I used to roll a lot of my cars when I was younger. Used to thin the paint with kerosene since was cheaper than what you used. I also used the 9 inch rollers and brushed the hard to reach spots first. With the kero I always had a nice smooth finish. Have one car sitting at the farm that was painted 30 years ago like that and still looks ok. That one was the oxide primer. Also I used to like to do it in a tone. Like that blue you had with a gray.
These newer cars have so many contours it’s hard to use the 9” rollers. Believe me I tried. Older cars that were flatter would be awesome with a bigger roller.
@@AwesomeProjects20 It was not very much just enough to make it thin. Problay with the quart can a couple ounces. Sorry I never measure anything. I know the one car I did 30 yrs ago with the rusty metal primer it is still on there. That car is always outside. Just make it thin enough you do not see roller marks.
All the older cars till mid 80's used to be enamel painted. I had a beautiful cream color spray enamel painted and baked on in 70.s for a 1970 Chrysler Newport Custom, and that paint lasted for couple decades. I didn't keep it that long, but saw it again years after I'd sold it, and it still looked great.
My Grandpa used to tell me a story about a neighbor that had a pink house. She would paint her Lincoln Continental with the same paint every spring. He said it was clearly the wrong paint but she loved doing it. Haha. She said it was her "home made MaryKay Cadillac". Honestly, your grandpa was smart. You can buy a cheap car and paint it and detail it and flip it pretty fast. Thanks for the comment!
Home depot also sells outdoor metal paint. It is called "Urathane Alkyd Enamel" by Behr.... Same concept as Rust-Oleum to be used for outdoor- high traffic-varying temperature - metal surfaces. Dry time is less than 40 minutes and rock solid & durable. In my humble opinion, Rust-Oleum is oil based for better coverage but remains soft and takes an eternity to dry in humid climates such a summer in Florida. Just wanted to add my 2 cents if experience to expand your horizon.
I always appreciate perspective from other people who actually have done similar projects. That's what this channel is about. Not just videos or my experiences but ALL of our experiences and sharing knowledge. I appreciate you adding to the conversation.
Great video. I’m planning on doing my truck with a roller. Saw a video of a guy who roller painted a 65 corvette, wet sanded and polished it. Looked like a professional spray job. Most of us don’t have access to spray guns and large shops. Roller paint jobs are the most convenient diy paint job which can have great results.
Great job. I'm glad you mentioned your disability. I have similar issues and like you I keep doing my thing. It's hard facing you can't do things like you could when you were younger. I'm 57. Currently tin roofing my house 😆
Big Shoutout to @bushradical for confirming that this type of project doesn't need overthinking. KEEP IT SIMPLE, Y'ALL. Perfection is the enemy of Good Enough!
Great work! James might have not enjoyed the late work and lots of hours put into this but he would cherish these memories later in life. One of my best memories with my dad were from doing a complete overhaul of the family car back in the 80s. Taking the engine out, body rust patching, prep work and painting, etc. Putting the hours in any kind of hard work brings great satisfaction when the project is done. Thank you for this video!
Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, James is isn’t at the age where he’s happy about the work, even if it directly benefited him. But… some say he will realize he learned something and think fondly on it.
LOOKS DAMNED FINE TO ME GUYS!! THAT BE PLENTY GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME AND MINE FOR SURE!! I DONT NEED NO 5000 PAINT JOB!!! NOR COULD I EVER EVER AFFORD ONE!! MUCH BETTER THINGS TO SOEND THAT MONEY ON!!! AS LONG AS U HAVE SOME UNIFIED PAINT AND NOT MULTI COLOR RUST BUCKET LIKE I DO!!?? I MEAN MAN OH MAN I GET SOME LOOKS AND SOME MAJOR BAD TX DUE TO THE WAY MY TRUCK LOOKS!! FOLKS TAKE ONE LOOK AT IT AND THE JUDGEMENT POORS OUT!!!😢😢😢😮😮😮 AND I HAVE A TC BLD ON MY OLD TRUCK RT NOW AND IT'S MAKING SHIT STAND OUT MORE!! I GOT MULTI COLOR AND A TON OF RUST AND SICK OF THE LOOK!! I AM DISABLED 60 AND ON A POVERTY LEVEL FIXED INCOME!! SO I GOTTA DO A BUDGET PAINT JOB!!! I PLAN ON TRYING TO GET THE SURFACE CONDITIONING TOOL BY BAUER!? AND KNOCKING IT DN TO METAL WITH IT THEN ROLLING ON SOME TRACTOR PAINT OR CAR PAINT OR SOME DECENT PAINT OF SOME KIND!? AND ENJOYING THE FINISHED PRODUCT AND MOVING ON!!😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
Not bad. You should have used some catalyst hardener. This would have made the paint tougher and given you a better shine. I think rust oleum is pretty good paint for the price.
Yeah for the price it’s great. And I really didn’t want to use the hardener. I just wanted to straight out of bucket option, which made easy to do retouching right out of the bucket. Honestly, that stuff was so tough. I was able to scratch it with a nail a year later and not even really damage it.
