishoils in over 30years

[DTerry]

Originally Posted by cdowns

rust-oleum hasn't contained fishoils in over 30years

BZZZTTT. Wrong answer.
It does. Read this.