tcufrogz76 Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I notice "TeamNissan" has gotten unusually quiet.. thanks Admin.. Im actually surprised how well you guys have gotten Rustoleum to look!!! Ive seen plenty of cars at shows with much worse for paint jobs... I only wish I knew about this back when I was in college!!! Keep up the good work and def. keep the progress pics coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TeamNissan Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Wow your just looking for a fight or what? I stated my point and then the post moved on, as it should. All john said was to keep it civil. I think until you get more then a way cool 9 posts under your belt you should pick better things to say. On another note I dont understand why I am catching so much heat for disagreeing. I said not once but TWO times that I thought it was a GOOD idea but should be taken as it is. You all going to cut people to peices every time they dissagree with you? Last I looked thats part of that a forum is........ I'll tell you what too ron, I'm sorry for this turning into some stupidness that is hijacking your thread. Had I known, I wouldnt have bothered. Hope to see this thread back on track....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vashonz Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I will be painting my Z using this method. I'm going with white, and possibly a black hood. I have mineral spirits and penethol to thin it with. Yesterday I found "D.O.I. Wet Look Acrylic Enamel Hardener An acrylic enamel hardener that gives complete paint jobs a high gloss and retains their Distinctiveness Of Image finish. It improves the coating's durability and makes it resistant to scratches, stone chips, cleaners and gasoline spills." It suggests mixing 1 quart of paint to 1 pint reducer to 1/4 pint hardener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjc5500 Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 I sprayed my extra door today. still drying. looks good. 18$ cant complain. used a 5/1 mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ledphoot Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I will be painting my Z using this method. I'm going with white, and possibly a black hood. I have mineral spirits and penethol to thin it with. Yesterday I found "D.O.I. Wet Look Acrylic Enamel Hardener An acrylic enamel hardener that gives complete paint jobs a high gloss and retains their Distinctiveness Of Image finish. It improves the coating's durability and makes it resistant to scratches, stone chips, cleaners and gasoline spills." It suggests mixing 1 quart of paint to 1 pint reducer to 1/4 pint hardener. NO NO NO!!! sorry..... but you cant start mixing automotive style additives in industrial paints. Industrial paint such as rustoleum is oil based enamel. Automotive Acrylics are not compatible... any additive for Acrylics cant be used... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo280zEd Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 so ugh.... does anybody have a complete car done in rustoleum wet sanded and buffed yet? I'm curious as to how long it stays dark and shiney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartman Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 so ugh.... does anybody have a complete car done in rustoleum wet sanded and buffed yet? I'm curious as to how long it stays dark and shiney.Get the latest issue of Hot Rod Magazine. They painted a whole car with it and wrote an article about the whole process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted May 21, 2007 Author Share Posted May 21, 2007 I say that if you are using any rustoleum on your car don't mix it with anything other than mineral spirits. Nismo280zed: Not yet on HBZ... Bartman: Thanks! I'll pick it up! Rustoleum is LEADED paint so I'm going to have to be careful stripping it back off. Probably some kind of stripping liquid... I'm not really going to do much more rustoleum except to cover up rusty parts... I'm going to be getting a real paint job in the next year or so (after new fenders are made). Looking at the Z32 pearl white or a similar pearl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpaw Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Didnt Big Phil paint his 280 black with Rustoleum? It's in one of his videos on Youtube. He said it looked good and from what i can tell on camera it worked out. There's and example maybe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted May 21, 2007 Author Share Posted May 21, 2007 Yes he did. He sprayed his rustoleum onto his car. He does have the problem of the black showing all of the billion of the little nitpicky defects... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Rustoleum is LEADED paint so I'm going to have to be careful stripping it back off. Probably some kind of stripping liquid... I recommend "Circa 1890" Paint stripper.. i think that's the year it says on the can. It's a vertical paint stripper, in that it can stick to surfaces because it's a gel. It's VERY good, but you have to do it properly. The best way is to buy about 4 cans of the stuff (it's not that expensive, maybe 10 bucks a can). and then pour it on in thick layers.. not toooooo thick, you don't wanna waste it all, and the thicker, the less it stays on the surface you're stripping. you'll know how to apply it when you see it. then you drape a garbage bag over it, and let it sit for 3 or 4 hours. then lift the garbage bag and it just falls off with a scraper. NOW.. just a little example of how strong this stuff is. (it's been around for a while).. A friend of mine when i was in the 7th grade, asked me to remove paint from a model car he owned that he had just painted, and covered with the cardboard box that it came in. His cat jumped on the box, and dust fell onto the wet paint, so he asked me to remove it for him, and i said "sure my dad has this stuff in the garage!" so i put it into a wooden tub, and put his model car in the same product... i still recall that day every tiem i smell it. I went downstairs to see the model car in the morning... and, well... it wasnt there =/ but the paint stripper just had these white plastic swirls in it =( Poor camaro. Also, i painted the underbody of a ae86 corolla with this stuff, just near the transmission tunnel/diff cavity, and after about 50 minutes, there was a bed sheet of paint that just hung down off the metal. i poked it with a screwdriver, and it just fell onto the floor and underneath was bare metal. REALLY good stuff (but wear a mask) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted May 21, 2007 Author Share Posted May 21, 2007 Careless: Thanks! That sounds like the stuff! I skimmed the article in Hot Rod magazine and they did a pretty good job with it. Just basically the stuff you would find in the HBZ threads or the moparts thread(s) condensed down into a 5-6 page article with all the nonsense taken out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallicar Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 FWIW, My Rustoleum Satin Black still looks great after 18 months and near 40,000 miles later! No chips, or scratches. I wish I could say that about the automotive enamel paint on the rest of the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted May 22, 2007 Author Share Posted May 22, 2007 Yes this rustoleum doesn't lose it's color like most paints do! That makes it really awesome! I just don't have the time now to paint the whole car with rustoleum and polish the thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TeamNissan Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 OTM I used "aircraft remover" to strip all the paint off my car last fall. If you can get your hands on that you should try it, best I have ever used. It too is also a jelly, in warm temps it literaly bubbles the second it makes contact with paint lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 I went to the store and looked at the article in HOT ROD where they talked about rustoleum painting the car. Definitely something to read over in the store or you can buy it if you have the extra money laying around...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TeamNissan Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 "extra money" ? whats this extra money you speak of ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy82zx Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 When i paint my zx it will probably be with the rustoleum gloss black, then i will do some true fire on top of that but one question. Is there a clear coat i can roll on?or should i just rattle can clear it or invest in a gun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted June 8, 2007 Author Share Posted June 8, 2007 I got out there with some of the meguiars 3 step polishing kit... Just a small section on the hood. This is honest to goodness RUSTOLEUM "professional" mixed with mineral spirits and polished the heck out of it... It's not perfect but DANG!!! I think I am going to strip the hood down to bare steel, fix my one little pimple of a dent and then paint the whole thing over bare metal. Jeremy82zx: You don't want to do a clearcoat... Once you do a clearcoat if it cips then you can't do much about it. If it chips you can always touch up this paint easily and then re-polish the chipped area. Just put a few coats of wax on the paint and that should help protect it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallicar Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 OTM, that is freaking amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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