Thanks for the video brother. Appreciated how in-depth you went, and all the bookmarks in the video. Can tell you put a lot of effort into the video. Definitely doing this on my beater car!
Well.... it's not "self leveling" as much as it would be "self dicipating/smoothing". Like... High points eventually just spread out into the overall spread of the material. Not a dumb question. If you don't know you don't know.
In one of your videos you mentioned alcohol to clean, but what type of alcohol? Also, you mean cleaning with it after done sanding the entire body before painting?
Came out good a thousand percent better. You could have tipped it as a call it with a brush after rolling it. And you can also add a little bit more hardener into it and a bit of floods paint additive which helps get rid of brush and roller marks. Cheers Graham
Honestly, just for the sake of trying it out. This stuff is supposed to go right over Rusty metal and neutralize the metal and solve the problem. So I figured it would be worth giving it a try since the worst case scenario would be having to sand a panel and repaint it with primer. If you go to the shorter version of this video, there’s like 3000 comments and we talk a lot about all the different aspects of this job. I did mention that I would probably opt for primer as opposed to not using it just because it’s good insurance. Thanks for catching!
I feel like if you did a higher concentration of mineral spirits it would be a much much smoother finish even though you'll have to do many more coats. I don't know if that's true that's just kind of how it feels. I might try that
Bush radical paint ford escort wagon 350k miles . I dont think i ever do that i prime and spray it . For a Rusty turd its now shinny one less eye sore . I did 600 subaru it came out like rino guard with sprayer . Now everyone doing that as kit spray job 😂
I love bush radical. I thought he had an old Subaru GL wagon. Either way, that video of the dear coming through his windshield was a gnarly great episode.
Good video. I've wanted to try this Rust-Oleum paint trick on my girlfriend's semi-rust bucket horse trailer. I'm only going to be able to do a few square feet at a time but I'm hoping it doesn't end up looking patchwork. Maybe once I've gone over the whole thing patchwork with one coat I can come back and put an even second or third on there. Maybe I missed something but what was the reason for choosing the tractor paint from Rustoleum over another Rust-Oleum product?
Just the fact that it’s supposedly a more durable enamel that will hold up to harsher usage and conditions! Honestly you should be able to do a horse trailer in a day! Just get rolling! Maybe hit some of the rustier parts with Rustoleum rust neutralizer. But dude… it rolls on super fast!
Considering that some guys paint their whole 4WD in trunk-bed liner, your van will look fine. One coworker painted an old Jeep with rattle spray cans, but actually adds up in cost, plus a whole lot of shaking and a sore finger (use a trigger handle). From a distance that van looks shiny and new. You have to get up close to see the ripples and such trolls are easy to ignore. As you say, a big advantage of solid color, no clearcoat is that future repairs are easy. I'm repainting our 1996 Plymouth Voyager mostly for free (left-over paint). The clear coat was failing, which is typical for sunny CA Central Valley, but the primer and basecoat is still well-bonded. To date I painted the roof white, using the roll & tip method as on boats. Did that before on our camping trailer, which came out smooth and looked great. I used a hard foam roller, followed close behind with a foam brush wipe to pop bubbles and paint corners. I used single stage polyurethane Interlux Brightsides white, left-over from the trailer, after their polyurethane Pre-Kote. I was surprised that after sanding, the failed clearcoat became smooth and what is left seems well-bonded, so hopefully it won't lift to shed the new paint. For the rest of the van, I'll use 1-part polyurethane automotive paint (add reducer and hardener) and spray it, in a carport booth from hung tarps. I have 3/4 gal left-over from painting our 1985 M-B. It is a light grey w/ slight blue, a currently popular color. I think will look modern with the white roof and changed to black hubcaps (only $20 Amazon rebox). To get perfectly smooth, you must wet-sand w/ 1000 to dull then buff w/ several grades of compound to perfectly shiny.
Great comment! I appreciate you adding your experience to the discussion! I was tempted to wet sand down to the 1000 grit but ultimately I think I'm gonna leave "well enough" alone on this one and count my blessings knowing it's tractor paint tough and the same color agains for the first time in almost 8 years! Thanks for watching. I'll check out some of your content as well!
Daves video is what got the algorithm to bring up your video here.. I was going to spray my subie, but I’ll probably roll it out.. not sure how much prep I might give it… it’s a $2,000 car.. nearly 200k on it.. Mainly the hood has gone bad.. I could do just the hood, but then it won’t match.. even going black with black.. The factory paint will definitely be different and shinier. Thanks for posting out of this video!
it's certainly better one can see bleeding where the paint wasn't feathered out properly like swelling but its an improvement the more i see of Rustoluem the more i like it that paints here in Australia too well done with what you had to use
I’ve actually done that. I even replaced the entire pump recently and it’s still screaming so I think it’s a leaky seal at the actual rack causing air bubbles at this point.
