New Car? New Sets of Problems! Z time!

[Homeboyx]

Yea.. I should have seen that coming.. I was possibly thinking about going for a bare metal look, but since there's a little bondo here and there (seems like PO was deleting the rear bumper), my second choice would have to be olive drab green. I just have to find where the hell I can buy spray cans of it locally for some $7 a pop or less so I can get to work! Also, since it is stripped, this would be the time to do some rust protection to the undercarriage. Since this is a budget project, por15 is out of the question. I was thinking some sort of bed liner but not sure how well that stuff would hold up through time.

[GreekPower]

if your gonna go bare metal... clear coat it. give it that "patina" look. BOSS

[Homeboyx]

Not sure if I can pull it off since there's bondo in some spots.

[Homeboyx]

This is what gave me the idea for that bare metal look.
I think this guy used diesel fuel in order to protect the metal from rust, but that only lasts so long until you have to give it another go around.

[Homeboyx]

Oh sweet baby jesus.. I think I just found my home grown drab green color.

military drab was actually semi-gloss, or more correctly "lusterless." That finish really holds up better to fading and abuse than an ultraflat rattle can.

For a really nice military look at a low cost try this home brew:

1 quart Hunter Green Gloss Rustoleum
1 quart Rusty Metal Red Primer Rustoleum
10% Acetone as thinner
Mix well

You can shoot that through a cheapie Harbor Freight spray gun and it self levels very nicely with just a touch of orange peel. The color/finish works out to be a dark leathery-olive green semi-gloss and is easily obtained at any hardware store. You can readily reproduce touch up by using pint cans in the same proportions.

10% of 2 quarts is 6.4 oz. iirc
So I'm thinking.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Oleu...2#.Uce3p_nU-gw

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http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Oleu...3#.Uce4lfnU-gw

OR

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Oleu...4#BVRRWidgetID

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http://www.homedepot.com/p/Klean-Str...stomer_reviews

OR

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Klean-Str...2#.Uce5rfnU-gw

= Less than $40 taxes included.

I have an old but hopefully useable spray gun from harbor freight that I can possibly work with. I think this should be able to cover the whole car and then some.

[Homeboyx]

Then this for the undercarriage coating.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Rust-Oleum...ating/16816070

[Homeboyx]

Don't mind this ramble, just some notes to self..

Clean/test gun, test system: Acetone, shoot on masking paper.

Inline water trap needed.

[Homeboyx]

So I spent the afternoon cleaning/practicing on the 2 spray guns I've had for some years now. They're both some no name HB specials, 1 all metal construction bottom feed gun and 1 gravity feed. If all goes well I'll be laying down some paint on the shell tomorrow! So damn nervous of how it'll come out!

[Homeboyx]

DYNOMITEE!

Back half is almost done, still working on it now. Tomorrow will be the front end.

[TheExtra404]

nice!