Several guys on another forum were talking about this and I didn't believe it at first. Apparently, you can actually get a pretty decent paint job using regular rustoleum paint and a roller!!

A 1962 Ford Falcon Recieve A Budget Paint Job - Hot Rod Magazine

Here are photos of a three year old Rustoleum roll-on paint job, I am not kidding.

 

I had that exact Vette. 1972 w/ a 454 and black header sidepipes

 

I would imagine if you're willing to do enough preparation and post production work, you could probably throw paint on and make it look decent. I painted a guitar once with no primer, no sealer, about 15 spray cans of lacquer. I didn't even know enough to color sand the lumpy mess after spraying. I just used a high speed buffer. It took me a week but it looked like black glass when I was done. Point is, just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.

 

yeah theres another version of that, the original my friend and I found was the "$50 paint job"

Rustoleum is a "self levelling paint" apparently, so you can roll it on and sand it and thats why it looks smooth without too much effort rolling it on. Apparently, there's a company making new automotive roll on paint, using more or less the same technology.

We painted a 1989 honda prelude black using rustoleum in his garage, rolling it on. I'm not kidding... made the car look 10000x better (but it looked like trash before, since he picked it up for $500 at a junkyard...) and yes it cost us $50

 

Doing a bunch of painting and having done rusto on my trailer and postal mail jeep for my company( doing ads in newspaper boxes) it works. Especially when sprayed...................

But it chalks easily and early, Poo.

Woody

 

But does it come in Blaze or Inferno Red?


roadster with a stick

 

When I was a kid in Louisville, a neighbor girl down the street decided to run away from home because her parents disapproved of her boyfriend. She took her car (a white Ford Falcon) to make her getaway. Because she wasn't actually leaving town, she feared that her folks might spot her or her car, so she bought about 10 cans of cheap black spray paint and had at it. No masking or prep. She did leave enough of the windows clear to sort of see out of, but the chrome, wheels, everything else got the treatment.

It looked about like you would imagine, nothing in the same universe as good as the yellow 'vette. The car was like the opposite of a stealth vehicle, it was so hideous. Her getaway didn't last much longer. I was afraid to look at the car with more than a glance, for fear of blindness.

 

Just today did a $75 roll-on bedliner (Herculiner) for my truck -- went well!

 

yep. the good ol' 100 dollar paint job. Its been featured in hot rod mag. as well. a few of us 1st gen rx7 guys have done it as well. I might be doing it to my rx7 here soon as well. Like Mr. Max said, its all about the prep though. Even in between coats. two coats with wet said at about 1000 grit, last coat with 2000 and then clear coat, have seen it last over 5 years and still look good.

 

ok for the race car, but not my daily driver...

 

I used a 4" brush to paint my '50 chevrolet panel truck fire red back in 1986. I used a top quality sign painter's enamel and with a lot of prep work it turned out as smooth as glass. The paint faded to orange after about 6 years in the sun, so in the mid '90s I redid it in dark green. It's stored indoors now so the color has held up well. It's quite a looker with its wire wheel hubcaps (Kmart '85) and windshield visor from some old sedan.

 

I bought a 1979 Sedan Deville from an old couple. The paint was flawless and beautiful as was the interior but the vinyl top was faded. I took a brush and some plain old brown paint and painted it. It looked so much better, but I pity the guy who bought it from the dealer I traded it in with. Same probably goes with
"Rusto Mods"