Maybe!!!! Who knows. I will do an update video soon. I’ve got a lot planned. I’ll want to address a lot of comments as well. So much good conversation on this.
Worked for our situation. We have been happy with it. Seen a dude do a bus too. Turned out great. When in doubt, you could always spray it with HVLP if you wanna go through all that mess. With an RV you have way more surface area so it might be worth it. Or.... you can go the ol' Wagner Paint Sprayer route.
I like these results. I have to do my hood and roof, and I would be more than happy if I can get this result without paying 2 to 3 grand. And you didn't use primer right? I had to jump around to save time but didn't see any parts on primer.
We didn't use primer. But honestly, I'd go the extra mile. Hit it with spray primer, light sand on the primer, and roll away. Primer is NEVER a bad decision. I regret not using primer for this project, but it's also an experiment to see just how well this paint holds up. It has been great so far, and it's easy to touch up if you had to because you don't need to take it to a professional body work place or whip out expensive paint equipment.
@@thejoyoffixing Okay I greatly appreciate your input. Primer it is, because I already experimented with spray paint and no primer (and failed) but I live in an apartment so I was paranoid being seen spray painting on the street. I had really rushed it. The roll on looks more controlled, I can take my time and I won't get any funny looks. Plus I've liked peoples results. Thx again for your example and input.
Look for my one year follow up video that I posted just a few months ago. It answers a few of these questions. In some situations you might want to prime in other situations you don’t need to.
Still looks as good as when we did it. I'd probably advise spray primer and light sanding before applying to any bare metal, but we have has absolutely no problem.
I actually did try the tipping technique but I didn't include it in the video. I was not using a lot of thinner and was putting it on pretty thick, as you would on a piece of farm equipment. Running the brush only left very obvious drags though what was otherwise eventually a very minimal orange peel. Because this paint is an auto-leveling epoxy the end result was very minimal orange peel. We expected there to be a bit of "texture" to the finished product, but as you can see... we were just glad to get this thing all the same color again and stop the rust. HOWEVER, I will be painting more stuff in the future and perhaps I'll try a more thinned mixture of paint which would lend itself better to the tipping and try my hand at it again. It seems like it could yield very nice results, if you're mixing correctly and looking for that much smoother finish.
@@thejoyoffixing make your tipping much thinner for the brush, say 50/50. And your roller same as before. This is how the old coach painters did it, many years ago. Good luck.
@@royogle6647 On my next paint project that requires a smooth finish I'll definitely check it out! Thanks! This one just didn't matter as much. However, I have an older subaru that.... might just need some freshening up! lol
You do, brother. This was my first time doing this. Go to my 1 year follow up video and learn a few more details this video didn’t cover. Give it a try!
It looks great. (I'm a Honda fan and was disappointed with how that Honda paint peeled.) I see it has been a year since you did the paint job, how did it stand up? Did it peel again??
This reminds me of the late 1970s when I had an old beater...a 1967 Chevy pickup and painted it several times with Rustoleum with foam brushes. (It didn't come out half bad.) I had painted it so many times and colors, friends nicknamed the truck "the horse of a different color" 🙂
That paint was amazing and so durable. It is like you painted the whole car with "Rhino liner" it resisted scratches so well. (After a little body work, the T100 should be the next paint job....maybe in a satin or flat khaki color. :-)) Thanks for the update.
Oooh khaki t100. I hadn’t even considered that. I’ve always wanted a black one. And the paint is in mostly good condition but I thought about painting everything down low with the tractor paint kind of like rhino guard. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with it yet.
Not hitting the iceberg would have kept the titanic afloat. Hindsight, right? I'm the 3rd owner of this vehicle. Paint was beyond gone before I owned it.
Looks like you guys didn’t take care of the paint. If you would’ve washed it and waxed it often I bet it wouldn’t have peeled like that. But good job on the roll paint job none the less 👍
Automatic car washes ruon paint I watched as my mother took her new car a Subaru to the car wash each week. Religiously she bought a lifetime car wash membership . It took 3 years for the cleatrcot to fail on top hood trunk lid also the corners where the tops met the sides . Where the top brushes on the carwash met the paint . The clear bra appears to really protect the paint by not allowing the paint to chip and thus saved the entire hoof on another car the bra was severely cracked but no clear coat was lost until the roof at the windshield back . Brushless only car washes seem to extend the life of the paint .
For the power steering pump put some marvel mystery oil in the pump. Use a dollar tree turkey baster to take some oil out every once in a while and put more MMO in it.
Thanks 👍 It's really a huge improvement and after many months of winter weather and highway driving it's still in awesome shape. Really happy with the result
I’ve seen plenty of cars that have the DIY paint jobs which look awful. Your car came out fantastic though! It’s great to see this type of result is achievable and I appreciate how detailed your video was. My SO has a Honda and I’ve come to learn that they are great cars with terrible paint. We aren’t quite at the level of deterioration you all had to deal with, but it’s nice to know there’s a way of fixing it if it gets to that point.
