Cheap paint Options

[mepstein]

Interesting thread on pelican by a long time poster who knows a lot about painting cars and used to own a successful paint shop.

https://forums.pelicanparts.com/paint-bodyw...cost-paint.html

[VaccaRabite]

Several years ago I painted a guys M!008 CUCV pickup pickup in epoxy sold through a milsurp shop designed for old Jeeps and military trucks. It looked and smelled JUST like Rustoleum, and the suggested primer was a Rustoleum product - though this paint was a different brand.

It looked GREAT when I painted it, given that the guy stressed that I do minimal prep.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/live.staticflickr.com-1435-1723839437.1.jpg)

But after about 2-3 years of being kept outside the paint was definitely faded and sunburned.

in 2020 I used Rustoleum hunter green to paint my little m416 trailer, and it also lives outside and the paint has held up GREAT. No real fading and sunburn, and it also lives outside all the time for about 4 years now.

A gallon of Rustoleum is CHEAP compared to any 2K paints, but I still don't know that I'd want to paint a sportscar with them.

Zach