Hey I am in the process of repainting my cherokee. I didnt have alot of money to spend on paint so I got some rustoleum oil based flat black. I have an hvlp sprayer and I wanted to know if anyone could give me advise on how much to thin this paint for spraying or if i need to at all and also what PSI to use. any help would be much appreciated

 

I am just finishing the prep and I am going to start painting in the next hour or so. Anything will help or I am just going to do some trial and error until I find what works.
thanks

 

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Good luck, don't forget to post the after pics.

 

Thanks
will post pics after done priming then with the final coat

 

X2

 

good luck! Can't wait to see the finish, I'm wanting to do the same thing but have been too much of a chicken

 

Finished heres a few pics look at my photo bucket for more

primed


finished







where i panicked and wiped a drip lol thats going to take alot of sanding

 

not too shabby except for that last pic which you can fix with a little work, but once again not too shabby!

 

Oh ya and through some trial and error I found that 75 PSI with 75% paint and 25% thinner works the best on my HVLP gun
I have a craftsman HVLP that i bought at sears for like 115 buck it has a 1.5mm tip and the spray pattern **** was right in the middle

 

good to know, you know what i would love to do, either herculine the whole outside or rhino line it, i saw a CJ that was rhino lined and it was awesome!

 

I like it, those knuckle headed paint monkey's at Maaco or Earl Scheib couldn't have done any better anyway.

If anyone on here works at Maaco or Earl Scheib I apologize

 

yeah thats what i always say, and i would rather do somethin myself than pay somebody to do it for me

 

And I'm kinda drooling over the Camaro

 

yeah the new camaro is pretty sick!

 

forgot to remove the decals? or just wanted them black too?