Thanks so much! Yes… some Hondas have truly awful paint. It was great to find a decent cost effective solution. Glad you enjoyed all the details of the video!
It all comes down to sanding and polishing the paint if you want it to look show-car shiny and flat. Factory cars are shiny, but often have orange peel. They couldn't afford the cost of sanding the paint flat then buffing with compound and polishing. All most factories do is have techs make quick removal of nibs with a tiny buffer as it passes out of the paint station. Except high-end models (Bentley, Bugatti) which finish the paint like a detail shop. If you lay your paint down thick enough, you have plenty to sand flat, if you have the time. Easiest with a single color, no clear-coat. Think of the paint like a plastic, say a headlamp housing.
It stuck very well. Make sure you’re working with warm metal and warm paint. Read the heck outta this comments section and the replies. There’s tons of good advice. Take 30 minutes and thoroughly read through before starting.
I used to roll a lot of my cars when I was younger. Used to thin the paint with kerosene since was cheaper than what you used. I also used the 9 inch rollers and brushed the hard to reach spots first. With the kero I always had a nice smooth finish. Have one car sitting at the farm that was painted 30 years ago like that and still looks ok. That one was the oxide primer. Also I used to like to do it in a tone. Like that blue you had with a gray.
These newer cars have so many contours it’s hard to use the 9” rollers. Believe me I tried. Older cars that were flatter would be awesome with a bigger roller.
What ratio of kerosene to paint did you use?
@@AwesomeProjects20 It was not very much just enough to make it thin. Problay with the quart can a couple ounces. Sorry I never measure anything. I know the one car I did 30 yrs ago with the rusty metal primer it is still on there. That car is always outside. Just make it thin enough you do not see roller marks.
@@mrj-charles6383 got it. Thanks!
All the older cars till mid 80's used to be enamel painted. I had a beautiful cream color spray enamel painted and baked on in 70.s for a 1970 Chrysler Newport Custom, and that paint lasted for couple decades. I didn't keep it that long, but saw it again years after I'd sold it, and it still looked great.
Everything now is as cheap as they can get away with, or so regulated its inferior
My grandpa used to pick up old cars for hardly nothing and brush paint them and sell them for ten times more than he paid.
My Grandpa used to tell me a story about a neighbor that had a pink house. She would paint her Lincoln Continental with the same paint every spring. He said it was clearly the wrong paint but she loved doing it. Haha. She said it was her "home made MaryKay Cadillac".
Honestly, your grandpa was smart. You can buy a cheap car and paint it and detail it and flip it pretty fast.
Thanks for the comment!
Home depot also sells outdoor metal paint. It is called "Urathane Alkyd Enamel" by Behr.... Same concept as Rust-Oleum to be used for outdoor- high traffic-varying temperature - metal surfaces. Dry time is less than 40 minutes and rock solid & durable. In my humble opinion, Rust-Oleum is oil based for better coverage but remains soft and takes an eternity to dry in humid climates such a summer in Florida. Just wanted to add my 2 cents if experience to expand your horizon.
I always appreciate perspective from other people who actually have done similar projects. That's what this channel is about. Not just videos or my experiences but ALL of our experiences and sharing knowledge.
I appreciate you adding to the conversation.
Great video. I’m planning on doing my truck with a roller. Saw a video of a guy who roller painted a 65 corvette, wet sanded and polished it. Looked like a professional spray job. Most of us don’t have access to spray guns and large shops. Roller paint jobs are the most convenient diy paint job which can have great results.
Thanks for watching. Appreciate the comments too! I advise primer where you’re at raw metal. Good luck!
Great job. I'm glad you mentioned your disability. I have similar issues and like you I keep doing my thing. It's hard facing you can't do things like you could when you were younger. I'm 57. Currently tin roofing my house 😆
Big Shoutout to @bushradical for confirming that this type of project doesn't need overthinking. KEEP IT SIMPLE, Y'ALL. Perfection is the enemy of Good Enough!
Great work! James might have not enjoyed the late work and lots of hours put into this but he would cherish these memories later in life. One of my best memories with my dad were from doing a complete overhaul of the family car back in the 80s. Taking the engine out, body rust patching, prep work and painting, etc. Putting the hours in any kind of hard work brings great satisfaction when the project is done. Thank you for this video!
Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah, James is isn’t at the age where he’s happy about the work, even if it directly benefited him. But… some say he will realize he learned something and think fondly on it.
How much paint did you use of the two gallons mixed? Thx
Under a gallon
Ford and other car makers rolled the paint on then used brushes to tip the wet paint and smooth it out . Before spray painting began.
Back when cats had a thick coat of factory paint
Holy smoke that is the same color of my Honda van!!! Yep paint peels!!!
They don’t make em like they used to.
Thanks for posting this on Reddit. I actually bought some tractor paint to run this over a van project of mine. So I’m glad you had a good experience.
That’s awesome! Good luck! And good job trying to do it yourself! It’s a fun project.
I’ve had really good luck with an additive called penetrol it helps level out the paint when rolling.
