justa91xj

kso i work at an autobody and paint shop. I can paint my own jeep, however to do it in the shop i have to rent the booth bc of electricity and pay for base coat clear coat paint bc it needs to be durable on the trails. I was thinking what if i just used my own paint and painted it on a nice day outside? i dont have a garage but i figured if i get trail rash i can touch it up easier and i wont be pissed bc i spent 200 bucks on my paint job. or i could rattle can it!. I mean i am icar certified for surface prep and i am a painters helper that does surface prep by myself. whats you guys' opinions?

96XJ2Door

I sanded mine,,,

And did a

FLAT BLACK RATTLE CAN


Looks great,, and its invisible in night parking lots and very NOT visible in the summer woods.

hehheh

V8XJDavid

Depends on the look you want. If you can get it out of the wind you can paint it outside. You risk getting stuff in the paint as you know. I've seen trucks painted with a roller that turned out pretty darn good.

Cherockee

First I would ask, why paint it at all if you're just going to take it out in the woods and beat the crap out of it?

If you want it to look nice most of the time $200 is dirt cheap for a paint job. You could throw a few more coats of clear on it and keep buffing it out for a few years before you would have to repaint again.

diskman

Roll that paint on!


Here is my '92 the day I bought it on CL for $200..




Here is is with my $50 paint job. Rolled on Valspar OSHA Safety Yellow from a can. WIN!



Here she sits today. Almost four years later.

maybe2fast

Flat black!

Xj88

Spray can..about 80 bucks including sanding materials.

Rev.LowBuck

This is all being covered in a pretty active thread elsewhere that you can look at but here's my input.
http://www.valsparglobal.com/val/res...alspar_imp.jsp Valspar implement paint. Limited colors, but its cheap, easy to shoot and wears like iron. Future touch up shouldn't be an issue. Use the hardener to speed dry time and promote shine.
https://www.dipyourcar.com/home.php Shoot the thing with plastidip through a Wagner power sprayer. You can do this outside easy.

mcoughlin

I did a rattle can job on mine. Krylon Navy Blue, Ace Hardware Chrome Aluminum and Ace Hardware Clear. Did a boat load of light coats and laid a bunch of clear on and is doing alright. I painted this in my garage with a fan blowing everything out doors so the fumes weren't too bad.

motorcharge

Does it get the P at year 5?

justa91xj

thanks for the input guys! i guess i will rattle can it light coats just surface prep the hell out of it lol and is rattle can clear any good? I mean ive used it on little stuff but not on an all over?

mcoughlin

The clear isn't too bad. It just isn't think like auto clear is. I think it would be cool and super cheap to rattle can it then spray auto clear on tip of that. It would be hard like auto paint and not have the expensive base coats. Am I right or would they interact with eachother?

Xj88

Do it..im curious. I want to see what it comes out like with that cheap clear on top.

maybe2fast

flat colors don't need clear!

motorcharge

Yes they do. You just don't use a glossy clear.