Starting The $50 Paint Job...
UPDATE ON PAGE 5
Well, many of you have seen my poor Miata. Fading colors, having to buff/wax weekely to hold shine, so I decided to try the famous $50 roller paint job. I only have done the trunk, but so far so good.
Materials:
-Rustoleum paint (red)
-Foam roller
-Sand paper
-Mineral spirits
I started off with just the trunk to test/play with it. I sanded it down really well, and went to work. At first it took some time to get the right mixture of paint and thinner, but it worked out. Here are a couple of pics after ONE coat, so can't say it's bad yet.
I plan on wet sanding it, and adding one more coat. It had a orange peel type finish when wet, and worked itself out drying. It's really smooth. I am hoping to get it where I can safely buff/wax it, just like regular paint.
YES I KNOW SOME PEOPLE USE MORE ADVANCED PAINTS NOW FOR THIS. BUT IT'S A RACE CAR, IT'S GOING TO HAVE BOO BOO's sometime!!!
In the pics you can see a few bubbles, this will be worked out with wet sanding, and maybe a little more thinner. We shall see
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