[Sn95Joe]

Anybody ever done it? Any pics?
Here is mine.

 

[Cobrajet67]

I've only ever rattle canned primer on a whole car lol. Having said that it's definitely a pretty color that you have there. It contrasts very well against the black. I'm betting that it's best to view it at a distance though. I suppose you could wet sand it to smooth the paint out.

 

[Sn95Joe]

I've only ever rattle canned primer on a whole car lol. Having said that it's definitely a pretty color that you have there. It contrasts very well against the black. I'm betting that it's best to view it at a distance though. I suppose you could wet sand it to smooth the paint out.

Thanks! She’s definitely a ten footer! I can’t really wet sand it because it makes the glitter “swirl”!

 

[ONEZ ST]

Spray painted a Triumph TR3 back in the 70s and it turned out like a spray can paint job often looks - - orange peel.

But it had full coverage and lasted years. By the time we were done prepping and painting and wet sanding and painting some more we invested in spray bombs, wet sandpaper, and tack cloth than had we carted it down to Earl Scheib.

 

[Cobrajet67]

It really is a sharp color. It really grabs your eye. It's got the perfect balance of black to go with it.
What color is it? I assume it's not a factory color since I don't think that I've ever seen that on a Mustang before.

 

[Sn95Joe]

Spray painted a Triumph TR3 back in the 70s and it turned out like a spray can paint job often looks - - orange peel.

But it had full coverage and lasted years. By the time we were done prepping and painting and wet sanding and painting some more we invested in spray bombs, wet sandpaper, and tack cloth than had we carted it down to Earl Scheib.

Lol! I haven’t heard of an Earl Scheib in years!
now I don’t have any orange peel and the pain itself came out great. The issue I had was with the clear coat running. I had a few swirl lines from the sanderI used that went too deep. I also couldn’t do a wet sand because the glitter was swirling with it for some reason.

It really is a sharp color. It really grabs your eye. It's got the perfect balance of black to go with it.
What color is it? I assume it's not a factory color since I don't think that I've ever seen that on a Mustang before.

Thanks! I appreciate that! I was originally going to keep it black and then do red accents but I figured those colors are a dime a dozen. I saw this color just kind of stand out on the shelf at Walmart. It was a row full of the cans because nobody wanted it lmao! The color is called Satin Beach Glass (Krylon I think). To me, it looks like the early 70’s Grabber Green color but my wife says it looks like a girl name Bri would drive it! Pshhhh!! I wanted to do the interior in a wood trim and chrome to make it look throw back but again, it was easier to just paint it.

 

[Cobrajet67]

If it was a v6 I could see some saying it might be a bit girly but when a bright color is on a GT or other factory fast Mustang(or any other performance car for that matter) it makes it pop with spoilers, wheels, stripes, GT badges, and hood scoop. I own a bright green 2014 GT myself so I appreciate unusual colors especially in green shades. Grabber Green is one of my favorite colors along with the old super bright Lime Green of the same 1970/71 era. My friend often mocks me for liking it but he's into conservative colors so he doesn't even know.
Black with red always looks good but I agree that it's everywhere. I don't think wood belongs in anything but an old luxury car or vintage car at the very least(wood steering wheel and shifters were very common and acceptable in the 1960/70s) so I'm glad to see that you did the matching color accents inside. You did just enough without overdoing it.

 

[earldavis1]

We painted this in January in New Mexico in the driveway

 

[crjackson]

We painted this in January in New Mexico in the driveway

Nice looking car, and I realize this was a driveway job, but was it a spray can job?

 

[Norm Peterson]

I've rattle-can painted at least two cars, most recently a 1979 Chevy Malibu.

Here's a picture taken in 2005, a few years after my paint job (car was never garaged after I painted it). All done outdoors.

And another picture I took when I sold the car 7 years after the above picture (I'd pulled the powertrain, so it was just a roller at that point).

There was also a 1964 Dodge that I painted with cans back around 1970. I don't think I have any usable pictures any more - they'd have been on film anyway. Also an outdoors paint job.


Norm

 

[Sn95Joe]

We painted this in January in New Mexico in the driveway
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That’s got a nice shine to it!

I've rattle-can painted at least two cars, most recently a 1979 Chevy Malibu.

Here's a picture taken in 2005, a few years after my paint job (car was never garaged after I painted it). All done outdoors.
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And another picture I took when I sold the car 7 years after the above picture (I'd pulled the powertrain, so it was just a roller at that point).
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There was also a 1964 Dodge that I painted with cans back around 1970. I don't think I have any usable pictures any more - they'd have been on film anyway. Also an outdoors paint job.


Norm

That’s a cool throw back color scheme! Did the paint on the roof have any issues since it was left outside? Mine stays garaged.

 

[Beechkid]

Spray painted a Triumph TR3 back in the 70s and it turned out like a spray can paint job often looks - - orange peel.

But it had full coverage and lasted years. By the time we were done prepping and painting and wet sanding and painting some more we invested in spray bombs, wet sandpaper, and tack cloth than had we carted it down to Earl Scheib.

Yeah, had a neighbor who was going to fix his sons Mitsubishi GT fender .... ok on the bodywork, but I offerred to spray the fender when he was done... he just needed to buy the paint and gave him a close by recommendation...... he insisted he could spray can the car, I did everything but bend over backwards trying to explain to him that by the time he bought all of the spray can stuff, you buy the "real" paint and do it right and it will look great. But no....... he ended up painting it twice to get it well, covered.... cost him almost double what the "real" stuff would have cost......

Oh well, all those Duplicolor commercials... I just can't compete against!

 

[Norm Peterson]

That’s a cool throw back color scheme! Did the paint on the roof have any issues since it was left outside? Mine stays garaged.

It was a respray in the car's original colors, well as close as I could get for the silver. Never had much in the way of roof paint issues. What I did eventually see was some rusting in the sills (which I'd sprayed black) and the panel behind the rear glass.

 

[gearhoney]

That turned out great...love the 2 black stripes and even the interior color tie in. Great Work!

 

[garreth]

The new paint looks good. Love the color.