Rattle cans or Spraygun?

[95kat650]

Originally Posted by tmk7c9

You can get a decent finish with a rattle can....the problem is that the paint itself is usually junk. That fantastic finish you got with a rattle can will look like crap the first time you overfill your gas tank and it strips all the clearcoat off. ask me how I know

Use a paint gun (they're like $15 at a harbor freight store), get some *decent* quality paint (even O' Riley's sells Nason base/clear paint for very reasonable prices) and you can get a finish that will last many years, and many gas spills. It's definately worth the money to do it right.




Holy cow, is there an echo in here? You beat me to it

Yes Harbor Freight does have the paint guns that cheap but from my experience go for a gravity fed paint gun. I'm not sure if they sell those at Harbor Freight or not, if they do it will cost a little more money but is totally worth it!

[Cagg]

all i know is i failed it hard and i'm upset about it lol i will try again now that its spring.

[kevin2502000]

Originally Posted by Cagg

all i know is i failed it hard and i'm upset about it lol i will try again now that its spring.

DO the BC/CC and you won't look back.

[Cagg]

BB/CC = black coat and clear coat?

[ctandc]

The Spray Max clear coat is an actual urethane based two part clear coat in a rattle can. It has a injector you activate when ready to spray, that releases activator into the clear. You then have so much time to spray it.

I told a local body shop guy about it last year. It hadn't really been around that long at the time. He actually ordered a few cases to sell.

Turns out every painter he had try it LOVES the stuff. He said several shops would PREFER to use the spray can on small spot repairs rather than their normal clear.

The issue comes down to cost.

If you DON'T own, or have access to a compressor to run a spray gun, then then using the Spray Max can make sense. IF you have a compressor and just need a spray gun, it might be close to the same cost to just buy a good detail HVLP gun and use normal clear.

[kevin2502000]

Originally Posted by Cagg

BB/CC = black coat and clear coat?

Base coat/ clear coat

[rome_rome]

I am currently rattle canning mine right now looks pretty sweet the done parts, next paint job i will try the spraygun. do like me and try both :P the rattle can looks very nice (just do light coats . . . i did 6 and liked the result, first 2 i still saw the paint underneath, i probably could do with a couple more coats)

[Cagg]

Originally Posted by kevin2502000

DO the BC/CC and you won't look back.

Originally Posted by ctandc

The Spray Max clear coat is an actual urethane based two part clear coat in a rattle can. It has a injector you activate when ready to spray, that releases activator into the clear. You then have so much time to spray it.

I told a local body shop guy about it last year. It hadn't really been around that long at the time. He actually ordered a few cases to sell.

Turns out every painter he had try it LOVES the stuff. He said several shops would PREFER to use the spray can on small spot repairs rather than their normal clear.

The issue comes down to cost.

If you DON'T own, or have access to a compressor to run a spray gun, then then using the Spray Max can make sense. IF you have a compressor and just need a spray gun, it might be close to the same cost to just buy a good detail HVLP gun and use normal clear.

i have a compressor and a spray gun my father has it just have to go get it.