it turns out great man... the rustoleum.. tons of stuff on google about it- doesnt fade like spray paint either..

 

theres the link again... has amounts, supplies all that stuff

 

No joke. Roll on is getting popular with a bunch of drift guys I'm friends with. Supposedly that and a good buff is supposed to work decent. And if you figure you lay it on thick, it'd be good protection offroad and hard to scratch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http:...?v=LXbIJ4M37lw

 

get a REALLY good roller..it does work, i was shocked myself.. fast, less tape work,cheaper,less waste, and if anyone out there has done a rattle can overall without tiger stripes i want to see it

 

That truck.... Looks great! I'm really surprised on how great it looks for roll on! I may try to do this on my car.

 

I did rattle can. But I bed lined my whole jeep first. Lol

 

If you want to see a white rattle can'd '96 XJ, You've come to the right place!
I painted my XJ using like 8 cans of White RustOleum Acryllic Automotive Enamel, 3 cans of Krylon Gloss Clear Coat, 8 cans of Rustoleum Automotive Primer, some 1000 grit sandpaper, and tons of masking tape.

I just took the 1000 grit, put it on a sanding block, and sanded the original paint till it dulled up, then I wiped the jeep down with some shop rags to get the loose paint dust off. After that, I laid down a 3 coats of primer and let it dry for a couple hours. After that was done, I sanded the primer coat down a little and wiped the dust off again. After that was done, I laid down the 3 coats of white enamel, and let it dry for a day. After that, I went out and wetsanded the XJ with the 1000 grit. After that was done and the water dried off, I laid down a couple coats of clear and then it was done!!

here's a couple pics of my XJ. You can't tell I spray painted either.
Just look in my pics to get an idea of what the paint looks like.

 

Where's the pics?? Haha

 

both the cars I rattle canned didn't end up striped, you just gotta do it right, people dont seem to realize it's the prep that makes a paint job, crappy prep work=crappy paint. I've painted in a booth with a real gun, rattle canned, and rustoleumed cars before, and the biggest part of having a good paint job is the prep work

 

heres the best video ive seen for the roll on method, it works amazing. It looks pretty freakin good. I'm gonna do it to my jeep pretty soon once I get the funds.

 

So should I do a good spray paint job or the roll on? I have to start a Friday eening and be done on a Sunday evening. if u do roll on how long do u have to wait between coats?

 

Striped like a mo'fo! After 10 cans I gave up on trying to fix it, just gonna paint it another way later.

 

i tried spray painting black first before the rustoleum.. i stripped the old paint, sanded it, washed it in mineral spirits, then washed it in water.. only to have it look like black clouds.. ive spray painted alot of stuff before but a car is a huge area.. i sanded all the spray paint off and was done with the rustoleum in half the time and it turned out way better... just my .02c

 

then again i dont have a garage so that might have had something to do with it.. the rustoleum, once buffed, looks great! just thin it a bit.. and you dont get any streaks or anything... I dont know what colors it comes in but eveything at lowes was like 60$ included a rattle-can rustoleum primer and clear coat

 

flat black and gray primer spray paint will be even...i'm talking colors and gloss....i have never seen a gloss rattle can job that didn't have dry spots..the spray pattern is way to small for a whole car it's nearly impossible to keep it wet enough to flow out and dry enough not to run....and a saw someone that said automotive paint is just a bigger version of spray paint...when you find urethane at autozone for $5 a can let me know..a rustoleum (or equivilent) outdoor paint will take the weather and sun far better then a rattle can enamel or laquer..it will dry to a harder finish and take far more abuse .....I vote ROLLER and rustoleum..