I have Barcelona Red Toyota, the base cost was $200 for a pint. I went to Autozone bought 4 Duplicolor rattle cans for the hood and roof for $25. Flipped the cans upside down ran the aerosol out, pierced the cans poured directly into my Sata and sprayed then cleared it, perfect match and looks beautiful . The key is get the paint out of the cans and into the sprayer cup. Had left over paint when I was done.

The reason people are using spray cans isnt because of the cost of the material, its because of the cost of good equipment. larger compressors, air filtration, (good) spray guns are expensive. then you have to know how to use them, and mix the paint and hardeners and thinners, which tips to use, how to dial the air and the fluid. When a paint shop charges thousands for a paint job, the material cost is almost immaterial to the process. People use spray cans because they dont have the equipment, they dont know how to mix anything or use the right tip or dial the air or fluid, you push the button and paint comes out. so that $90 vs $120 base color comparison makes spray paint not make sense for you. but you have thousands in equipment, and years of experience laying paint. Anyone can pick up $150 in spraycans from home depot, and if their prep work is good, they can get decent results. Add in about $250 for those 2k clearcoat cans and you can get a better than factory Toyota paint job for Maaco price. If you or a buddy has a DA polisher and know how to use it, you're can take that clear coat close to a good factory American/European car paint job.

I am professional body man, and back in the day I was selling an Acura Integra with a new fender on it. The buyer wanted me to spray paint the black e-coat fender in spray paint just so it had some color on it. I picked up some Krylon semi gloss white, and it matched perfectly! I ended liking it so much I cleared over the spray paint and kept the car, it lasted 6 years before the clear coat started to peel. The clear coat peeling was because I didn't remove the belt molding, so my fault. The spray paint as base was legit!

As a finish carpenter who uses an hvlp turbine to spray trim and moulding, I am amazed at how much overspray occurs with your gun. Clouds and clouds. Then again, spraying thinned water base latex is a whole different beast.

I had an old 07 gmc duromax 4x4 with a half million miles on it, that I used to run my trap lines. Drove it thru the brush and had so many scratches on it, that would've taken forever to sand it out. Got the bright idea to black rino liner the whole truck. So I ordered a few kits thru Amazon. Came with it's own gun and everything. It ended up awesome! And that stuff was tough as nails. Almost impossible to mess it up.

Wow that Celica came out really really good!!!! I have 2 Celica GT's and also put a lightweight flywheel and performance clutch!!! Glad I did

I did 2 fenders with a spray can and said enough of that noise.. got some (quart) enamel custom matched to the spray can color for 22 dollars. Added hardener and thinner and some japan drier and shot it out of a HF gun and came out great..wet sanded and buffed it for a day about a week later came out great. So an alternative to spray cans. We will see how long it lasts. Great vid!

My 91 honda Civic is this color. Used the gloss cans. Never cleared it, but I'm really thinking about it for the longevity of the paint. I do keep it clean and ceramic coated . Definitely love this color

Dam bro that came out clean af, Excellent job as always 👌

👀👍🏽 not bad. I've never rattle canned a car but I've done small parts so for that to come out looking so respectful I'd say another win🏁🏁🏁

I always have problem with rust oleum brand paint aerosol cans. Seems like half way through it loses air pressure. So now I see that you can refill the air pressure in can with a car rim air valve. WOW that clear coat really made it look good!👍

Very informative thank you. I can see where this would be a lot of fun with a good running old car!

Looks great! Considering a Rustoleum paint job on my budget hot rod build. Got a bit of rust repair to take care of first though.

Best rustolum paintjob on youtube, most others use spray can for clear

I enjoyed the video, keep them coming. Thank you.

Celica looks amazing brother. Thank you for the video

Great job, If you told me this car was painted with spray cans I wouldn't have been able to tell.

I did a rustoleum turbo can paint job on my 93 silverado in 2019 waited 3mos wet sanded an cleared it in my back yard, man-o-man it still look like it came out of a gun!!

Man love it I miss those rattle can days in the earlier videos I know you and bens fingers was tired after the 13 cans of paint 😂

I am a mobile autobody man or a backyard mechanic as you would see but I take pride in my work before I do any paint job. I wash every vehicle with Dawn dish soap, reason being like you said it gets rid of all the dirt cleans everything and the dish soap decreases everything.

people hate on it, but I love rattle can paint jobs, gloss black, on a old rusted out work truck I use for my lawncare business every 6 to 10 years, keeps her looking pretty decent for the age. especially with these midwest winters not being kind to dodge ram bodies lol.

I painted my ugly brown 79' Dodge beater pickup truck with 15 cans of $.98 Walmart gloss black one summer. I washed it, hit it with a scotch brite pad, washed it again and masked it off. I have to say it actually looked pretty decent! Much better than oxidized turd brown anyway. It held up for several years of Oregon weather before is started to get thin and the brown started coming through. These days it's parked and hardly used. It looks almost tiger striped from fade between the spray pattern.

WOW le queda perfecto ese color !!!! excelente trabajo !!!

