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Terrible Robot
Jul 2, 2010

FRIED CHICKEN
Slippery Tilde
I painted my buddy's RX-7 with rustoleum for fun a few years ago. Sorry for potato quality photos, you'll have to trust me that there was zero orange peel or unevenness in the paint. Course, it took over a week working 6-10 hours every day to get it that way, but hey, $82 paint job.

3 coats of primer with sanding in between each coat
4 coats of yellow with wet sanding between
2 coats of satin black for the roof and hood, light sanding.

We ran out of money and time to do a clear-coat, so it faded to pale yellow in a couple years. Still looked good though.




With that said, use real automotive paint and a real spray gun if you can, it's so much better in every way.

Terrible Robot fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Jun 30, 2014

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Terrible Robot
Jul 2, 2010

FRIED CHICKEN
Slippery Tilde
It's been said, but prep work is crucial. The more prep and taping you do, the better.

Here's a link to the full album of pictures from my paint project, all taken in glorious Potato-Vision.

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