Next car I’ll be going for smooth. Penetrol is on the shopping list for sure.
Homedepot sells it
LOOKS DAMNED FINE TO ME GUYS!! THAT BE PLENTY GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME AND MINE FOR SURE!! I DONT NEED NO 5000 PAINT JOB!!! NOR COULD I EVER EVER AFFORD ONE!! MUCH BETTER THINGS TO SOEND THAT MONEY ON!!!
AS LONG AS U HAVE SOME UNIFIED PAINT AND NOT MULTI COLOR RUST BUCKET LIKE I DO!!?? I MEAN MAN OH MAN I GET SOME LOOKS AND SOME MAJOR BAD TX DUE TO THE WAY MY TRUCK LOOKS!! FOLKS TAKE ONE LOOK AT IT AND THE JUDGEMENT POORS OUT!!!😢😢😢😮😮😮
AND I HAVE A TC BLD ON MY OLD TRUCK RT NOW AND IT'S MAKING SHIT STAND OUT MORE!! I GOT MULTI COLOR AND A TON OF RUST AND SICK OF THE LOOK!! I AM DISABLED 60 AND ON A POVERTY LEVEL FIXED INCOME!! SO I GOTTA DO A BUDGET PAINT JOB!!!
I PLAN ON TRYING TO GET THE SURFACE CONDITIONING TOOL BY BAUER!? AND KNOCKING IT DN TO METAL WITH IT THEN ROLLING ON SOME TRACTOR PAINT OR CAR PAINT OR SOME DECENT PAINT OF SOME KIND!? AND ENJOYING THE FINISHED PRODUCT AND MOVING ON!!😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
Go for it!!!!
Henry Ford originally brush painted and then sanded the cars on the assembly line
This is true. A brush finish is great looking
Not bad. You should have used some catalyst hardener. This would have made the paint tougher and given you a better shine. I think rust oleum is pretty good paint for the price.
Yeah for the price it’s great. And I really didn’t want to use the hardener. I just wanted to straight out of bucket option, which made easy to do retouching right out of the bucket. Honestly, that stuff was so tough. I was able to scratch it with a nail a year later and not even really damage it.
Also, would love to see like a 6-month short follow-up on how the paint's doing.
I will absolutely do that! We were planning on updates maybe every 3 months.
@@thejoyoffixing that video up?
@@MainStreet-zk4cq nope not up yet. Gonna wait a little longer.
How's that paint holding up❤
Please let us know
Thanks for the video brother. Appreciated how in-depth you went, and all the bookmarks in the video. Can tell you put a lot of effort into the video. Definitely doing this on my beater car!
Glad it was helpful!
Rustoleum is highly underrated. And there are a lot of classic cars that have all but the outer shell done in this paint and it lasts a long time.
There's a video somewhere, not with a very good documentation of the process, of a guy painting an old Mercury and it turned out awesome
People don't even realize that many old cars are repainted with roller, because the cars looks so awesome.
When using paint stripper,you should apply a sheet of plastic on top of the chemical for extra saturation.
I know that…. And have no idea why I completely forgot that when I was doing this project. You are not wrong!
Looks really good. Now a day in my area the base price for paint job starts from 10 K . Believe or not , they all think they are Micheal Angelo !!!!
That sounds about right. Pretty crazy
Dumb question. How does the "self leveling " act on vertical surface?
Well.... it's not "self leveling" as much as it would be "self dicipating/smoothing". Like... High points eventually just spread out into the overall spread of the material. Not a dumb question. If you don't know you don't know.
Wow this van looks very good after you painted it
Thank you
In one of your videos you mentioned alcohol to clean, but what type of alcohol? Also, you mean cleaning with it after done sanding the entire body before painting?
Correct. Just rubbing alcohol.
@thejoyoffixing Thank You so much, btw cleaning with the alcohol directly from the bottle or should I mixed it with water?
Straight from the bottle is fine
Great work but you could choose better colour.
Naw it was just right!
Came out good a thousand percent better. You could have tipped it as a call it with a brush after rolling it. And you can also add a little bit more hardener into it and a bit of floods paint additive which helps get rid of brush and roller marks. Cheers Graham
I think the bugs are attracted to the smell of the paint.
There were so many it’s amazing there weren’t dozens in the paint.
Why no primer?
Honestly, just for the sake of trying it out. This stuff is supposed to go right over Rusty metal and neutralize the metal and solve the problem. So I figured it would be worth giving it a try since the worst case scenario would be having to sand a panel and repaint it with primer.
If you go to the shorter version of this video, there’s like 3000 comments and we talk a lot about all the different aspects of this job. I did mention that I would probably opt for primer as opposed to not using it just because it’s good insurance.
Thanks for catching!
Compared to what it was, it now looks absolutely great, soooo much better than before.
Thank you!
nice test pieces, and the car turn out great using a roller.
Thank you very much!
I feel like if you did a higher concentration of mineral spirits it would be a much much smoother finish even though you'll have to do many more coats. I don't know if that's true that's just kind of how it feels. I might try that
Go to my 1 year follow up video and we discuss how to get a smoother finish.