Dude what amazing looks that color i really love it

So I’m here in the garage . Once you were done dropping that glass I put the phone down and was just listening . I had to come back the min I heard you do that “ negative KZfaq viewer comment voice “ . …. Good laugh brother . Keep dropping that glass man …….

More secrets about paint temperature and panel temperature released! Y'all better be taking notes😂. Came out minty fresh bro 😎

can you make a video discussing the benefits of sanding primer before paint? thank you.

Id pick up some of those little pistol grip spray can handles. Makes it easier to hold a trigger in than pushing those buttons.

My fingers were cramping just watching you guys use those aerosol cans 😆. Rust-Oleum actually sells a nice spray can handle called a Comfort Grip, #241526. Works great. Thanks for the video 👍🇺🇸

Wow! Great job. Have you made a video showing how to remove a vinyl top and prep for paint? My 1984 olds cutlass needs its top removed due to hail cracks!!

Great job, thank you!

How did you get rid of the tiger stripes? Does the clear blend them out? Painting a hood at the moment with cans and those stripes are killing me.

I used the rustoleum in the gallon with the majic hardener. It wasn't horrible but even a cheap base like crossfire sprays better

Good video having fun looks good

So the clear coat goes on right after the painting or can it go on at a later date? When do you cut and polish? I have no experience but i hear it here all the time. Cut and polish

I don't care what anybody says that looks great 👍👍 Nice work 👍

Looks good! 💪🏾

Looks great with the clear coat, Just wish you would have done it with Rusto clear to make it a 100% Rusto job but still came out really nice.

Looks great 😎👍🏾

I like it. Back in the '80s, I tried rattlecanning an old Cutlass with acrylic lacquer and no clearcoat. Actually it was Duplicolor Bahama Blue metallica....( Ain't My Bitch ) 😆 I was experimenting with cut and buff.....it was okay....wish I could've had pictures of it. That was when you had to actually buy film for a camera! Damn....I'm older than dirt! There was no KZfaq then!

I love it that you do in depth videos on the Rustoleum and shop grade stuff. There is so much you can do with these basic paints. I’ve never attempted to clear a rustoleum paint but want to try. Do you find you have to let the color flash/cure before clearing or just spray clear when it’s dry?

MY MAN WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW LONG TO WAIT UNTIL SPRAYING THE CLEAR AFTER PAINTING THE CAR? You da man

Having done the Rusto, I forget how many cans I did end up going through on my small car, but I'll say it was around 8-10, and my Sentra was smaller than that Celica. That doesn't count primer cans, either. So I think you're right on that estimate, especially because I think your primer was probably very porous, whereas I think the Rusto "filler primer" was less porous. I think the advantage of doing it the spray can way, even if you can't justify it completely in dollars and cents is that with rattlecans it's much easier to go panel by panel during 1-3 hour kinda stints after work or whatever, and just do a fender or a door at a time, and eventually after a few weeks or months have the whole car done. I wouldn't do "two coats" but I would do about 3 passes, first pass really light, and second and third passes progressively heavier. Also what I did to eliminate the tiger stripes was since I was spraying outdoors, I would wait until just around dusk to spray, when it would be coolest. I would never spray mid day. I ended up getting rid of that Sentra sadly, but I do want to do it again, and hopefully do it panel by panel as I said and then one day with a gun get some of the nice Speedokote clear and do it up really nice. You are right math-wise, but having to do the whole car in one shot is pretty hard.

I can’t wait to bring you my 96 Acura Integra, to do a paint job on it, love your work 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Great results! I've always wondered. What do the door jambs look like?

looks much better with the clear applied. 120 versus 90 ,definitely go 120

I have a lot of respect for you my brother

I painted my truck sunrise red from home depot and won a truck show...do the dam thang Playa

I'm surpised you didn't get the Spraycan Gun handle to help with the paint process. OTHER THAN THAT! I love this!!!

Ready for some teeny bopper at $5-6K 😆 Keep em coming!! 🍻 🇺🇸

Hey so where on your setup did you install your new filter? My compressor feeds a 25' line to a 50' line - so 75 feet of hose - i was thinking right at the compressor. Would value your opinion. Also, you gave my hope that painting my cheaper projects doesnt have to be expensive. When I am spending $150-200 for half a pint of like honda pearl red or some crazy toyota color, easy to get discouraged thinking of a whole car job, but the cheap base and decent clear - maybe $250-400 total - would be just fine for say my 54 chevy truck I am throwing together. Thanks

I love the memes,. A new thing I hear in this generation is they use turbo paint cans and 2k clear with that activator. I'm new to the paint warming thing and the paint prices got crazy It exploded in the last few years

Nice job!! And I love the color 😉

I want to paint my roof and my hood a different color from what the car is with the rest of the car stay the same do I have to strip all the paint off and prime before I paint the hood and the roof or can I just scuff it up and spray it over with the new color?

Hi..I used acrylic lacquer paints and when i put polyurethane clearcoat the result was that my clearcoat peeled...so must I sand my paint before putting my clearcoat...tanks

that looks perfect

Looks legit AF!!!

