You're painting it yourself?

Have you decided on a color?

Yes. I am trying a completely new method that is unlike any traditional painting method, and hopefully it will turn out as planned.

Not yet, I am just going to prep it. I already have all of the sandpaper purchased, among thinners etc. I still need to get some painters tape and the actual paint enamel and then i'll be ready to go.

I am going to take a bunch of photos so that I can keep a timeline of this little project and show others how I did it and hopefully encourage money-strapped individuals to an alternative of taking it to a professional.

I think this Toyota Blue is nice...
Plus, Dodges look nice in a lighter color... except the Viper... The Viper can wear shit brown and still look sexy...
http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/l...ToyotaBlue.jpg

The only unusual method I can think of to paint a car would be to dip it in paint. What exactly is this method?

I am curious too, because I read that the new thing the EPA is trying to push is these water-based paints... but for someone that doesn't have an enclosed area, it's gonna be hell because they take longer to dry... and if it's not that, then I dunno...

You might be skeptical, as am I, but I am going to go forward with it. I've been researching this little method for a long while it involves enamal paint, a bit of thinner and some paint rollers :killgrin:

http://www.instructables.com/id/The-...-paint-your-c/
http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...ue#Post3073117
http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/b...job/index.html
http://rollyourcar.com/sitemap.aspx

It is the absolute best way to paint a car if you are strapped on cash. I have a complete tutorial I am going to use in this method (keep in mind if it turns out horrible I have a friend that can fix it for me, for a small labor price).

So how did this go in the end?

He died from paint fumes.

I'm only on the 2nd coat still I haven't had a chance to finish things. My car had another fatal blow a weekend ago and has been sitting so I have have no motivation to continue working on it. I have a few pictures but i'm going to wait until i'm finished to post all up. It looks great thus far, i'm very suprised on how clean it actually looks.

How do you have weeks to work on this? Don't you need your car to get places?

He seems like the type to drive it half painted.

I have an alternate method of transportation. I haven't driven that car in about a month or so now and it's just been tinkered away at the last few weekends or so. I'm debating on getting rid of it at this point and starting a frest set of car payments.