To take care of the rust, I took a night class at Assabet Valley Vocational High School where I replaced a door, the inner and outer fenders, the rusty rocker panels and some minor rust in the rear quarters. It only has 60,000 miles on it, but it had suffered through 35 New England winters as a plow truck. It's a 1979 Chevrolet Blazer that I bought from a friend as a winter project a few years ago. I had heard of Rust-Oleum, and I was bound and determined to paint my car with it. It may have been a joke, but I took it as a personal challenge. What is an economical way to get it painted?"Ĭar Talk's answer: "Have you ever heard of Rust-Oleum, Karen?" "The paint is coming off and it looks horrible. It does not take big $$, it takes time, lots and lots of time.A couple of years ago, a reader named Karen wrote in to Car Talk's newspaper column, asking if there was a solution to peeling paint on her Toyota, which had been suffering from a condition called "delamination," which is kind of like mange for cars. There is some pretty good paint detailing info here in the archives. In a year or two I will do a 'real' paint job on the car when the savings account builds back up.Īgreed with others ref the polish. Guess what won? I know have a big farmhouse with a new roof and a car that I drive all year (snow.salt, mud) and never show that has 'some' paint on it. the cheapest auto paint was going to be over $200 and that was CHEAP auto paint. I also needed a new roof on the house NOW. The roller/foam brush method is a decent alternative if you do not have the wherewithal to spray paint. I told her we will do some hard color sanding in the Spring (now that cold is coming). My wife sprayed her UK flag on teh her GT and that will take a long time to set up. Using the 50% cut paint and the roller app allows for the rapid cure time. My GT is going to be painted with Rustoleum - I figure my total cost will be under $100.ġ971 MGBGT, overdrive, Limey relay and fuse kits, Rick Ingram struts all round, Jeff Schlemmer points distributor, alternator, Basil Adams camshaft and side cover, Eurospec tail lights, 1976 dashboard and console, 1999 Chevy cavalier seats, GM heater motor and fan with Ford 3 speed controller, Ford Merkur/Sierra parcel shelf, cruise control.ġ979 B, Olds 215 engine with 1996 Land Rover heads, Carter AFB, Camaro T5 gearbox, Limey relay kit, Rick Ingram struts all round, mgccars alternator, Jeff Schlemmer distributor with Petronix, Eurospec tail lights, cruise control, 99 Pontiac Sunfire seats.ġ969 MGBGT, Miata seats, late centre console, apart from that it's stock! Primer and paint with necessary hardener and thinner from - $480. Two respirators suitable for spray painting - $50 $150ģM polishing and glazing compounds, plus all pads - $60 - I was lucky enough to borrow a pro polisher. Harbor Freight air line and moisture trap - $30ĭisposable products including secondary moisture traps, tack cloths, measuring cups, wet-n-dry paper, masking tape, drop cloths for the booth, etc. I did set up a temporary spray booth to paint the yellow car in my signature, from memory, my costs were about as follows. That depends on what you consider "not much money". The amount of time people are spending trying to make rustoleum look right could be spent working with the correct automotive products that will yield far better results. You could set yourself up with a proper paint set up(spray gun, small compressor, automotive paint) and make a temporary spray booth in your backyard or detached garage(dont paint in your house) for not that much money and get much better, if not professional results. May 10 Strobing Brake Lights And Thir.May 16 MG Midget Engine Is Rebuilt An.May 24 New Brake Drums Marginal Diffe.Jun 11 OHCincinnati Concours d’Elegance.Jun 10 ABAlberta All British Motoring.Jun 04 ILChampagne British Car Festiva.
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