How many gallons of Blue did it take start to finish?
Half a Gallon.
looks awesome
Thank you
WOW!! How has it held up?
It held up great until my kid wrecked it a year later. There’s a 1 year follow up video on my channel
Awesome job
Thanks
I did my frame on my lifted up f150 in the gloss black right out of the gallon an that was like 2 yrs agao an still looks like the day i did it
It’s tough stuff! Cleans off great too
Can you use the MAGIC CATALYST HARDNER with the Farm Rustoleum for quicker drying ?
I’m actually not sure
Is it perfect factory fresh No! Is it an improvement over. The peeling rusty mess it was? YES! WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER👍👍👌👏
THIS GUYS GETS IT!
awesome job
Thanks!
Great job. It looks awesome, and it's definitely an overall improvement. Also, I hope that you're doing better health wise 😊👍
Thank you. I’m on a very slow journey to recovery but it’s painfully slow progress with no guarantees. Keeping my head up!
Fellow Tennessean here, the Van turned out great!
Thanks, Tennessee brother!
Bush radical paint ford escort wagon 350k miles . I dont think i ever do that i prime and spray it . For a Rusty turd its now shinny one less eye sore .
I did 600 subaru it came out like rino guard with sprayer . Now everyone doing that as kit spray job 😂
I love bush radical. I thought he had an old Subaru GL wagon. Either way, that video of the dear coming through his windshield was a gnarly great episode.
The fact that u rolled the paint on the is great 😅
It turn out nice man
Thanks! It did turn out pretty good
amazing paint for only use a roller !
Thank you! Cheers!
Excellent job... Perfect example of real life.
I appreciate that. I'm trying to be very honest and authentic with my videos and I hope that's valuable to the people who view them.
Why didnt you mix some black into that blue to darken it up to get it closer to the original color so the jambs will match😊
I was going to but the color I mixed seemed fun. I liked it a lot and went with it. Typically I’d want to match it but…. It was fine.
Good video. I've wanted to try this Rust-Oleum paint trick on my girlfriend's semi-rust bucket horse trailer. I'm only going to be able to do a few square feet at a time but I'm hoping it doesn't end up looking patchwork. Maybe once I've gone over the whole thing patchwork with one coat I can come back and put an even second or third on there.
Maybe I missed something but what was the reason for choosing the tractor paint from Rustoleum over another Rust-Oleum product?
Just the fact that it’s supposedly a more durable enamel that will hold up to harsher usage and conditions! Honestly you should be able to do a horse trailer in a day! Just get rolling! Maybe hit some of the rustier parts with Rustoleum rust neutralizer. But dude… it rolls on super fast!
Considering that some guys paint their whole 4WD in trunk-bed liner, your van will look fine. One coworker painted an old Jeep with rattle spray cans, but actually adds up in cost, plus a whole lot of shaking and a sore finger (use a trigger handle). From a distance that van looks shiny and new. You have to get up close to see the ripples and such trolls are easy to ignore. As you say, a big advantage of solid color, no clearcoat is that future repairs are easy.
I'm repainting our 1996 Plymouth Voyager mostly for free (left-over paint). The clear coat was failing, which is typical for sunny CA Central Valley, but the primer and basecoat is still well-bonded. To date I painted the roof white, using the roll & tip method as on boats. Did that before on our camping trailer, which came out smooth and looked great. I used a hard foam roller, followed close behind with a foam brush wipe to pop bubbles and paint corners. I used single stage polyurethane Interlux Brightsides white, left-over from the trailer, after their polyurethane Pre-Kote. I was surprised that after sanding, the failed clearcoat became smooth and what is left seems well-bonded, so hopefully it won't lift to shed the new paint. For the rest of the van, I'll use 1-part polyurethane automotive paint (add reducer and hardener) and spray it, in a carport booth from hung tarps. I have 3/4 gal left-over from painting our 1985 M-B. It is a light grey w/ slight blue, a currently popular color. I think will look modern with the white roof and changed to black hubcaps (only $20 Amazon rebox). To get perfectly smooth, you must wet-sand w/ 1000 to dull then buff w/ several grades of compound to perfectly shiny.
Great comment! I appreciate you adding your experience to the discussion!
I was tempted to wet sand down to the 1000 grit but ultimately I think I'm gonna leave "well enough" alone on this one and count my blessings knowing it's tractor paint tough and the same color agains for the first time in almost 8 years!
Thanks for watching. I'll check out some of your content as well!
awesome stuff. watching a bunch of videos and getting ready for my own paint job.
Right on! Watch my 1 year follow up video. Learn about “roll and tip”
After a year. How's the paint holding up?
I posted a 1 year follow up video. Go check it out!
Daves video is what got the algorithm to bring up your video here..
I was going to spray my subie, but I’ll probably roll it out.. not sure how much prep I might give it… it’s a $2,000 car.. nearly 200k on it..
