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Subject I bought like 5 or 6 cans of black
     
Posted by spyhunterTT(nj) on June 15, 2008 at 3:19 PM
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In Reply To I hate you now. I posted about this 2 months back and asked posted by 5280Z_nightstalker on June 15, 2008 at 02:05 PM
     
Message Actually I bought them two at a time thinking that 2 cans would be enough. Then one can would be black, then next one greenish black, then blueish black, then grayish black. I complained and got a free can once because one black can was almost clear and hardly had any pigment to it.

The clear I bought looked great when it was wet, no peal or anything. But when dried it was hazy as can be. I pained in a roughly 70 degree, low humidity basement at the time.

Then they pushed using this rubbing compound which was pricey and really didn't do much when used by hand with a cotton cloth (which they recommended).

So after following their directions to the T, I was left with a not so black spoiler that never really shinned. I probably spent 2-300 bucks in paint from then. I could have paid someone to paint it at that point or I could have painted the whole car using the roll on method, bought a porter cable buffer and some good poorboys buffing compounds for the same amount.

Honestly, rustoleum pro spray cans look better than the paintscratch.com job. I'll never do it again.

I may consider getting a paint gun and spraying a car myself in the future, but i'll never use a 12 oz can to do anything on the exterior surface of the car. Maybe some accent in the engine bay or something.

Alex

     
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