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spirits and paint trick on an arcade cab.

I'm about to start painting a stern cab and I was going to use it,but first I figured I would see if anyone had good results. Car wise I guess it's amazing.
 
Sorry, I know this was posted before so I figured everyone knew about the process. I have a painted over Stern cab that I want to redo. I'm not a fan of the Spaceman graphics. I wanted to paint the cab black using this process and then add the Stern logo to the side.

here's how i painted my car for about $50, it's actually very easy and the results are amazing. First off, get a can of tremclad real orange (or what ever color u want) in the can, not spray, yes tremclad, it is a acrylic/enamel paint which is very durable. next prep your car as if was any other paint job, fix all the rust, ect....no need to prime the car since the tremclad allready contains elements which allow it to be painted over bare metal. next, after prepping the car get a small 4" professional FOAM rollers, it's tiny and has one end rounded off, and the other cut straight, and is a very high density foam. u also need a jug of mineral spirits to thin the paint. The thing i really like about this is that there's no mess, no tapeing the whole car, just key areas, and u can do it in your garage, since your not spraying there is virtually no dust in the air, just clean your garage first, also it does'nt really smell at all, dries overnight and it super tough paint. also it you decide to paint the car professionally later, just prep and paint, there's no need to strip the tremclad. i have done this to a few cars, and i can say it works amazing, u just have to be paitient. next u thin the paint with mineral spirits so it just about as thin as water, a little thicker. get out the roller and paint away, don't get the paint shaked when u buy it, enamel is stirred, otherwise you'll have bubbles in the paint for a week!!! after u do 2 coats, wet sand the whole car, then repeat, 2 coats, wetsand, 2 coats wetsand. i painted the charger using a can since your not spraying the car u use all the paint and not spray 50% in the air, use progressivly finer sand paper each time. it's not really that much work, cause u can stop and start any time, u can do just a door, or the hood, ect. do one panel at a time, and don't stop once you start. once your done the final coat, wetsand with about 1000 grit to a totally smooth finish, and then using a high speed polisher i use a buffing bonnet and turtle wax polishing compound. do the whole car with this, and i'm telling u, depending on the amount of time and paitence you have, the results are amazing. laugh if you want, but for $50 ($30 for paint, about $20 for rollers, sand paper, ect...) it really looks good. also you can do these steps overnight, paint one evening and by morning u can wet sand. i have personally done alot of painting, mostly single stage acrylic enamel, and i've sprayed several cars in my garage with really good professional results, just it stinks, it's a real pain to do, easy to make a mistake, messy, and expensive. The tremclad is awesome paint, the "real orange" is an amazing hemi orange, and almost looks like it has some perl in the sun, awesome color right out of the can.
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I fully expect to get blasted by the purists.
 
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About a year ago, Hot Rod magazine ran an article on this cheap painting method, except they used Rust-O-Leum instead of Tremclad.
 
About a year ago, Hot Rod magazine ran an article on this cheap painting method, except they used Rust-O-Leum instead of Tremclad.

Rust-O-Leum is supposed to be cut with acetone (unless they've changed their formula....it's been awhile since I looked at a can).

Edward
 
I followed that thread years ago when it first started and was thinking of trying that on a car I had. After reading for a long time there is no way you could get those results on a car without hundreds of hours of time and lots of fixing small things. A cab is easier and people do it but it is still very time consuming. The amount of work it would take for a car to get GOOD results is just stupid.

Like they say test it out on scrap pieces until you get a good feel, good luck.
 
Thanks for sharing this tip. It is definitely worth a shot for arcade cabs since the surfaces are generally just flat boards. Might be a nice way to get the flat semi-gloss finish for the sides of a Nintendo cabinet. Maybe I'll try this out when the weather is a little warmer.
 
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