[Vwdiesel] update- Painted my Golf 2day-what NOT to do

Sat Apr 23 19:54:23 EDT 2005

If you use a roller you don't have to mask as much, or at all, saving
materials and time.  I use a piece of file folder cardboard as a mobile
mask.

I painted my very best of all of 'em street rod, a 1970 Chevelle with a
blown 350 (6-71 stuffer) with a roller and Federal Safety Yellow from
Rustoleum.  That car won a bunch of trophies in car shows around Ohio in the
early 90's.  The day after painting I had pulled into a hardware store
parking lot and my car had that just painted odor in the hot sun.  A fellow
hot rod enthusiast pulled in to the lot and parked his custom wheels nearby
.  With interest he asked while looking over my paint job if "I had clear
coated it?".  I replied honest to god, "No, I only had one roller!" ;)
S'true!

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike & Coreen Smith" <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
To: "jon" <jon at kenneke.com>
Cc: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 6:53 PM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] update- Painted my Golf 2day-what NOT to do

> What I learned...........by Mike the Newbie el-cheapo $15.00 painter:
>
> Let's be honest, it's a $100 car that's future is bleak, (it's REAL
> rusty).........so
> My goal was: " Just to get it all 1 color......."
>
> Well, #1 is I should've done more surface prep.  It's bumpy, holey,
bubbly,
> etc..  I didn't really care WHAT it looked like.. (at the time).....but
now
> that the color looks really quite fetching, I wish I had done a better job
> and used some more Bondo, done more sanding, (less grinding) etc..
>
> #2 is I would've mixed *all* my paint prior.  My secret concoction was
using
> a $10 can (liter) and a $4 can (250ml) of Tremclad metal rust paint.  Blue
> main color and I mixed it with a little silver color  to get a faint bit
of
> sparkle/metallic look in it.  I ran out about 2/3rds of the way into the
> job, so had to mix up another batch.....I don't know what happened, but
the
> 2nd batch was a lot more "silvery" and hard to match with what was already
> on the car.  Perhaps some gobs of silver that never got off the bottom of
> the can the first time 'round....I dunno.  Big no-no mixing paint 1/2-way
> into a job....on the fly.
>
> #3 is I would've tried to paint an old board, etc. first,  to get my spray
> pattern just right.  I don't know yet if my gun was gummed up, knob
jammed,
> or paint just too thick. (though it was coming out pretty good) to get the
> intended spray.  My pattern was like a baseball bat.....not unlike a
rattle
> can.....and hard to work with.  Later, upon cleanup, fiddling with this
and
> that, and spraying some paint thinnner through the gun, the pattern was
more
> like a large vertical fan.  Very nice !......a wee bit too late. DOH!!!
>
> #4 I wouldn't have done any taping with black electrical tape.  As I was
> running *very* short on masking tape, I did around the window corners,
door
> handles etc. with black tape.  Unfortunately, the sun came out, it got
nice
> and toasty and all the tape shrunk/malformed itself in the sun.  Left some
> small areas of chrome, etc. exposed to blue paint.   I don't know what
> you're SUPPOSED to use.... I always thought regular ol' masking tape, but
,
> , , (?)
>
> #5 I would've plugged the window vents.......DOH!  I even knew about this
> one, but in my haste forgot all about it.
>
> #6 Even though I reckon it took me some 3-4 hours to tape the car,
(includes
> meals & bathroom breaks for me and my 4yo son) I did rush here and
> there...so I would've taken even MORE time next time and done a real nice
> job.  There's bits of overspray on tires, trim, windows, etc.  Not much
mind
> you, but a wee bit here and there. I've already been over the car once,
when
> the paint was still tacky, but needs going over again.  Especially the
tiny
> bits on the 20 yr old rubber moldings and trim that WON'T come off with a
> rag soaked in paint thinner.  I have to go back and clean the windows yet
> again for a 3rd time.  Overspray is viscious !
>
> ........that's all I can think of for now.  I know some of you won't
> understand why I didn't do 2 days worth of work on this car, with the
proper
> $150-$200+ tax, worth of proper automotive primer and paints, but I'm all
> about doing it "on the cheap" with this particular car.
>
> Mike in NB
>
>
>
>
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
> 699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
> NB
> Canada
> E6L 1T1
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jon" <jon at kenneke.com>
> To: "Mike & Coreen Smith" <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
> Cc: "Mark Shepherd" <mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk>; <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 7:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Painted my Golf 2day
>
>
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > Tell us what you learned! I've done a few "rattlecan" jobs on cars.
> >
> > My first tip:
> >
> > Most car paint places will put honest-to-goodness car paint in a rattle
> > can for you. I have some nice pics of touch-up jobs I have done with
this.
> > Nothin' beats "real" car paint.
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Mike & Coreen Smith wrote:
> >
> > > LOL Mark....I didn't do much for rust repair, filling, or even much
> sanding.
> > > In all likelyhood, I'll only have the car until January, where it will
> > > promptly fail
> > > inspection....so I didn't want to get into another round of "Fill with
> > > Bondo".
> > > I just sanded a bit here and there...filled 1 tiny hole with spot
putty
> and
> > > painted.
> > > It's real rough up close.  Maybe I should've said "REALLLLLLY" rough
up
> > > close, but
> > > at least it's all 1 color now, and for a $100 car @ 50MPG, I'm sure as
> heck
> > > not complaining.
> > >
> > > Thanks for ALL the emails.  I will certainly take more time my next
> paint
> > > job and do a
> > > much better job.   This one was just to learn and test my painting
> skills.
> > > I learned a bunch and 'specially had a bit of fun.
> > >
> > > Mike in NB....
> > >
> > > Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
> > > 699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
> > > NB
> > > Canada
> > > E6L 1T1
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Mark Shepherd" <mark at shepher.fsnet.co.uk>
> > > To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 12:23 PM
> > > Subject: [Vwdiesel] Painted my Golf 2day
> > >
> > >
> > > > Are we looking at the right pictures? That's quite a
> > > > marketable colour (8OD)
> > > > Miser
> > > >
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