my attempt at the "infamous roller paint" job

[coupe5ohh]

ok since i dont have a butt load of money to drop on a nice paint job id figure id do the roller paint..since i have a couple of personal friends that have done it and 1 of them is on this site(Brad) and his turned out pretty good so here are some pics and the steps i have taken so far..

1/4/2011.a couple friends and i spent all day yesterday and this morning doing the body work and gettin it all sanded down,and replacing the front nd rear bumpers,nd the header panel.here it is all sanded down and washed nd dried off..

 

[JonBeast]

I'm interested to see this...more pics!

 

[coupe5ohh]

I'm interested to see this...more pics!

mosdef..im going to have the first coat done today,then 2nd coat 2morro which will b follwed by a 600 grit wetsand which will then be followed by coats 3,nd 4 followed by 800 grit wetsand then coat 5,nd 6 followed by 1000 grit wetsand and the same after coat 7 nd 8 shud take me about a week

 

[BladeX10]

what color?

 

[Sinned83]

Good luck bro. Oh yeah and dont forget to take down your christmas lights...

 

[rio red 95 vert]

Good luck man. Sounds like a hell of a lot of work. Too much for me lol

 

[BruhBrahBrad]

Yes I've done it many times. Im helping him out so He can do it and hopefully come out with minimal orange peel before He wetsands.

 

[BruhBrahBrad]

I remember when I first posted up about this I got flamed though. People are much more understanding this time lol!

 

[coupe5ohh]

brad r u gonna come out 2day?

 

[coupe5ohh]

what color?

white

 

[coupe5ohh]

1/4/2011 alright so i got the 1st coat done..ignore the black bumper im painting another 1 in the garage here are the pics

 

[BladeX10]

White is much more forgiving for the "budget" paint jobs. I rattle canned my old fox white when i was a broke 16 year old and it didnt look that bad.

 

[coupe5ohh]

Good luck bro. Oh yeah and dont forget to take down your christmas lights...

lol in the famous words of mac dre"NOT MY JOB!" lol ill relay the message to my dad

 

[JonBeast]

Brad what car did you roller paint?

 

[BruhBrahBrad]

The bright blue one and the red one...and parts of the one in my sig...only thing is about the one in my sig, the black isnt dark enough and that pisses me off..heres a few pics.

in this pic you can see its not a exact match but I have an idea on how to maybe get it closer.

 

[coupe5ohh]

1/4/2011..update...got the second coat done on every pat except the hood nd rear bumper..the pic sucks but u can c how its covering the black

 

[BruhBrahBrad]

Lookin good Peter. Make sure u sand it by hand tomorrow with 600 grit, thats gonna take off a good bit of paint from your first 2 coats , but its gonna lay down the orange peel, so your 3-4 coats will go on just as smooth. Make sure you sand it WELL it usually takes me about an hour to sand everything if I dont take a break. make sure the paper is wet.

 

[BruhBrahBrad]

It also looks good when You paint the mirrors too.

 

[Untame-d]

Yes mirrors for sure. Can't wait to see how it turns out. It's a lengthly process.

 

[coupe5ohh]

yea i think imma paint the mirrors flatblack to help out with balancing the white nd black look