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Here's the deal:I have this car:With rot on the corners of a couple of the doors:Then I have this parts car:with decent (big) doors to swap onto the silver car. So my dilemma is that the silver car is a low-mileage, unmolested car and I hate to mess it up. However, it's got lousy paint (especially on the roof where it's faded to almost white in spots). Little scratches everywhere. I ultimately want to throw down for a really nice paint job, probably an early '85 VW gold tone.But its not really in the cards at the moment or anytime soon. In the meantime, I want to fix my rust and I don't want to drive around in a two-tone silver and gold car. Rattlecanning it seems like a decent in-between step, maybe, and I've seen it done well. I was thinking gold::D .. I've searched, seen well-done jobs and lousy jobs and everything in between. Does anyone have any personal experience with this? Tips, tricks, things to do and not to do, etc. I'm all ears

A freind of mine told me he spray painted his car.....with wet sanding in between coats. Said it came out great. If you have a indoor place to spray....I say go for it. Its tough to spray paint in the wind lol. Remember always use multiple thin coats ! If you are in doubt find a small spot on the car & give it a test. Keep us posted if you do try it.

Quote, originally posted by cptnsolo77 »A freind of mine told me he spray painted his car.....with wet sanding in between coats. Said it came out great. If you have a indoor place to spray....I say go for it. Its tough to spray paint in the wind lol. Remember always use multiple thin coats ! If you are in doubt find a small spot on the car & give it a test. Keep us posted if you do try it.Thanks! Definitely will be using thin coats, wet sanding every 1-2 coats is what I've been told. I'm a little hazy on actual wet sanding technique, however, although I think I get the general concept. If I do this, I'm going to test-spray one of the donor doors first to practice. All of the doors, fenders, hood, lower front valance, maybe even the hatch will be sprayed off of the car so I can get all of the nooks and crannies.