comancheman Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 I'm thinkin of just using black spraypaint to redo my mj. is it possible to use the can and still get it lookin half way decent? anyone done this, got any pics?
BLHTAZ Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 Look at this thread on my Florida board. This guy did his "Cheromanche" in a semi-flat krylon and it looks pretty good. He is going to camo it when he is done with the exo-cage, but I have seen it and it looks good. You just have to take your time and it can look decent.
BLHTAZ Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 Yea...he has been slowly working at it for quite a long time now.
Pete M Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 I HIGHLY recommend one of these. Not the paint per se, but the little gun thing is a great asset. :D
BLHTAZ Posted February 11, 2007 Posted February 11, 2007 I HIGHLY recommend one of these. Not the paint per se, but the little gun thing is a great asset. :D Absolutely!!! They just make life soooooo much easier.
Oizarod115 Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 and trust me, we did my brothers XJ in camo then back to black... your finger will hate you for DAYS without the gun thingy. OUCH. his XJ looked niiiice ill post pics later.
DirtyComanche Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Another trick is for the first coat or two is to use the nozzle top off a spray on bedliner or other high application can. It speeds up things a LOT. Just don't let it run...
fiscus Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 I've painted my XJ a few times now with spray paint, painted a couple other Jeeps, & just finished painting my MJ with spray paint. Yes, use one of those guns shown above & make sure what you're painting is clean. Tape off or remove anything plastic & your lights, paint everything else. Scrape the windows afterwards with a flat razor blade. You can use Rustoleum canned Gloss black paint for doing the trim/flares after the jeep is painted. I've even painted the old seats on my FSJ with Rustoleum canned paint, lol. I have tried to always use Krylon paint, as it seems to run a LOT less than the others. A quick tip is to get a few (around 5 to 10) cans of cheapie flat paint close to your final color to lay a good base coat of "primer" down. This'll cut down on the amount of expensive (Krylon fusion runs around $/can) cans you buy/use. I painted my XJ yellow with Krylon Gloss yellow: I repainted it 1.5 years later: It was hard to keep fixing the yellow paint (over blue original paint) after each wheeling trip, plus I added a snorkle & faded flares, so I painted it all with Krylon Fusion (for plastics) Gloss Black: This is it 10 months later: I've also painted this CJ with Krylon (cherry?) Gloss Red: I painted my old FSJ with Krylon Italian Olive: I just painted my MJ with a different kind of paint I got at Walmart. It's a metallic black/gray color with shiny flakes in it. It's not a "gloss" paint, but it shines nice. Right now it's covered in road salt though or I'd take a photo.
comancheman Posted February 12, 2007 Author Posted February 12, 2007 thanks for the tips guys i really appreciate it. nice waggy by the way ^
comancheman Posted February 12, 2007 Author Posted February 12, 2007 does the krylon for plastics chip/peel less?
CWLONGSHOT Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 I am watching and enjoying this thread immensely!!! I will be doing this myself this spring summer!!! CW
fiscus Posted February 15, 2007 Posted February 15, 2007 does the krylon for plastics chip/peel less? Yes, the Krylon Fusion peels WAY less than regular Krylon on plastics & chrome areas. It's about the same on regular areas. Trees catch it pretty good, but it also take less to touch up if necessary. This rustoleum seems to chip pretty bad from what I've seen so far on my MJ, but it was applied in 30-40º temps...
comancheman Posted February 16, 2007 Author Posted February 16, 2007 what did everyone do for surface prep?
jeepthing07 Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 what did everyone do for surface prep? What i did... #1 Wash it #2 Roughed up the factory paint with 400 grit to give the spraypaint a rough surface to stick to #3 Wash it again #4 Touched up rusted/no paint areas with POR15 #5 Wiped it down with Xylol #6 Painted it Image Not Found
jeepthing07 Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 what is xylol? It's a solvent its what herculiner says to use before applying herculiner. I had it so thats what i used. It said on the can it could be used to thin rust prevenative paint or something like that so i used it to prep the whole MJ. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylol
87manche Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 it's what you need to get herculiner off your hootus.
Pete M Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 it's what you need to get herculiner off your hootus. :teehee:
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