Blue.

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
10/10/2015 at 12:26 • Filed to: Civic

Painting the civic blue. With rustoleum cans. Currently waiting two days for it to cure so I can wetsand it. Won’t be factory quality but be a hell of a lot better than having scrapes and nicks and a green fender on a black car. Should look really nice when I sand it, and I adore this color.

DISCUSSION (21)

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/10/2015 at 12:30

Are you keeping the wheels white? I hope you keep the wheels white

Slant6 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/10/2015 at 12:33

Roll on method turns out pretty well.

TheHondaBro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/10/2015 at 12:34

It’s gonna look so good.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
10/10/2015 at 12:46

Yep! I’m thinking of doing white side skirts as well, but that may be ricey

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/10/2015 at 12:57

That's gonna look great with the white wheels.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Slant6
10/10/2015 at 13:01

So I’ve seen. There is aa dozens of pages long thread onhonda-tech about $50 paint jobs. Not many people used rattlecans because its more expensive, but I think I can do the whole car for less than $20

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheHondaBro
10/10/2015 at 13:01

It’s a gorgeous color, if I can keep it from looking like garbage. I’m hoping for a semigloss finish to hide the debts in my body

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/10/2015 at 13:02

Good color. Remember, preparation is everything.

TheHondaBro > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/10/2015 at 13:03

Umm, not sure paint can cover up your debt lol.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
10/10/2015 at 13:06

Yeah, I can’t wait. I’m thinking of painting the side skirts white and making a front air dam/splitter thing and painting it white as well, but I can’t decide if that’s ricey or not. I have two sets of skirts so I might paint one white and one blaaaaack instead of the weird dark grey unpainted color it is now

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/10/2015 at 13:06

Kinja'd!!!

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed
10/10/2015 at 13:07

SO MUCH SANDING

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > TheHondaBro
10/10/2015 at 13:15

Dents, too. Phone had other ideas.

Slant6 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/10/2015 at 13:31

I did my door jambs with spray cans. Unless you get really good at it it’s harder to get an even coat. And $20 will buy you maybe 3 cans of good spray paint and no masking tape, sand paper, or primer.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Slant6
10/10/2015 at 13:37

I’ve spent $30 or less so far and got six cans of rustoleum, tape, and sandpaper.

Slant6 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/10/2015 at 13:41

So you’re already over $20.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Slant6
10/10/2015 at 13:44

Don’t tell anyone

Slant6 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/10/2015 at 13:47

I did it with the roll on and ended up paying about $130 total not including the bed liner. I also have more surface area than you. I wouldn’t recomend using regular rustolium. For my spray parts I used Rustrolium professional from the home depot. Bigger cans and a longer lasting formula.

for Michigan > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/10/2015 at 14:03

Black car with colored bonnet is like anti-rice, right?

Can’t wait to see the finished product.

Frenchlicker > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/10/2015 at 15:24

I daily to see the problem, rice that to hell!

MM54 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/10/2015 at 19:46

If the blue is what’s on the hood above - that’s a good color!

Having painted quite a lot of my car with rattle cans (Ford Performance White is the same damn color as regular White Rustoleum, but the rustoleum is more durable -I’ve strongly considered buying a gallon of rustoleum and a quart of acetone and putting it in my HVLP and just redoing my whole car, the paint’s so bad). Just today I ended up painting my whole fender with white spray Rustoleum after doing some rust repair.

It will turn out pretty well if you prep well enough, and since it’s cans there will be a hell of a lot of orange peel. If you can wet it flat, there’s no reason it won’t polish up as well as anything else with enough patience. Give it a week or two before you wax it and it should hold up fairly well, too.

Looking forward to the finished product!