Mainly the hood has gone bad..
I could do just the hood, but then it won’t match.. even going black with black.. The factory paint will definitely be different and shinier.
Thanks for posting out of this video!
Watch the 1 year follow up! Learn “brush and tip”. Good luck.
@@thejoyoffixing thanks!
it's certainly better one can see bleeding where the paint wasn't feathered out properly like swelling but its an improvement the more i see of Rustoluem the more i like it that paints here in Australia too well done with what you had to use
Just making it work! You know how it goes. Thanks for dropping by!
Get some lucas power steering fluid . Works wonders on noisy pumps
I’ve actually done that. I even replaced the entire pump recently and it’s still screaming so I think it’s a leaky seal at the actual rack causing air bubbles at this point.
I did it without mixing because I had no idea… but!! I’ll be mixing it if do it again
Knowing is half the battle
An update would be awesome. TH-cam put your short video in my feed. Perhaps your channel is about to take off!
Maybe!!!! Who knows. I will do an update video soon. I’ve got a lot planned. I’ll want to address a lot of comments as well. So much good conversation on this.
Update posted
I think penetrol would help improve the finish. I am thinking of painting my RV and todavia I am not convinced if the roller paint is a good option.
Worked for our situation. We have been happy with it. Seen a dude do a bus too. Turned out great.
When in doubt, you could always spray it with HVLP if you wanna go through all that mess. With an RV you have way more surface area so it might be worth it. Or.... you can go the ol' Wagner Paint Sprayer route.
penetrol?
I wonder what acetone would do to the clear bra, if it don't evaporate too fast.
It didn’t do anything, shockingly. Thing was tough.
I like these results. I have to do my hood and roof, and I would be more than happy if I can get this result without paying 2 to 3 grand. And you didn't use primer right? I had to jump around to save time but didn't see any parts on primer.
We didn't use primer. But honestly, I'd go the extra mile. Hit it with spray primer, light sand on the primer, and roll away. Primer is NEVER a bad decision. I regret not using primer for this project, but it's also an experiment to see just how well this paint holds up. It has been great so far, and it's easy to touch up if you had to because you don't need to take it to a professional body work place or whip out expensive paint equipment.
@@thejoyoffixing Okay I greatly appreciate your input. Primer it is, because I already experimented with spray paint and no primer (and failed) but I live in an apartment so I was paranoid being seen spray painting on the street. I had really rushed it. The roll on looks more controlled, I can take my time and I won't get any funny looks. Plus I've liked peoples results. Thx again for your example and input.
So is it not necessary too prime the metal?
Look for my one year follow up video that I posted just a few months ago. It answers a few of these questions. In some situations you might want to prime in other situations you don’t need to.
Do a video on doing the headlights. Please…😉
I just might.
How's it holding up? I talked to a guy that did this. He said the sun faded it bad, pretty quick.
Still looks as good as when we did it. I'd probably advise spray primer and light sanding before applying to any bare metal, but we have has absolutely no problem.
Just posted a 1 year update!
Why tractor paint, and not just enamel ??
Because this video was about trying out tractor paint. Also this is enamel based paint. Thank you.
Great job. although you should check out roll and tipping, would have given you a much better finish. much less orange peel.
I actually did try the tipping technique but I didn't include it in the video.
I was not using a lot of thinner and was putting it on pretty thick, as you would on a piece of farm equipment. Running the brush only left very obvious drags though what was otherwise eventually a very minimal orange peel. Because this paint is an auto-leveling epoxy the end result was very minimal orange peel.
We expected there to be a bit of "texture" to the finished product, but as you can see... we were just glad to get this thing all the same color again and stop the rust.
HOWEVER, I will be painting more stuff in the future and perhaps I'll try a more thinned mixture of paint which would lend itself better to the tipping and try my hand at it again. It seems like it could yield very nice results, if you're mixing correctly and looking for that much smoother finish.
@@thejoyoffixing make your tipping much thinner for the brush, say 50/50. And your roller same as before. This is how the old coach painters did it, many years ago. Good luck.
@@royogle6647 On my next paint project that requires a smooth finish I'll definitely check it out! Thanks! This one just didn't matter as much. However, I have an older subaru that.... might just need some freshening up! lol
Looks really good!
Thanks!
Good training video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy better guys
Thank you!
How is it now if you still have the van
I’m gonna do an update. Van just got totaled but the paint took it like a champ!
Update just posted
Good job 😊
I wish I had a talent like yours
You do, brother. This was my first time doing this. Go to my 1 year follow up video and learn a few more details this video didn’t cover. Give it a try!
@@thejoyoffixing Thank you for the tip , bro. Happy new year to you and your family ^ ^
What's the difference between Farm & implement and Farm Equipment paint? Thanks if you can help
I’m not totally sure
It looks great. (I'm a Honda fan and was disappointed with how that Honda paint peeled.) I see it has been a year since you did the paint job, how did it stand up? Did it peel again??
