Using spray paint in restorations

[69bronzeT5]

I could restore some parts for my car but I'm wondering, how many of you guys here use spray paint on their car parts? I'm not sure if I should use spray paint because it might come off?

[Silver R/T]

You can use it on interior pieces like trim/console, etc.

[69bronzeT5]

I'm thinking like pedals and other things like that.

[The70RT]

I'm thinking like pedals and other things like that.

I used eastwoods. I think the prep work is more important. The last pic is some clear stuff I used on bare metal. I did powder coat all the suspension stuff that I could fit in my oven. The bigger stuff I sprayed with a gun. I figured the pedal frames never had any paint to start with so I sprayed it with detail gray.

[mopar_madman]

I used it on detail items, came out well and still looks good. If you want durability powdercoating will give you that. But for a budget do it yourself aerosol will work, most important is to follow directions on the can and prep the parts well (sand, blast or strip previous finish, make sure you have a clean surface when you paint) I used plasti cote, dupli color and vht. Depends how fancy you want to get of if you worried about exact colors some of the resto places sell certain colors but you will pay more.

[tan top]

I'm thinking like pedals and other things like that.

I used eastwoods. I think the prep work is more important. The last pic is some clear stuff I used on bare metal. I did powder coat some suspension stuff too.

yep just like any type of painting  either gun ...rattle can ..brush   ..prep is the most important 

[Drop Top]

Rattle can, (as I call it) is OK if you don't mind redoing the part a few years down the road, or if your just tring to resell the car. But on my customers cars I always use a good quality paint that I mix and shoot out of my touch up gun. The automotive quality paint is of a much higher quality and will hold out much longer. I it needs to be not as glossy I use a flatening agent as needed. You can by paint by the pints or half pints and it really is'nt very expensive.

[tan top]

Rattle can, (as I call it) is OK if you don't mind redoing the part a few years down the road, or if your just tring to resell the car. But on my customers cars I always use a good quality paint that I mix and shoot out of my touch up gun. The automotive quality paint is of a much higher quality and will hold out much longer. I it needs to be not as glossy I use a flatening agent as needed. You can by paint by the pints or half pints and it really is'nt very expensive.

yep       thats the best way 

[BlueSS454]

THere is nothing wrong with rattle can paint.  I use it all the time when refinishing small parts.  The only thing I don't use it on is the actual body of the car.  I used rattle cans to paint the frames on both my Chevelles as well as all the bumper brackets, pulleys, engine brackets, rad. support and the attached bracketry.  All of it still looks as good as the day I did it 9 years ago.  As long as you prep the part right, you will have good, long lasting results.

[daytonalo]

Everything Eastwood sells is re-packaged products that cost a Fortune !!! Take the Powdercoat they sell , the everyday Jackass after Reading their catalog would think they make the powder , WRONG , the powder is straight from Tiger Drylac !!! How do I know this ? I also perform Powdercoating at my shop and Tiger informed me about Eastwood .
Case and point , you can buy the same shit for much less , and save a fortune . I own a resto shop and I would get laughed at if I bought there
Larry

[Shakey]

I could restore some parts for my car but I'm wondering, how many of you guys here use spray paint on their car parts? I'm not sure if I should use spray paint because it might come off?

The majority of the items in the photos in this thread:

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,28517.0/all.html

were painted with spray cans (Eastwood's).  This also goes for the majority of items in the links in the first post.

The exception being the dash frame and perhaps a few others.

[The70RT]

I could restore some parts for my car but I'm wondering, how many of you guys here use spray paint on their car parts? I'm not sure if I should use spray paint because it might come off?

The majority of the items in the photos in this thread:

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,28517.0/all.html

were painted with spray cans (Eastwood's).  This also goes for the majority of items in the links in the first post.

The exception being the dash frame and perhaps a few others.

What did you use on the dash frame?

[Mike DC]

 
There is a GIGANTIC difference in quality from one type of rattle-can paint to another.  Depending on what you buy, it can range from essentially worthless all the way to being better than the legit body shop stuff from a couple decades ago.  The spray can stuff will never have the option of using mix-in catalysts (hardeners) to speed up curing time, but other than that it can do almost anything that "real" paint can do nowadays. 

