Your definition of “light coat” is different than mine.

If you are painting a black vehicle, make sure the bodywork is on point. Dark colors show every single imperfection.

One way I learned to minimize tiger-striping is to lay down coats in alternating directions: north-south for one coat, east-west for the next coat, and so on.

For bugs and drips/runs, masking tape is your best friend. If you have a bug, just carefully extract the bug with tape without touching the paint. All those years of playing Operation® have really paid off. For drips and runs, wait for the paint to tack up a bit, and the drip will still be wet. Place a strip of tape on the drip (plus a few inches on either side, then immediately remove it SLOWLY. Follow up with new paint. For orange peel, use a paint can that is at least 15-20 degrees warmer than your paint booth.

Nice job. I had never painted a car or body parts in 30 years and at least 25 cars I've owned. This past week I painted my teenage son's Impreza in an open carport on gravel and dirt ground. I figured out what works for my area (western Colorado). I did 5 and 7 light to medium-wet coats on a whole car, over 4 sessions without fail. Apply and let dry for 15 (minimum) to 20 (maximum) minutes between coats and it works fine for the paints I used. You should spray two small test areas with all environmental/time factors the same before the actual project. For example, if you have an area to spray that takes 10 minutes to paint it, wait and warm-up/shake your next can(s) for 5 minutes and start the next coat. That's a total of 15 minutes. I know up to 20 minutes is also good. But 40 minutes was too long because that induced chemical reactions and severe wrinkling. I painted in the same order/pattern each time I sprayed a section. I had zero runs, spray errors, or reaction defects. The original paint condition was below average. No body rust, but 50% of clear coat was gone and hunter green was faded and rock chips galore. Below is the weather, process and paint I used. 1. Up to 3-mph occasional breeze is okay, anything faster or constant is to be avoided. Clear skies, for light, preferred. 20% to 40% humidity. Temperature between 50F and 72F while spraying. Warmed spray cans in hot water in a bucket. Shake them as much as possible. Paints used on sides, nose and rear (3 sections): -- Rust-Oleum Painter's Touch Gloss Navy Blue 2X Paint + Primer: 1 medium-wet coat. -- Rust-Oleum Stops Rust Enamel Gloss Navy Blue: 2 medium-wet coats. -- Rust-Oleum Stops Rust Enamel Crystal Clear coat: 2 light coats + 2 medium-wet coats. I think a 5th coat could be applied with no problems. Paints used on hood, roof and hatchback (1 section): -- Rust-Oleum Painter's Touch Gloss Black 2X Paint + Primer: 2 coats. -- Rust-Oleum Universal Hammered Black: 3 coats (4th coat optional). ***Color dries gloss dark grey with blackish specs, not solid black. 2. Sanded car with 100 and 150 grit dry paper by hand, with a scrubby dish sponge as the pad to fold the paper around. First, I sanded high defect/damaged spots...double their original size. Then I sanded vertically and again horizontally (cross hatched) the whole car. 3. From this point forward you must walk carefully to protect from dirt contamination...do not drag or scuff the ground. Wet the surrounding area to help keep dust out of air. Douse car with hot water and wipe down with rags. Let air dry 30 minutes. Check that all areas are smooth/scuffed well...touch up as needed. Wash with hot water+dish soap and rags/sponge. Rinse well. Dry with microfiber. Air dry 15 minutes. Tape up as necessary. 10 to 15 minutes before paint spraying use a microfiber cloth and lighter fluid or mineral spirits (same thing) to wipe down the section to be painted. Immediately before painting wipe all surface with a tack cloth. As you're spraying move slowly and don't scuff the ground. 4. Even in the open air you will want to use a painting respirator, but at minimum cover nose and mouth with thick damp cloth or N95/N100 face mask. Clear, tight fitting safety eye glasses work best...the larger goggles reflect light and make wet paint difficult to see clearly. I had to go without eye cover and just squinted my eyes when the paint spray was thick, because goggles distorted the light. 5. It will take these paint formulas 3+ hours to dry to firm finger touch so leave it alone for 5 hours. I let it dry 24 hours in the carport and then put it in the Sunlight for 2 more days before driving. At 25 to 30 days I'll polish and wax it. If you want to see pics drop me your email and I'll send you a couple.

