The rattle can detailing was a must since the new shingles on the house took most of what I had saved for a good paint job. I just had to do something with it to get it through the next year without the peeling paint/primer look that I was sooooooo sick of.

The hood and sails looked pretty much the same before the job, but I only took a before pic of the hood... The hood is still in primer now after sanding it clear down to metal. No need for chemical stipper because it was just flying off.

Hood before:



Here's the sail after (remember, it looked as bad as the hood before too):



Side view:



I used 2 cans of color and 2 cans of clear. I held them at the same time (one in each hand) and sprayed them at the same time to get better coverage to help avoid the left over spray patterns and dry overspray commonly seen on rattle can jobs. 3 coats color, 4 coats clear. It's the best I've ever done with rattle cans, let me tell you!!!

I still have to wet sand and polish it out to get the shine that the car deserves. I know it won't last long due to no hardening catalyst in the spray bombs, but it will get me through and look good enough with proper care until the full paint job next year. Now, to wet sand and feather in the edges...

looks damn good man. i nevr exected such good results and u havent even polished it yet. nice job

Not to mention it had a wattery film on it from rinsing off the rest of the car two hours earlier. Once I'm able to polish it off, it should shine like new... just won't last as long... Well, maybe it will last as long. This was the EPA mandated water based paint the factory had troubles with after all.

That looks very good

A paint store here in SD will pre-load your paint selection into cans. A pint of paint will fit in three cans plus a little left over for about 30 bones. I've used them a couple of times and the cans looked great after a wet sand.

Yeah, there are shops around here that do that too, but the price wasn't worth it because the plan is to repaint the car in a year or so anyway. Total investment at this time is $48.xx including the supplies to do the hood and fix the dent in the door/repaint that as well. Who knows though... I'm getting better with my HVLP gun, I may just try a full repaint myself anyway...

These rattle can paint jobs seem to be gaining in popularity. Looks good to me.

It looks awesome man. If you remember right, at the F-body show at Hardee's on Army post. Remember that Yellow 87 Camaro SC, that whole front clip was done with rattle cans by me. If you don't remember this is Nate, I was the one with the black fourth gen Z on the end.

Used rattle cans on my old bmw when i replaced the front fenders. Looks really awsome if you do it right. I didn't even go clear and it looked decent. What you did is more than impressive, i now have and urge to spend some cash on some sand paper and some paint. See if i can get my lovely water colors to look decent again.

I remember you and your 4th gen, I don't remember the yellow Camaro though. Pretty much all I remember from that day was the tubbed second gen, the 406 T.A. (blue one IIRC), and Josh's two cars. That's what I get for being late I guess...

Next time, I may have a paint job worth showing off!

how would a rattle can job be compared to a decent maaco paint job (if all the prep work is done personally) like a sub $500 maaca paint job

Rattle cans still rate under the cheap one stage paints because rattle cans use no catalyst to harden the paint better. Put a clear coat on the rattle can job and it may last a year or two if taken care of, just about even with the Maaco IMHO.