This reminds me of the late 1970s when I had an old beater...a 1967 Chevy pickup and painted it several times with Rustoleum with foam brushes. (It didn't come out half bad.) I had painted it so many times and colors, friends nicknamed the truck "the horse of a different color" 🙂
There’s a 1 year follow up video posted. Check that one out.
@@thejoyoffixing Will do...thanks.
That paint was amazing and so durable. It is like you painted the whole car with "Rhino liner" it resisted scratches so well. (After a little body work, the T100 should be the next paint job....maybe in a satin or flat khaki color. :-)) Thanks for the update.
Oooh khaki t100. I hadn’t even considered that. I’ve always wanted a black one. And the paint is in mostly good condition but I thought about painting everything down low with the tractor paint kind of like rhino guard. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with it yet.
awesome video
Glad you enjoyed it. The long one was a lot of work!
Regular waxing would have kept the paint from oxidizing.
Not hitting the iceberg would have kept the titanic afloat.
Hindsight, right? I'm the 3rd owner of this vehicle. Paint was beyond gone before I owned it.
I appreciate the video.
Thank you very much! I hope it was helpful! Thanks for being here.
Looks like you guys didn’t take care of the paint. If you would’ve washed it and waxed it often I bet it wouldn’t have peeled like that. But good job on the roll paint job none the less 👍
We kinda got it like this. It was already bad enough that it was past waxing it or reconditioning so we just let it be for a few years
@@thejoyoffixing oh word
How wide the roller tube, and how deep the "nap" on it?
Watch the tools and supplies video on my channel. It’ll tell you everything
will do, @@thejoyoffixing
Good luck
It's looking like you might know that you did a good job at painting the ride your depending on okay thanks Charles Williams
Thanks 👍
Automatic car washes ruon paint I watched as my mother took her new car a Subaru to the car wash each week. Religiously she bought a lifetime car wash membership . It took 3 years for the cleatrcot to fail on top hood trunk lid also the corners where the tops met the sides . Where the top brushes on the carwash met the paint .
The clear bra appears to really protect the paint by not allowing the paint to chip and thus saved the entire hoof on another car the bra was severely cracked but no clear coat was lost until the roof at the windshield back . Brushless only car washes seem to extend the life of the paint .
Couldn’t agree more.
MUriatic acid will eat that rust off. It's actually hydrochloric acid.
Absolutely
It looks great.
Thanks man! It's holding up great too!
Absolutely marvelous video. I plan to follow your lead and paint my 2002 Sienna.
Use primer on bare metal. That’s the only tip I should have put in the video
Good stuff. Awesome video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it
Awesome job. The van looks great!
Thanks!
For the power steering pump put some marvel mystery oil in the pump. Use a dollar tree turkey baster to take some oil out every once in a while and put more MMO in it.
It had a hidden crack under a hose clamp on the bottom side of a hose. It was pulling in air. Hose replaced. It’s silent again.
@@thejoyoffixing That is the best kind of problem to have, fix it with a new hose and hose clamp.
It's definitely a derby van now
Haha
That turned out awesome dude. looks great for and old van.
Thanks 👍 It's really a huge improvement and after many months of winter weather and highway driving it's still in awesome shape. Really happy with the result
42:00----- truck looks perfect
Thanks, my man! I appreciate it!
Thank you keep up the good job
Thanks!
Good job and God bless you too.
Thank you so much! 😊
I’ve seen plenty of cars that have the DIY paint jobs which look awful. Your car came out fantastic though! It’s great to see this type of result is achievable and I appreciate how detailed your video was.
My SO has a Honda and I’ve come to learn that they are great cars with terrible paint. We aren’t quite at the level of deterioration you all had to deal with, but it’s nice to know there’s a way of fixing it if it gets to that point.
Thanks so much! Yes… some Hondas have truly awful paint. It was great to find a decent cost effective solution. Glad you enjoyed all the details of the video!
It all comes down to sanding and polishing the paint if you want it to look show-car shiny and flat. Factory cars are shiny, but often have orange peel. They couldn't afford the cost of sanding the paint flat then buffing with compound and polishing. All most factories do is have techs make quick removal of nibs with a tiny buffer as it passes out of the paint station. Except high-end models (Bentley, Bugatti) which finish the paint like a detail shop. If you lay your paint down thick enough, you have plenty to sand flat, if you have the time. Easiest with a single color, no clear-coat. Think of the paint like a plastic, say a headlamp housing.
It’s not difficult to record 30 seconds of video of what it’s current status is and post it.
I spent an hour today recording an update and the software corrupted it. I’m trying to get one out in the next few days. Been very sick.
@@thejoyoffixing bummer get well soon. Has that paint stuck well ? Looking to paint my 96 suburban with white tractor paint
It stuck very well. Make sure you’re working with warm metal and warm paint. Read the heck outta this comments section and the replies. There’s tons of good advice. Take 30 minutes and thoroughly read through before starting.
@@thejoyoffixingthanks for this info and the feedback
No prob. Thanks for subscribing and joining our little family here. 🙂