Re: earl, maaco, do it yourself auto paint, or both?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, AZGuy wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 02:44:01 GMT, "Z.Z." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>>pete selby wrote:
>>
>>> Some years ago, my brother painted my car with a Wagner electric gun.
>>> It looked good from across the street if you squinted and it was
>>> raining in the dark.   ...
>>
>>My brother once painted his old Ford Econoline with enamel with a brush. It 
>>actually didn't look all that bad. I also knew a guy in college who painted 
>>his car with spray cans. Took a couple cases. I think my brother's brush 
>>job looked better...
> 
> 
> I've been successful painting small areas with paint cans.  But I
> tried to do a hood with paint cans and it just drys too fast to allow
> you to work your way across and down and get back to the top before
> it's too dry to blend the next pattern in.  It was still an
> improvement over what it was (all chalked and peeled) but hardly a
> good looking job.

Just theory here, but my guess is that with the right kind of paint and
very high quality brush one could get a result that could be wet sanded 
and polished to look pretty good. 

Much like a proper touch up procedure but on a large scale.