If you have the equipment to spray (compressor and gun) wouldn’t it be better to mix rustoleum paint, acetone, and a little hardener instead of using rattle cans?

Amazing job.

I found out last week when I git bored you can use smr42 over krylon spray paint, I used my fathers wheels as a test mule because he didn't believe me lol.

Please show it all toghter, thts the iceing on the cake for the ending!!!!! Great work as usually but we as fans need the whole car together!!!!!!!!!!😢😢😢😢

Great job Love the lesson in all your videos Please keep up the good work

Not bad! But stick with what you know best Marco great video brother

Ouch...Sore fingers...😅 looks good !!

did you use a specific primer and or sealer? love the content!

I not a professional but have painted a car on the cheap before and yours came way better ! That said maybe just me and everyone else know, but I saw some orange peel in the clear when you were spraying. Did you cut and buff it and I'm just suppose to know everyone finishes that way or does your clear coat level out as it settles on the car ? Because O can't see buffing that out on such a cheap job and the finish pictures it didn't look like the orange peel was there ? just wondering because you said you sell the clear coat !

Sometimes I will paint my old work trucks with a gallon of rustoleum, acetone, and hardener. Will that clear coat still work ok ?

you have a whole entire paint booth that's ventilated and all that - you got your tyvek suit on , good ventilator mask - but yet your using rattle cans? Its almost like invading Normandy with bow and arrow? ...doesn't work out in the end. Just do it the right way brother man!

Damn impressed.

Cool video I painted my bug with the same paint . I just grab a quart and cut it then mix it with some flat clear and bam

What kinda clear coat did you use? And also i long did you let the paint sit before you added the clear?

How about mixing brands... like A brand singel stage - use B brand of clearcote.... What should I think about of what can happen? Really nice job....but you should take of the wing.....🤔🤔🤔😉😉😉😆😆😆

looks great

Rustoleum is not too bad. They have some different spray heads.

This isn’t your typical rattle can spray job by some kid . They don’t have access to spray guns for primer and clear coat so this is going to come out way better than anything they could do!

I’m currently doing a rattlecan paint job but you’ve convinced me to step it up. Where can I get the $120 base paint? What clear do you recommend? Where can I get that spray gun?

You’re like a new scientist with this stuff, looks awesome. What spray paint would you recommend not to use when doing a job like that? I like your idea on painting a vehicle I’d like to use the idea on painting my minibike to match my car.

What temp water do you put the cans in if it’s like 85 outside?

Man that looks way better than the job a guy did my wife’s mustang using a gun to paint it. Wish I had a shop I would have spray painted the car myself for way cheaper than the $3k he charged us to ruin our car

Wait... Rustoleum is oil-based paint as I recall, so how are you clearcoating over oil-base?

I painted a truck inside a blow up paint booth . I did the paint job at night because of the high humidity. I was on the clear coat when the paint booth started dripping condensation from the ceiling . Made a hell of a mess down the side of the doors and roof ! Anyone ever had this problem ?

Beautiful color 🩵 I’m doing my Honda stone blue but … outside 🥲 any tips?

i guess the major question is how does it hold up? anyone with it after a couple of years of harsh summer sun? ,,really is interesting it works being an uncatalized color but so is regular water bourne as well as solvent basecoat,very interesting ,,thanks for posting

One option is to plan ahead and order the paint....also one can here $15

What filtration system do you use?

Should have bought a quart of paint for $40.00 any color you want but still looks good.

hell yea

What 4 stage system did you go with? Any pointers are appreciated ! Thanks

My husband has been doing paint and body work for 20 years and he never takes the wings off of a car and has never used a paint booth and there is little to no debris in the paint.

Is it true that the prep work is way more important than the actual paint that goes on? That's just what I was told

Not my choice for the color but it turned out great

Amazing paint job this turned out to be. Once u hit it with your clear it really woke it up. What air filtration system should I buy for my home garage to clean the air?

why wouldn't you get a quart ($16) of that color instead? all you have to do is thin it out and spray it with a real paint gun instead..

I feel like you hold the gun/can too close to the surface, makes me nervous, but the results speak for themselves!

Just saw on facebook a guy who painted his car with $700 worth of UPOL cans. I cant imagine spending all that time prepping a car amd using cans.

Look at the positive. These imports your cleaning up were $500-$1000 cars a few years ago. Building a little nest egg collection, while creating content. Nice work!

I know you don't wanna make a living out of rattle....Why wouldn't you just buy the Rusto by the quart or gallon in white and have the big box add the color you wanted? What was the primer you used? What are your thoughts about getting tractor paint (Majic) with thinner and hardener for an old truck compared to Rusto? I know, if it is only a little cheaper, get Speedokote. Is it that much better for a car or truck compared to tractor?

Doesnt the filler absorb water? Thats what I was taught

I dont understand how you are spraying a solvent clear over a enamel without the time it takes to cure the enamel. Wonder how long this will actually last.

Three cans for $20? In Canada manufactures raised the price from $6 to $15 for one can!