i read this write up over on hybridz about painting your car witha roller, but would really like to some pics of a z painted this way.

i have a mint 77 body that is ready for paint, but i now have nowhere to paint it with my spray gun and was considing using the roller method.

i wont mind all the wet sanding, i am not the best with an air gun anyway so i was planning on wetsanding anyway.

i want the car to look as good as it can, as i have zg flares and mirrors, and am putting 240 bumpers on it.

so anyway, if you have done this, let me see some pics and let me in on any tricks before i mess up a good z.

thanks

tony

If I'm not mistaken, this is the thread you are referring to:

http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=107977&highlight=roller+painting

and if you read on a little, it contained links to this thread which you may or may not have seen:

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2331682&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1

It's not a Z but you can see the quality of the paint. I'm not sure anyone here has actually done that, although we did talk about it here:

http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20410&page=3&highlight=roller+painting

and someone tried it out on a garage refrigerator with mixed results. Based on his testing, it is probably wise to practice on something other then your Z to perfect you technique, since the quality got better the more he did it. Let us know if you decide to do this as there seemed to be some interest in it by a few people.

big-phil over on the Hybrid site painted his with home Depot black rustoleum paint....think the paint cost him like $30. will be curious to see it cured and buffed out. He also posted a video on the web of the freshly painted Z.

Check out post #33: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=110065&page=2

thanks, i missed that post entirely.

now, to match 918 orange with rustoleum.

I believe one of the guys here painted his refrigerator using the technique, search for his post and he gives VERY detailed instructions on how to do it right.

and someone tried it out on a garage refrigerator with mixed results.

I believe one of the guys here painted his refrigerator using the technique, search for his post and he gives VERY detailed instructions on how to do it right.

You don't say?...... Just playing wit ya Jeremy