Put can in warm water before and in between coats helps reduce orange peel

Great technique. I think I missed the part where you explain how not to get the stripes.

I have another tip whenever I’m spraying outdoors and that’s to have cardboard surrounding the work area. I place the board around the sides and this keeps wind from effecting the spray pattern. Small or large projects I’ve saved cardboard to handle the size.

A lot of people claim to be a rattle can master, this guy truly is a rattle can master. Thanks for the great tips!

Try changing nozzle with a nozzle from niagra spray starch. It will give you a wide spray pattern which will allow you to overlap by 75% per line.

Mate. You've done a better job with a can than I could do with spray gun. Great job.

I'm paint matching my bumper cover, using your techniques, bought a new bumper for my ram, it's the pre primered one, old one was all cracked and beat.

I've always found it difficult to get a good surface condition on a flat panel with a rattle can spraying horizontal. I would always default to handing the part up and paint vertical when I can, with a rattle can especially. You can also use the whole can easier that way. You got very nice results though. Impressive.

That was 2 very light coats?! I'd hate to see what you do when you put a heavy coat on!

Wow I never knew you could professionally spray paint vehicles nice work dude!!

Good video! I just want to mention that I live in Saskatchewan. Its winter now. I use aerosol primers, paints and clearcoats to refinish guitars. I apply all products OUTSIDE, minus 10 deg C or colder. I dont wait for warm weather cuz I could wait 5 months for that to happen. The sub zero temps DO NOT have any effect at all as to ease of working or appearance of finish. My aerosols are pre heated in warm water. Run outside, do the job, run back into the house. Perfection.

Great job kept them coming. Learning a lot .

Seriously great video. Inspired me to do my own DIY rust repair on my pick-up. Thanks a million for the great detail demonstrations

I love the music playing in the background it's smooth!

I'm actually doing a 3.0 swap in e46 right now and also painting the hood. Im using Dupli-Color metalspecks

I use rustoleum for my base coat primer when I paint goalie masks. Best product in my option! I’m a go salute myself and trust it without a doubt. I lay rustoleum primer doesn’t, then air brush using createx paint, finally spray max 2k clear. Beautiful strong finish, just like a pro!! Same finish in my opinion. Can’t even tell the difference

Good vid. Thank you. No explanation needed. Some comments wanted you to "explain" how to do it, I get it. *How* you did it visually was sufficient for me. Painting a horizontal surface is somewhat easier to "lay it on" , than a vertical surface. Still tricky with a rattle can. Great job showing

Kick ass intro music then into some more kick ass music while doing a kickass job at the painting! Bravo... I’m watching pretty much all videos from you about spraying as I need to do this to my car and get it as good as I possibly can! Thanks 😊

I had to replace a passenger front door on my 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland and they said it was PX8 pitch black but when I got the door I realized there is silver sparkle in the paint so I need to paint it . I guess if I get the time and place one can of this paint would work well after prepping the door to paint it. Thanks for the video the hood you painted looks great!

Dude, amazing results!

Hey James, you can get some nice wide fan tips for those cans.. Really starting to love that rustoleum

I’m impressed. Nice work. I’m getting ready to do a repair on my truck. Lower portion of the door. After I do my body work and prime can I spray the new pain over the old paint and the old clear coat to blend it? I appreciate you input

Looks good . You do magic with these cans.

Great video, Personally I think a flat black hood looks way better than a gloss one, it hides any imperfections that may be on the surface, it also looks great if the car is another colour, plus the sun won't reflect off of a flat black hood and blind you while you're driving... Thumbs up! 👍🏼

Awesome job, looks great!

would reversing your direction of spray help even out the paint and further reduce chances of tiger stripping?? longways then side to side ?? good video helpful/informative

The clear coat out of a can works also. My side plastic mirror housings where sun damaged and the paint was fading because the clear was missing. I took the mirror housings off, cleaned them, and then wet sanded them. Then I cleaned the mirror housings with paper towels and rubbing alcohol, and them dry. Then I put them on a bent up coat hanger. I gave each mirror housing three coats of black paint for plastic, and three coats of clear coat. I waited for the proper amount of dry time between coats and half the 24 hours before putting them back on and another 36 hours before getting them wet.

