Rustoleum Paint Day 3

Well, it is day three and here is coat number three. This coat was painted on after sanding with 400 grit and tack-clothing the dust away. So far I have used roughly 4 oz of paint on the dash.

And a good looking dash it is! Are your gauges and switches going to fit ?
RS

As I have applied paint I have made sure to keep the openings clean.

Geez that's pretty. I've got my eye on this, and the original thread.

Bob

I think it looks fabulous. Overall, I'm pretty impressed with the quality of name brand rattle can paints nowadays. I've done a number of smaller projects with rattle cans that have looked almost professionally done.

Nice but that is a $43 sheet of birch plywood you are trashing.

Pakfan Wrote:

Very nice. So you're brushing it on?

My roof is Rust-Oleum rattle. It's been over a year and it still looks like the day I painted it. Parked either outside or in a carport. I'm tempted to paint the rest of the car with it.

I keep a coat of Turtle Wax Ice synthetic wax on it. Maybe that's the secret.

Is the car going to be the same green color?

Good observation Shad. I build a lot of furniture in my spare time and that piece was within arm's reach. It is the remains of a 4 X 8 sheet from my last Entertainment Center project that required a 2 X 6 panel. Working at Lowe's pays off when a badly warped piece shows up. Besides, the other side is the "surfaced" side. Worse case scenario, I sand and/or paint the back-side. Perhaps I'll incorporate it into my car... speaker box, center console or maybe...

Julian, not sure if you are aware that this is not a rattle-can job. It is a "roll-on out of a gallon can" job. None the less, I agree with you and the rattle-can statement. My calipers are rattle-can caliper painted and they look great.

Hey Rob,
Yes, the car is going to be the same as the dash with YOUR Union Jack on the roof. I LOVE that roof!!! I can't wait to see it against my green.

I just noticed now that I have painted the green color I believe that I need to re-paint my calipers so it doesn't look like Christmas.

Looks great, love the color. The only problem I see is that no way I would have enough patience to paint a whole car that way.

I feel the same way Ryan which is why I said earlier that I had to learn to pace myself on this one. I LOVE instant gratification but I am not going to get that here. Fortunately, my schedule doesn't allow for much time to spend on the car so I have to do things in stages and this fits right in. I can roll a coat on the part and leave it until tomorrow or the next day. When that day comes, sand it a little and roll on another coat. It also helps the car project to fit into my budget by not being ready for a load of parts all at once. I'm diggin' it, so is the wife. Besides, I just like working with the stuff. Attached is a picture of a Grand Opening sign I made for my store's Grand Opening back in December. I'm sure those colors will outlast the employee's names on the board.

Disney Wrote:

Dash.
Why didn't you just do it the wrinkle finish they came out as?
That original finish looks good to me and it only takes a couple of coats at the right temperature to get right.

Paul ;-)

I wonder how that light machine gray rustoleum has would look ?? Any idea where I could find a picture of something painted with it, or is buying a small can and spreading it around the best bet?

I watched the utube videos about the guy painting the motorcycle tank and it was pretty good but I think he left too much orange peel on the tank. Then I found the article in Hot Rod about painting the Falcon. It looked a lot better and they did say it was a lot of work to get it to look good. http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/body/hrdp_0707_1962_ford_falcon_budget_paint_job/index.html I too am wondering how the Gray color in Rustoleum wood look on a GT. I still have body work to do on it and I have a hundred other projects going but I may give this a try. I like the fact that you don't have to have specialized equipment and if it takes days/weeks/months between coats it is ok. I am not looking for perfect shine, it is definitely not a show car.

Paul,
As you said, every 67 and earlier came with the wrinkled dash... EXACTLY why I did what I did. I'm not about doing what everybody else does.

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Ummmmm! Scott! You are in SO much trouble.
Go sit in the truck and think about what you did! :)