cherokeebaby

Do you know that spray on paint that makes things look kinda like rock? Well I want to take that paint in maybe a dark green and spray the whole Jeep and then take flat black and put the original strips back on it AND THEN seal it with a clear coat. (wow can you say run-on!) What do you guys think? Has anyone tried it before? I think the look will be cool, you know kinda like "my Jeep will be one with the rocks it crawls" kinda thing. Thanks for any and all advice!

76ANTHONY

i was thinking about doing this but it would cost too much, the clear is gonna be shiney so note that, even though some say its not, it is. i think it would look cool, but im old and febble so my thoughts dont count

cherokeebaby

Haha yeah I didn't even consider that the clear would be shiny. Hmm..... Do you think that would take away from the effect? I really don't want to leave the "rock" bare because I want it to last long.

76ANTHONY

yeah it would mess up the look, it would go from looking like a badazz rock crawler mobile to a shiney kitchen counter

76ANTHONY

check around and see if you can find a realllll matte finish clearcoat, if so go for it. i couldnt find any that didnt shine, i tried duplicolor and rustoleum, they both shine even in matte finish. bought a can of both....

cherokeebaby

hmmmm Well I don't want people to try to cook on my Jeep so I will keep my eyes open. Do you think I NEEEEEED a clear coat?

76ANTHONY

tough question. i myself am not using clearcoat because im using camo paint that doesnt require it. read on the usages on the paint u want and see what it says, or pm me what ur going to use and i'll call on it.

cherokeebaby

awesome. I found the can at Wal Mart and I thought it was Rustolium but I will have to check again.

BowtieGuy3

I think Dupli-color makes a grey, fleck paint in a rattle can for doing trunk linings and such. I know I used one in the trunk of one of my old cars, and it looked pretty cool. I know a guy out here has a '40 Olds that he did in orange bed-liner, and it looks pretty damn wicked.

COSXJFAN

Do several coats with the paint, and screw the clear coat. You won't like the look, and if you botch it, it'll look like poo on the end of a sharp stick, IMHO!! I think the look you're going for is a matte finish anyway, so why clear coat a paint that is matte already?? HTH!!

seed

i used that rustoleum hammered finish (if thats what your talking about) on a trail ready winch bumper i had...it didn't look so good i ended up grinding it all off and doing it satin black

cherokeebaby

Its not the hammered one. It actually has rock like thingys in it.

seed

oh,never saw that, sounds pretty crazy

76ANTHONY

spray it on a piece of metal you have laying around, and then beat the living crud out of it, see how it holds up. thats the only real way to test it....and rustoleum doesnt require clear at all.

RenoXJ

id do bedliner or a custom camo job...