Great job..that looks so amazing

I painted my 87 4Runner with a cheap husky cup gun and rustoleum from a quart can, mixed it 50/50 with mineral spirits, 2 or 3 light coats, like 10 min between coats. Laid down perfectly, no orange peel at all, did some gen 1 style graphics a week later with just blue tape and a rattle can. Got questioned at least one a week if it was original paint. Looked great! No one believed it was rustoleum,

Well done, looks very good from where I'm sitting in any case, thanks for sharing.

You can buy nozzles that spray a vertically spread pattern just like a spray gun, makes it muuuuch easier

I've learned from the best!!! Great job young man 💪

Umm I did not learn how to paint it without tiger stripes. U just recorded yourself painting you didn’t explain anything sir

How do you think a paint job done in 90 degree weather with 4-5 percent moisture could avoid drying to fast on the gloss clear coat?

This is exact hood I’m doing right now. Awesome video!

Did my hood that was oxidized, kept getting the tiger lines after painting and spraying Clear coat ..time to resand that clear coat and apply more paint...Thx for video.

I heat the spray can with a blower till i feel it warm that pressurizes more the gasses inside making finer spray, that help with the orange peel

Came out great! 👍

@Moore motorsports if you get blotchy dry spots can you clear over that to fix it or will they still show after clear coat?

You mentioned wet sanding to get rid of orange peel. Would you do that before clear or after?

Just got a small are where I scratched some paint off. So, should I tape off first, wet sandpaper it with 400, clean it, wipe it with acetone next, then use color high gloss ultimate. Let dry , do it again, let dry, do it again. Let dry, then buff? How do I color match?

Nice job, l love that beat so much.

Can you switch cans in the middle of a coat? For when it runs out and start sputtering.

Respect for you and your hustle man. You really care for your community here on KZfaq. You need to partner with the brands as an affiliate and take a percentage. We're shopping the internet for the products you use anyways. Hope you do bro!

Looks great.

If you paint and it has orange peel in the paint and your wanting to do the 2k clear, should you wet sand before you clear coat? Then wet sand the clear?

Hey looks great can I do this without prime or sanding an old Astro van ...white paint over burgundy

Question after you spray the black final coat! How long should you wait tell you spray the clear coat?

You should soundbite that last part. Wow that’s impressive and use it in your videos. Great video man that looks great.

I have learned to use a rattle can to where you cannot tell a diff from professional. It's all in the prep and what you do between coats then what you do after the last coat.

This dude is real maaan!!!! I tryed it and this sh...t really works!!!..lol..👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🔥🔥

Do you recommend using a primer on bare metal or just paint since Rustoleum has primer in it ?

Can I use the same primer in the can that you used for the rims?

I painted the front bumper on my civic at night it was bout 55 outside. It literally looks factory. I sprayed the rear today and it's out side drying right now. I can see some stripes in it after 3 coats. Will they go away. When i spray the front it was getting to night fall. I went straight to bed and saw it in the morning. I couldnt believe how good it came out. Bout now ive been looking at this one for an hr or so and i see the stripes. Will the lines go away after a couple hrs?

So you can wet sand the paint directly then buff it? No clear coat needed?

Was wondering why you were using spray can instead of spray gun but you cleared that up.

Can I spray two part catalyzed clear over rattle can base? Because if I can I can make my black town car bumper resprays look factory or even better

Love the new layout for video and your camera looks amazing. Dude keep it up. I learned and insane amount from you and now plan to paint my next car completely with rattle cans.

