Comment on I repainted the hood of my truck using rattle cans

Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Opinionhaver@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Way more than it needed to - but if I were to do it from scratch knowing what I know now, I’d say: 3 cans of primer, 5 cans of base coat, and 3 cans of clear coat. That’s 1 coat of primer, 3 coats of paint, and 2 coats of clear coat.

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  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I repainted a small drafting table lamp and it took an entire can. (3 cans: 1 primer, 1 paint 1 clear coat) I was shocked.

    Then I had to do it again because I didn’t do it right the first time. (Too far away gave a dusty finish.)

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  • endlessvoid@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Jesus, thats like $500 worth of paint...

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    • Opinionhaver@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It wasn’t quite that much but they aint cheap.

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