I rattle canned my front end for a temporary fix until i get it painted. It came out good except it is a little dull and has some orange peel. should I use clearcoat? will it make it harder to remove the orange peel? or should i just wait a day or two, wetsand with 1500, and use 3m rubbing compound followed by polish and wax. Im just worried about not being able to get a decent shine.

 

so, you rattle canned it and you need it to look good?! bwahaha!

kidding, here is a pic of my land cruiser...100% spray paint with no clear coat. Rustoleum saftey red....



i get a lot of comments when i tell ppl it is rattle can...they cant believe it!

-Max

 

btw, no wet sanding or anything!

 

lol of course i want it to look good i will probably go without it because it will be easier to get rid of the orange peel. your cruiser looks pretty good in the pic.

 

yeah, we painted it in about 5-7 coats over a two month period as we were building it. (frame off restoration). the clear coat actually made it look worse! so we sanded that off and just used paint. its great if it gets a scratch...just whip out the can and it is like new!

 

hey that looks good for spray paint........but that is not nearly as red neck as what me and my father did to our old 1955 ****** jeep pickup- we ROLLED the paint onto it........yep bright yellow construction paint that is used to paint roadlines and parking blocks..........but dont worry it looked good!.........from 10 ft away. hahah dont worry it was not a show vehicle........mud and sand.