Paint

[bronc55]

Hi.somebody here use a rustoleum? Like matte spray? Good paint? Thanks

 

[Burkulater]

For household projects I've used there rattle cans and my experiance has been fish eyes and long curing times but your mileage my differ

 

[PaveBronco]

I've used it, but you get what you pay for, doesn't seem to last. I've switched to Dupli color way better quality.

 

[Pa PITT]

There has been a lot of rattle can paint jobs done by our members. I have been amazed at the quality of most of them.
.. I USED black spray can on some of my Bronco mostly inside stuff. I'm not sure mine was Rustoleun but I did get it AT Home Depot & they were large can 16oz I THINK if not then they were 24oz cans.
... Since my Bronco is Blacked out every thing except then Camo skin. THEN RATTLE CAN worked good for me.

 

[00gyrhed]

You can buy quarts and gallons of Rustoleum at home depot and a cheap gravity gun from harbor freight and get a really nice job.

Properly thinned it lays down real nice and dries faster than the rattle cans.

Its UV resistance is not as good as a more expensive automotive paint but if you are spraying white or black flat or even semi gloss it might not be noticeable for quite some time.

Like he said you get what you paid for. One of the hot rod magazines did and article about painting a falcon white with Rustoleum and a roller. After multiple coatings and a lot of wet sanding it turn out pretty nice and that sparked a lot of people that were afraid to spray to give it a try.

As far as I am concerned you can buy a cheap air compressor at harbor freight and a cheap gun and do a better job than a roller in a lot less time even if you have never sprayed a car before.


Also a lot of people used to use Tractor Supply Tractor paint on their trail rigs but I haven't seen that in a few years. I thin Rutoleum has better uv resistance than the tractor supply paint.

 

[Pa PITT]

... Tractor supply changed brands of paint .. This new & Improved means it now cheaper but still cost more & not as good as the old brand was.

 

[Rustytruck]

I use Rustoleum paint on my roll bar and bumpers and rocker guards. These items tend to take a beating over time not counting design changes throughout the years. So its easy to scuff them and give them a nice new coat when necessary. I would not paint the body of the Bronco though. Someday you will want to paint the body with good paint then all that Rustoleum will have to be taken off. You will wish you never did that. Use automotive paint and get a spray gun and rent a compressor if you don't have one. If you don't know what your doing use a solid color with no clear coat and use a paint with a hardener. At least that way you can color sand out your mistakes and still come out with an acceptable paint job.

 

[00gyrhed]

this is true

I use Rustoleum paint on my roll bar and bumpers and rocker guards. These items tend to take a beating over time not counting design changes throughout the years. So its easy to scuff them and give them a nice new coat when necessary. I would not paint the body of the Bronco though. Someday you will want to paint the body with good paint then all that Rustoleum will have to be taken off. You will wish you never did that. Use automotive paint and get a spray gun and rent a compressor if you don't have one. If you don't know what your doing use a solid color with no clear coat and use a paint with a hardener. At least that way you can color sand out your mistakes and still come out with an acceptable paint job.

If you think you are ever going to paint it and its not just to get your trail rig al one color.

 

[jperry1290]

Look at tcpglobal.com I was able to buy some auto I paint and primer for fairly cheap. It gave a decent home paint job.