Rusto-roller paint tutorial

[Dave]

so, on to the truck fenders:
PREP WORK:
sanded at 60 grit. I actually ran out of 60 and just switched over to 100, did just fine. A cheap, 1/4 sheet sander is definitely your friend on the prep work. Anywhere there is a rust pocket, be sure to get down to the bare metal.
60/100


sanded again, this time at 220


finished sanding at 400, and immediately primered it to prevent any oxidation from beginning where bare metal was showing.


then, I set up my paint booth to start laying coats down:


As an aside, Rex was over this weekend and we decided that it wouldn't hurt to put some coating on the inner fenders to prevent further corrosion. I'm putting new inner fenders on b/c the others can barely be called sheet metal b/c there's so much rust. For $4/can this is some good shit. Doesn't like drying in sub-freezing weather though.


comparison of sprayed and unsprayed:


one can did both inner fenders. If I was doing lots of driving and off-roading, I'd probably have put 3-4 cans worth just to build up a thick layer. Good stuff here.

I'll update as the actual paint process progresses...