$50 Paint Job For Your Car

May 30 by | 8 comments | Money | Tags:

Not exactly the kind of thing we cover at Lifehack, but it’s fitting. Automobile painting usually budgets into the thousands, but this method does a decent job, with a little work, to do it under $50.

This personal account is a good indication of how well the $50 method works. It isn’t perfect, but is damn affordable. Any thoughts?

$50 Paint Job For Your Car

50 Dollar Paint Job – [RickWrench]

  • kewpiedoll99

    “The stripes were rattlecanned, no way the thinned rolled on paint wouldn’t have bled under the masking tape.”

    what’s “rattlecanned”?

  • Adam

    I would assume “rattlecanned” is off-the-shelf spray paint. You know how it rattles when you shake the can ;)

  • the Great Philipio

    Urban Dictionary says “rattlecan” means a spraypaint can. Hence the term “rattlecanned”.

    I had no idea.

  • Martin

    Rattlecan is a spray paint can. It is an older term used as a buzz-word. This is a great way to paint a car i’m going to do it to my Mustang

  • james blunt

    ur all gay

  • http://www.easypaintacar.com Neil Slade

    I respect anyone who attempts to fix up their car, regardless of how they do it.
    I once BRUSHED on paint on an olde Datsun wagon. But I think before people tackle the $50 MIRACLE paint job, they do a little bit of holistic thinking. I’ve written an extended article about the, begging your pardon, “The $50 Paint Job Myth”– because there are many downsides to this method– you can apply a REAL automotive paint job to a car yourself for about the same amount of money, if you just do your homework–
    http://www.easypaintyourcar.com/CarPainting/fiftydollarmyth.html

    • JDub

      The biggest difference is that the $50 dollar myth isn't trying to sell you something, unlike your "book" and "DVD", Neil.

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