ive decided im going JD BB on my car! i painted the one door on my car with a roller with BB to see what it would look like lol and i like it.

how many quarts of primer and paint will i need to paint my car? A 82 grand prix which is a 2 dr. my car will be sanded all down to bare metal. im thinking like 4 quarts primer and 6 paint? a few layers of paint. i dunno nothing about body work sorry

MONTEA

A roller? cool....
lots a rodders use rollers. Just get a really good short nap roller that wont shed.
Well 1 gal will usually shoot a car with some left. So I guess 2 gals will do good for you. Just go by the time window formula in my earlier posts, its VERY important.
1 good coat of primer, let it dry at least 1/2 day (if its cold out)just to be sure. If your using a roller thats the equiv to 5-8 layers of paint in one wet roll.
get your roller lightly wet and roll a thin tack coat, 3 hours later do your full wet coat, not a dripping roller but good and wet.
A JD hardener is a good idea. 8 oz BB to 1 oz hard.....

Have fun, go slow, be patient

cool......

hey for those in california who can't get Blitz black i found a place in Orange county that normally stocks it, but is out right now. 714 957-1111 eberhard equipment. the guy saids he'll have some in a few weeks.

Cool forum by the way, i never though id be in a hotrodder forum.

Will they ship I am in Aqua Dulce, near the Santa Clarita Valley but still too far for a drive just for the paint. Well I will just give them a call and find out thanks for the information Ed ke6bnl

Do they just stock the spray cans, or do they carry the gallons?

Yeah you can get spray cans.

Montea, I laughed when you mentioned using a roller, but then I realized you're serious.
So does that really work? What does it look like. Did you use a reducer, or did it just level out on its own?
I'd really like to see some pics!
The reason it made me laugh was there used to be this dude down the road that painted his old station wagon with a roller and aluminum roofers paint ("the horror...the horror").
But the more I thoink about it, it would make dealing with sags and runs a lot easier.

Actually, the problem is you can usually ONLY get spray cans in California. My understanding is that the EPA has the regular gallons blocked from the state.

oohhh no i wont be painting my car with a roller, i used a roller to seee what the paint looks like on the car. not what it looks like with a roller. sorry i didnt explain. i painted my front chassis with a roller and paint brush and i just used the paint left over in the roller and painted the door. i want to paint it with a air gun. i will put up a pic later today of the door that i painted for you to see though.

lol i know a guy that painted his s10 with a roller and white house paint! LOL he also cut a peice off the box topper and made ne ugly *** hood scoop, and put intrepid front clip on it. and he thought it looked good. ahahaha

Oh OK Montea, but I was intrigued.
LOL. I remember another kid that had one of those plastic newspaper boxes glued to the hood of his fwd Cavalier with the big tires on the back.

while browsn the cardomain.com i found a 82 camaro with flat black, thought some of u would like to see it to. click Here NOW!

Well I am dropping out of the Blitz Black club. I ended up going with Gulf Blue which is a 1973 porsche color.
But the good news is my friend who has a 928 has agreed to allow me to spray his car Blitz Black! I will post pics in a few weeks.

I really need to see this Blitz Black stuff.... I've been contemplating painting my car that color.....just dont know ..... my paint shop said i was an idiot... and that it would go all chalky/white...... It's severly confused me.... this Blitz Black sounds like what i was looking for..... is this some Old school hot rod secret....... or did someone just think of doing this..... Because i was going to go the rout of buying flattened Clear....I was worried about durability......

i really didn't want to invest that much money into it, because if i decide i dont like the satin black look...I might repaint it, and don't want to lose all that Moola.....


anyone else heard about this "Chalky" effect? i live in canada and might drive this car in the winter......maybe.... i'm undicided.....depends if i can find a winter beater.

Ive got JD tractors around here that are 30+ years old with it painted on the cabs, no chalky effect. It is very durable they paint the bottom part of the cab with this, the part thats next to the wheels so its where the mud is being thrown onto, mud and crap (literally) and after many years of abuse, hardly a scratch in it. Ill try and get some pics of a tractor cab if its clean enough (lots of mud here this time of year).

First post here. My son is doing up his truck so we will both be on here probably. Great site.

We are putting together a 84 S10 350 and are going with the JD -BB look. The question we have is about the interior. My son is hoping to go with a cream/tan tweed -leather combo and we are wondering what people who have done this BB use and looks good. I have been reading the threads on the interior forum but rather than start all over I thought I would ask here.

Bought a spray can of BB at the local JD dealer and I am going out to spray up the old door door we are using (if it ever warms up around here). I have some fabric but I don't think the local milliner shop would appreciate me dragging in an old truck door to compare colours.

My suggestion of JD yellow to go with the JD black wasn't really thought to be that funny.

Any suggestions or pictures would be appreciated.