Body shop stuff offers the advantages of being guaranteed better quality, unlimited color options, and it's much cheaper for using large quantities.  But it's not always any huge improvement over spray cans for minor small items.  (Although if you've ever tried to spray-can a larger item, you'd be surprised at how easily the rattle cans become annoyingly too small of a spraying method.  Even just trying to paint a surface area the size of a skateboard is already large enough to start making the real paint gun's wider spray pattern into an advantage.)





And I agree with the others, surface prep & execution is just as important with rattle cans as with legit body shop stuff. 

Paint is paint.  The rattle can is only a different method of mixing it with air. 

   

[Sublime/Sixpack]

I could restore some parts for my car but I'm wondering, how many of you guys here use spray paint on their car parts? I'm not sure if I should use spray paint because it might come off?

Is spray can paint the best way to go? No, but not eveyone has a Resto Shop. You can do a good job with spray can paint (on many items) if you buy quality supplies, prep properly, and apply the paint with the right techinique. 

[Drop Top]

The Hardners that can not go into the rattle can paint has nothing to do with how fast paint can dry. The hardner is what makes the paint last under the eliments. Its all about you get what you pay for. Dollar for dollar The cheapest automotive type of paint wont even compare to the highest quailty rattle can. Why in the world would anyone go to all the trouble with all the work of striping, sanding or preping in general and then go to your hardwear store and useing rattle can paint is way beond logic. For small parts and frames. You can buy Cheap paint guns just about anywhere (Big or small). The paint can be bought by the half pints to gallons very reasonalble. If you stick with the same brand the hardners and reducers will mix with all the deffernt colors. So you buy the hardners and the reducers in larger sizes ( Its cheaper in the long run) and the colors in half pints to pint sizes You can even have paint matched and they have clears the dry in deferant shades of gloss. If you don't plan on driveing your car or leaving your car out in the elements then paint your car parts with rattle can its cheaper at first. But when you decide you don't want to look at it setting under a tarp and what to start driving it on weekends then thats when the short cuts start to show. Weather your rebilding the engine to painting even the smallest parts. Your job will come out easier and better with the right tools. You wouldn't torq your head bolts with a pair of pliers or use 3 in 1 oil in the crank case. So why would you use rattle can paint on a car that you care about? Its the smallest things (details) that get noticed.

[Silver R/T]

Everything Eastwood sells is re-packaged products that cost a Fortune !!! Take the Powdercoat they sell , the everyday Jackass after Reading their catalog would think they make the powder , WRONG , the powder is straight from Tiger Drylac !!! How do I know this ? I also perform Powdercoating at my shop and Tiger informed me about Eastwood .
Case and point , you can buy the same shit for much less , and save a fortune . I own a resto shop and I would get laughed at if I bought there
Larry

I agree, even their powdercoat gun you can get at Harbor freight for 1/2 price. It;s the same exact gun.

[Shakey]

I could restore some parts for my car but I'm wondering, how many of you guys here use spray paint on their car parts? I'm not sure if I should use spray paint because it might come off?

The majority of the items in the photos in this thread:

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,28517.0/all.html

were painted with spray cans (Eastwood's).  This also goes for the majority of items in the links in the first post.

The exception being the dash frame and perhaps a few others.

What did you use on the dash frame?

I used Eastwood's self etching primer and SEM Trim Black, both sprayed with a gun.

[The70RT]

Ok experts  I plan on powder coating my steel steering column brackets and such. What about the aluminum parts ( shift collar, switch housing) can they be powder coated too? I have the black matte powder.

[Drop Top]

Powder Coating any aluminum part is a hit and miss situation. Sometime it sticks sometimes it wont. I'd paint them.

[resq302]

I've used Eastwood paints also since there are specialty items such as the radiator paint (thinner than regular paint as to not clog the fins or block heat transfer) and they also have colors to duplicate plated pieces such as clear zinc, zinc dichromate, and all variations of gray (stainless, cast gray, alluminum blast, etc.)

For powder coating, I would use it areas that are more subjected to stone damage such as K frames, rims, suspension, axle housings, etc.