Hey Avery,
Here’s a guy in the Toronto Area that swears by his $50 formula for painting!
Here’s the original thread:
Here are the results…
Get this…this is the kicker… he recommends using a High Density Foam ROLLER, a can of TREMCLAD and mineral spirits (to thin the paint).
A few guys I know are trying this! If you need a bodyshop, I know of a shop in Etobicoke.
id love to try that roller painting thing its awesome
This guy is an original badass:
the paint buffs to mirror so i see no need for a clear coat. they have a clear coat in the tremclad brand made for the paint but i don’t think it’s nescessary. i reciently buffed out a huge scratch when a guy tried to jump me at a drive thru atm (long story!!!) and i florred it ran over his feet turning tires, and pinned him between the wall and my car. the whole rear quarter had a really bad scuff, maybe it was his teeth and the buttons on his jacket, anyways it buffed right out, with clear it would be hard to do that. so i would say there’s no need for clear unless you really want a show car finish. thing i like about this paint ALOT is that there’s no need for primer, primer sealer, ect… it really simplifies the process. shooting a base clear or single stage acrylic enamel is a pain, u have “windows” to shoot each coat, and putting the primer sealer on, you have to shoot color within 30 mins or 15 days, man what if something goes wrong? lol
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The one thing that no one seems to catch on with this guy’s $50 paint job is the hundreds of hours of wetsanding he put in.
With enough wetsanding you could literally paint a car with a piece of shrubbery and get the same results.
If you don’t know how to wet sand properly, your paint job will not turn out the same.
He’s obviously had a lot of practice. Now, would he himself paint your car for $50?
The reason it was so cheap was because he was able to do all the work himself.
If you can do all the work yourself, you could do it with a gun for $50 too.
MAACO offers a lot of different packages. If it has a 5-year warranty, it’s not going to be the cheap package.
Just like Fairdeal will paint any car from $199 … they can also do a $4,000 paint job.