Rattle-can re-sprays: worth it?

[marshole82 0]

hey all.

 

bought my rado for £950 with some teething problems. when those are aside i will be running her until the family gets started and we 'need' a nice fast a4 estate ;)

 

but i'm bound to get bored and need to change something on a budget. now, there seems to be a spate of rattle-can re-sprays doing the rounds in the 'scene'.

 

what are people's opinions on buying a car with a spray of this nature? does it de-value? add value? waste of time? awesome look?

 

please discuss....

[coullstar 0]

Dont do it, doesnt really suit the car and you'll need a hell of a lot of cans to do the whole car. Just think how hard it would be to get rid of it if you didnt like it.

To me its that whole RAT look, i.e. deliberately making the car look bad. Its a bit of a contradiction is it not?

[nemesis360 0]

Youll never get a good finish with a can... I know from experience

[boost monkey 0]

you can get a good finish from a can but it takes a long time, you need to do a lot of prep. There's plenty of VWs out there which have been canned and a few of them look really good. It just takes time really. I wouldn't try it with metallic or pearlescent paint though.

 

A Mk2 golf would take between 15-20 cans per coat so a C would need a few more than that and you'd want more than one coat too.

 

I wouldn't bother though personally.

[marshole82 0]

i've seen a few nice golfs being done over on e38 and i think it'd be a really good laugh for a weekend. beer, pizza, mates, paint....deadly combo. but at the same time i am worried about what sort of finish i'd get.

 

the rado is never going to be a show car, not unless you throw serious money at it for bodywork / paint / retrim etc and to be honest i think that you are mad to do that to a sub-£1k car that is old enough to buy ciggies.

 

the idea of a re-spray colour change for less than £60 is really appealing...

[boost monkey 0]

you won't do it for less than £60 at all mate. If you think that then you probably shouldn't bother.

 

Paint will cost you £200 by itself even in cans. You'll need 20 cans a coat at a can and at least 2 coats of paint so that 20 x 5 x 2 = £200.

 

Plus all the prep work with white spirit and sandpaper etc etc etc.

[horney 0]

Do a search for the $50 paint job on google. You want a few litres of "Rustoleum" in your chosen colour, some proper mineral thinners, Poundshop rollers and paint tray, Decent B&Q gloss roller pads, pound shop wet and dry paper and some masking tape. You mat laugh but there are cars with concours trophies that have been painted with this method. A friend painted his mini and a mutual friend of ours confessed he couldn't have got as a good a finish in his spray booth without agressive machine polishing cutting after spraying. It is however all in the prep before and between coats and it's very labour intensive. But for a complete repaint of your car for under £100 and you can spare the time it's certainly worth a go.

 

Nick

[boost monkey 0]

you won't do it for less than £60 at all mate. If you think that then you probably shouldn't bother.

 

Paint will cost you £200 by itself even in cans. You'll need 20 cans a coat at a can and at least 2 coats of paint so that 20 x 5 x 2 = £200.

 

Plus all the prep work with white spirit and sandpaper etc etc etc.

 

Forgot to mention the primer cans that you'll need in the same quantity :salute:

[Supercharged 2]

Paint will cost you £200 by itself even in cans. You'll need 20 cans a coat at a can and at least 2 coats of paint so that 20 x 5 x 2 = £200.

 

As above, a wing will cost £20-30 in cans let alone a whole car...

 

If you want to do it yourself you only need 2 ltrs of proper paint (£40 a ltr ish) and you could buy of borrow a compressor

[Furkz 0]

if you do it a matt colour it be a hell of a lot cheaper LOL

 

what abt the paint roller method american guys have done it and good good results... you could even have some texture in the paint if you want?

[marky16v 0]

 

mines was foam rollered and mines looks awsome :D

[boost monkey 0]

Did this guy do it?

 

[marky16v 0]

Did this guy do it?

 

 

 

mines was meant to be matt mines hasnt been polished as it wasnt meant to be mines was meant to be matt and in the flesh it looks the fuckin tits 8)

[boost monkey 0]

i'd take it back mate, they've put the badge on wonky...

 

G60 steels are nice though.

[davidwort 0]

... Poundshop rollers and paint tray, Decent B&Q gloss roller pads, pound shop wet and dry paper and some masking tape...

 

I guess you could paint it Magnolia for that neutral colour to appeal to the most potential buyers, perhaps even get Sarah Beany to pop by and give some advice.

[marshole82 0]

good to see that you all dislike the cheap option!!! surely if you take your time you can get a good finish. i've refurbed wheels with halfords paint and that is notoriously bad, but they stood up to high temps and bad weather without any cracking. addmitedly a whole car is a wee bit different but the principles are the same : prep well, get a good finish.

 

that blue roller'd rado looks awesome, lovin steels and the tucked look :)

[KipVR 1]

Your better off using pots of paint and a roller to get the paint on, then flatting it back in-between coats. Spraying that much on is expensive and it'll take you longer.

[marshole82 0]

hmm not so sure on the roller method - i agree, fantastic results and really shiney finish, but i'm leaning towards a matt paint job

 

or, you could cover the car in chalk board stuff and just draw on it all the time

[Furkz 0]

Your better off using pots of paint and a roller to get the paint on, then flatting it back in-between coats. Spraying that much on is expensive and it'll take you longer.

must be able to get specilist rollers that dont leave behind marks also, that would make it simple(ier) to flat back

[will.s 0]

i can-sprayed the whole of my car apart from the roof and bonnet in midnight blue and to be honest with you it looks a hell of a lot better than the roof and bonnet and the reason i didn't spray them was because they looked fine..... now they look crap compared to the rest of it lol.

 

as said before take care and time in the prep work (filler, stopper, primer.)

you also need a steady hand for the lacker but evan if you don't and you get runs or any paches thay just T-cut out into a nice shine.

[will.s 0]

i can-sprayed the whole of my car apart from the roof and bonnet in midnight blue and to be honest with you it looks a hell of a lot better than the roof and bonnet and the reason i didn't spray them was because they looked fine..... now they look crap compared to the rest of it lol.

 

as said before take care and time in the prep work (filler, stopper, primer.)

you also need a steady hand for the lacker but evan if you don't and you get runs or any paches thay just T-cut out into a nice shine.

[PROVR6 0]

any pics mate? :D

[will.s 0]

its raining and no sun but i will get a better one :) tomorrow

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