Rustoleum paint job advice needed

[bb12]

I'm thinking about doing a rustoleum roll on paint job on my newly acquired '90 K5. Pretty much the front half of the Blazer is in primer, the guy that owned it before me starting priming it. I don't plan on priming the rest just sanding it. Anyway, here some questions I have:

-What grit sandpaper should I use to prep the truck?
-Should I wet sand?
-Should I use the rustoleum primer before I paint?
-What do I do about the little rust chips in the paint?
-What grit sandpaper should I use in between coats?

I know its a lot of questions but any tips/advice is greatly appreciated!!!

Also, any pics of roll on paint jobs would be awesome!

[jt512]

There is a thread here somewhere with a link to a guy who did this on a old corvair and it turned out great, I will see if I can find it for you.

[toomany]

http://www.rickwrench.com/index79mas...llarpaint.html

He used Rustoleum, but rolled it on.

[jt512]

beat me to it but , that is the one I was thinking of. Try searching "cheap paint jobs" you should find plenty of info.

[dremu]

As mentioned, search. Lots of info.

Body work is prep, prep, prep, prep, prep. And possibly prep. And a little prep. Did I mention that prep is important?

I've painted three trucks, one with a real sprayer and two with rattlecans.

If it's a trail truck and you don't mind paint flaking off every time you flex or go over a bump, you can just paint it.

If you want it to look nice at less than fifty feet, then yep, you gotta sand, clean, and prime. "Clean" means rubbing it down with a clean rag and alcohol or some kind of chemical cleaner.

I used the Krylon camo rattle can stuff, which is pretty gritty, so for the finish I think I just went over the truck with like 300-400 grit. (I didn't need much filling, but I went over the Bondo with some 100-150, IIRC.)

If you want a nice surface, you'll want to start with something mediumish like that and then switch to something finer.

If you have rust on the surface now, painting over it is bad juju. It will become more powerful than you could ever imagine and burst through the new paint at inopportune times Fix the rust first, i.e. cut it out and put in fiberglass or new metal or at least use a rust converter like POR15 or Rust Bullet or whatever.

And yeah, primer is your friend. It bonds to whatever is there now and gives the paint something to stick to; without it, your new paint will flake awful quick.

-- A

[badmix]

Ive been slowly rattle canning my truck. Here is the blue that was done some time last year. It doesnt flake off nor does going thru tight trees/woods even scratch it.

THe front fender is rattle canned, the door and rear 1/4 are factory paint. Im getting ready to spray the whole thing all the way back.



I just scuffed it with 600grit and then did a couple swipes with some wet/dry lighter grit stuff, maybe 800 or 1000. The key to rattle can is CONTROL, must like spray gun, you have to do light over laps and paint past your metal, so masking off is important. I mask a foot above and below what im painting. Nice even controlled movements help. Dont let the can stop moving. I realize your rolling it on, but Id prefer the spray can. I can see how ppl with roller would get their paint all clumped up and hard to get the finer edges without it looking like crap. That dude that rolled his car put alot of work into that, way more than I ever did. lol.

[bb12]

Yeah, that guy in the above thread did a great job but heck I don't know if the ol' K5 is worth that much work lol! I'm not sure now if I should rattle can it or roll it on? The body has a few dents in it that I was just going to leave there.

badmix, what kind of paint did you use?

[dfl701]

Not to hijack LOL but it's on topic. What about sprayin the rustoleum on instead of rolling it? Does it turn out better

[badmix]

Ill have to check the exact paint i use. But I know is Med. Blue from advanced auto.

I cant see how rolling the paint could turn out better. The only way would be alot of sanding and buffing. I didnt want a shiney finish, so Im not concerned with clear coats. I would just imagine rolling it on would be mess as h3ll. Maybe rolling on bedliner inside, but not painting the body.

Honestly, its pretty easy and cheap to get a decent paint job with rattle can. It just takes patience, prep work and can control. I can do my blue stripes on both sides in an afternoon using 2-3 cans of paint. Ive learned to put it on thin and do multi coats and wait a good couple hours b4 coats.

[dfl701]

I was reading a old post about rattle cans and it was very controversial haha. I have thought about doing the rustoleum but I am trying to research it. So this thread got my attention. I would love to see how this turns out for you