CaptainJoe87 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) Hey guys, I was wondering how many rattle cans it took you to flat black your cars. I have a 280zx and I started the sanding, replacement of the headlight bucket, and small bits of bondo today. I am hoping to get the bondo sanded down tomorrow tape everything up and lay down the paint. So if anyone can give me an idea of how much paint to get I would appreciate the help. I am pretty confident in my spray can skills hahaha but if anyone has any tips, your knowledge is always welcome. Side note, It was cool to start doing this body work today. I was very surprised with some parts of the car that looked nasty but once I started sanding it was just whoever did the work before did a terrible job and didn't sand the bondo that they put on down smooth and stuff like that. I'm also happy I'm not paying anyone a ton of money to do this, just a friend some pizza and beer to have an extra set of hands around. Its not as hard as I thought it would be once I started doing the work. Tomorrow should be good I just hope it doesn't get windy around here when it comes time for paint. Between this paint job and the matte black XXR 527's that I'm planning on getting I think I will have a pretty sweet looking car, especially once I get it lowered. Slowly but surely moving in the right direction. Edited December 31, 2011 by CaptainJoe87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rome Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I cover my s30 in satin white, with about 9 cans cans. Figure about a can a panel. That shoule give you a rough estimate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluDestiny Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I did like 3 coats. Took about 15 cans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil_S30 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Took me about 9 cans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rome Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I also did about 3-4 coats, with one can on one panel. I used a Rustoleum. Came out pretty sweeet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJoe87 Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) Awesome thanks guys. Ill make sure to post some pictures when its all said and done. Unfortunately I think I got rid of the before pictures I had on my computer that showed the rust spots so I just have some old full pictures of my car. Edited December 31, 2011 by CaptainJoe87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJoe87 Posted January 1, 2012 Author Share Posted January 1, 2012 Done! Did it in about 5 cans, 2 coats on the whole car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rome Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Holy moly! thats a little bit! did you get good coverage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJoe87 Posted January 1, 2012 Author Share Posted January 1, 2012 (edited) Yea it came out nice. I have to touch up a couple spots where the bondo didn't get sanded down enough and repaint those parts but its all good. It got dark after my first coat so I touched up some little stuff this morning too. About $80 and 12-16 hours of work and this is what it looks like. Before And after Since my car was black to begin with that might be why it tool less coats. Again its not perfect but for the first time I've done any body work and any spray painting that wasn't on a wall or train, I'd say it came out pretty nice. Oh and by the way, the before picture was of the good side of the car hahahha the other fender did not match the rest of the paint and the headlight bucket was chipped something terrible. But the headlight bucket was replaced and everything is now the same color, even the paint chipped wiper arms. Edited January 1, 2012 by CaptainJoe87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluDestiny Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Yeah I should add that I used about 6 of my cans were a grey primer layer. I stripped it down to bare metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJoe87 Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 Did you clear coat afterwards or just the black? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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