Painting A Car By Brush...

Eyup folks, just wondering if anyone has or attempted to paint a car by brush / roller. Just been thinking about it over the past few days ad my focus 2001 is looking tatty and scratched and dented in places, and the arches are rusting. its not worth a respray and i looked into vinyl wrapping as a 'cheap' option only to find itd still cost in the region of £1000 for a basic wrap. been reading up on it but there doesnt seem to be a definative way to do it, theres the odd thing on youtube but it seems to be mainly pickups which dont look too bad if their rough looking. I know the finish isnt going to be anything too great but just for the point of being able to touch it up whenever etc i think it might be worth a thought.

Any thoughts / horror stories / good things on the subject?
Danny

I took the lock out of the door of my E reg Nova and filled it, sanded it and them spray canned it. Looked fine. If you were right close you could tell but it looked great from a distance.

have a look here mate http://www.rickwrench.com/index79mas...llarpaint.html

i was considering for my mini then got spray painted for cheap

have a look here mate http://www.rickwrench.com/index79mas...llarpaint.html

i was considering for my mini then got spray painted for cheap

That looks pretty good, wouldnt think you'd get those results from painting by hand. I was reading up and aparently rolls royce used to paint their cars by hand so there must be a way to get a really good finish to it, im not too fussed about a perfect finish, just something that looks pretty decent and i could touch up now and then, and if theres a dent, just fill it and paint over etc.

[maviczap]

My dad did once, painted our old VW Beetle with red paint. Looked okayish

Still failed the MOT!

My brother sprayed the bumper of his focus with rattle cans, if you spend some time prepping it, sand down between coats etc. you can get a reasonable finish. once he had finished and give it a polish, it looked fine, not as good as a pro job obviously.

A guy i used to work with went down the self employed route of being an owner driver from paye, when he bought his van he bought an old royal mail one (red) when he turned up for his 1st day they neglected to tell him it had to be white - doh ! He went out and bought some brilliant white dulux and painted it - it didn`t look too bad compared to some of the vans on the road but it did the job, and it never came off when he washed it.

[NTECUK]

There are paints specific for this . Serch the vw van forums they have mega posts about it

[Littlepeahead]

My former boyfriend's great uncle painted the family saloon with a roller. Poor chap had dementia so he wasn't allowed to drive it any more and in his mind addled state he seemed to think that using Dulux magnolia emulsion was just the thing. It then rained so the whole thing streaked too. Years later the family can tell this story and laugh but at the time it wasn't so funny.

I don't think that would really work would it?