How long would the dry process take on an item the size of an arm? Also does this paint crack if the base is flexed or bent? Because I have a plastic mold thats out of shape and I'm concerned if I spray it while swirled it will crack on me once I extend it to it's full shape

This dude be cool AF and he be smooth wit da can man

I got a bunch of milky spots, is it from the humidity? I see a lot of people saying that the humidity cuases milky spots in clear coats, but is it the same for this paint+gloss rustoleum? Any idea of how I get rid of those spots? I want to clean them up before I apply my clear coat.

good stuff as always! i saw where rustoleum has a new "turbo nozzle". supposed to have a much wider spray pattern. id like to try that when i can find one..

I am amazed at how much paint you got out of 2 cans. Do you keep going till its around 3/4 empty? So many times I find the can spatters and spits near the end, messing up a great job.

I have used Rust olium before, but I use my spraygun and it's great...

very impressive my friend! looks great

Do you wet sand it before the clear coat? Or do you lay the clear coat down after the paint is dry and the wet sand the clear?

I will never try that on a BMW hood. But how do you get rid of the tiger strips???

Crank up the heat, use a heat gun, flows out the orange peel. I use a propane torch too or the sunflower propane heater on the 20 gallon tanks.

crazy i just bought a e46 coupe with a different colored hood than the rest of the car 😂 gonna have to do this.

Can i sanding and buff the paint to remove the dust from the paint ?

Can I 2k clear over this? I'm hearing different things that this paint is lacquer and 2k cannot be applied to rustoleum or u cant 2k clear it until the base is fully cured OR u have to 2k clear when the base is still a little wet I'm so confused and about to paint my car.

Are you using the stock can tips? I spray with this same paint on a regular basis but my spray pattern isnt nearly as wide as what yours is coming out.

I love this. I will definitely try this.

Would this hold up on a Pontoon boat Fencing?? With 2k Clear aftwrwards??

Can you put clear coat on after sanding or is that too late? They say add clear within 30 mins of final coat.

Iam just learning but I have noticed that u hold the paint can quite a bit away from the surface .. wouldn't that dry a bit before it gets to the far end of the surface ..??

I like the shine in the paint and the color but i just used it on my truck yesterday and i dont like how it sprays its too thick

Man you are an artist 😊😊

No clear coat? I'm considering using this paint to fix a small area of rust on my Jeep

Not bad man. That came out really good.

I wanna paint my truck gloss black and if I buy this paint do I need to buy 2k clear?

Would I need a clear coat? How does it hold up over time?

Wow but some time you are so close some time you are far away whats the logic and ive seen you are spraing edge first then fill the entire but you cant do one coat horizontal and one coat vertical and can i leave it with out clear coat if its glossy and how long usually itll last? I mean from the hood painted surface so in case 8 want to paint my xterra roof can i paint all at once or divide it into 4 or 2 parts after that with wet sanding and buffing itll be ok am i right Sorry too many questions but want to learn spray can technique 😁

Great video.....so u don’t even need clear coat to get that finish? Just wet sand and buff?

My new favorite channel right here.

To reduce orange peel heat up the paint surface of the metal blow dryer etc. Easier then heating the paint and metal holds heat well. You want your ambient room temp low and humidity free but your paint and surface your painting to be warmer to allow for viscosity to smooth the paint.

can I paint this color on Rubber bumper plates (used for gym equipment) ?

have you thought about those can pistol attachments to help you with finger fatigue ?

Using spray canes paints gets peels up after few days does it gives good results such as spray gun paintings? reply me please

Looks awesome

That boy cold... Wit it❤️👍🏿👏🏿

Man your awesome, thanks for the knowledge

You did a great job bro 👍

I tryed it 4 times and I never got the shine I was looking for with the 2k clear coat. The clear coat does not glow no where near what you see on youtube videos. I dint have any runs dirt or runs. I tried painting a hood for my civic. The clear coat is looks nothing like the gloss on the gloss on the original paint runs and squirts. Will never be my problem is just the gloss. Could this be becuase I only used one can?

How many cans do you think I would need for a Yukon hood?