Rattle Can Painting (and use of strimmers etc)

[DodgeRover]

By the way how's the holiday going?

I reckon he fell asleep in the sun and has a burnt coupon

A burnt coupon must be better than taking asleep pissed on the beach in Australia and burning the souls of your feet...

[angrydicky]

I’m thinking about having a go at the roof of my 600 with rattle cans. When my dad painted the rear arch it was a surprisingly good colour match, but I’m worried about the roof becoming stripy, like DoctorRetros Metro. Is this avoidable in the hands of someone competent?
I need to do something. It’s obviously been heavily lacquer peeled in the past and a previous owner has taken what appears to be a scouring pad to it! Now it’s badly scratched and down to the primer. The bonnet and boot were just as bad but I managed to find replacement panels in the right colour for them.

[angrydicky]

It’s difficult to see here but it’s awful, really scratched and looks worse in the sun. It lets down the rest of the car now because generally it’s quite tidy. Well good enough for a daily anyway.

I can’t really justify the cost of having it done in a body shop.

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[Missy Charm]

I’m thinking about having a go at the roof of my 600 with rattle cans. When my dad painted the rear arch it was a surprisingly good colour match, but I’m worried about the roof becoming stripy, like DoctorRetros Metro. Is this avoidable in the hands of someone competent?
I need to do something. It’s obviously been heavily lacquer peeled in the past and a previous owner has taken what appears to be a scouring pad to it! Now it’s badly scratched and down to the primer. The bonnet and boot were just as bad but I managed to find replacement panels in the right colour for them.

I wouldn't be confident doing a panel of that size with cans. You probably would have to paint the whole panel. I once did a rear wheelarch with cans, with help, and managed to get an acceptable finish but that was in Diamond White. Diamond White is probably an easier proposition than an metallic with a lacquer. Have you thought about a second hand compressor and a spray gun?

[LynehamHerc]

I've done the whole of my MGB with rattle cans, some panels are OK, some not. The biggest problem is that they're different shades even though all the cans were from the same supplier. I've now bought enough in one go to redo the whole car and all have the same expiry date so I'm hoping they're from the same batch of paint.
It needs redoing anyway as it's been damaged in places by either the garage or the bodyshop that did the sills

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[angrydicky]

I’m thinking about having a go at the roof of my 600 with rattle cans. When my dad painted the rear arch it was a surprisingly good colour match, but I’m worried about the roof becoming stripy, like DoctorRetros Metro. Is this avoidable in the hands of someone competent?
I need to do something. It’s obviously been heavily lacquer peeled in the past and a previous owner has taken what appears to be a scouring pad to it! Now it’s badly scratched and down to the primer. The bonnet and boot were just as bad but I managed to find replacement panels in the right colour for them.

I wouldn't be confident doing a panel of that size with cans. You probably would have to paint the whole panel. I once did a rear wheelarch with cans, with help, and managed to get an acceptable finish but that was in Diamond White. Diamond White is probably an easier proposition than an metallic with a lacquer. Have you thought about a second hand compressor and a spray gun?

Got one, but never painted a metallic before!

[Missy Charm]

I've done the whole of my MGB with rattle cans, some panels are OK, some not. The biggest problem is that they're different shades even though all the cans were from the same supplier. I've now bought enough in one go to redo the whole car and all have the same expiry date so I'm hoping they're from the same batch of paint.
It needs redoing anyway as it's been damaged in places by either the garage or the bodyshop that did the sills

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House looks lovely, especially with the vines and greenery on the walls and garage. Sports cars are always better in used, even scruffy condition; they are meant to be driven after all.

[AMCrebel]

Rattle canning takes skillz.

Do you "blip" the button on/off/on etc like Ed China?

He wasn't just doing it at the ends- but he was doing spots of paint on a rusty MR2 wheelarch.

[paulplom]

I’m thinking about having a go at the roof of my 600 with rattle cans. When my dad painted the rear arch it was a surprisingly good colour match, but I’m worried about the roof becoming stripy, like DoctorRetros Metro. Is this avoidable in the hands of someone competent?
I need to do something. It’s obviously been heavily lacquer peeled in the past and a previous owner has taken what appears to be a scouring pad to it! Now it’s badly scratched and down to the primer. The bonnet and boot were just as bad but I managed to find replacement panels in the right colour for them.

I wouldn't be confident doing a panel of that size with cans. You probably would have to paint the whole panel. I once did a rear wheelarch with cans, with help, and managed to get an acceptable finish but that was in Diamond White. Diamond White is probably an easier proposition than an metallic with a lacquer. Have you thought about a second hand compressor and a spray gun?

Got one, but never painted a metallic before!

It's no different. My transit was metallic. It was flat till I added the lacquer.
You can buy the kit on ebay. You get the rattle cans of primer, colour and lacquer for £18 iirc.
I'd have a go if I were you. You can't make it any worse.

[Hooli]

Even if you do make it worse, it's got more protection with extra paint on.