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Hey guys, Just thought I'd chime back in again. The roller job is holding up great. Since I did it, I've done ~15000 kms back and forth across the 401 between Durham region and Scarborough for my commute. Anyone that knows that area knows the road is in terrible shape, torn up, lots of stones flying...

That's my wife's car. But if I'm nice, she lets me drive it.
We also have a minty 91 Miata that's sleeping for the winter.

Yeah, I read every page of that huge thread.

So that Winnebago was yours eh? Small world!!

Cool. From what I've heard, white is the easiest colour to do this roller job with. I picked one of the hardest, naturally. :P I wouldn't worry too much about the hood, as the grey isn't too far off white. The bumpers will probably take a few additional coats than the rest of the car though. Probabl...

Depends - what colour are you rolling? Red takes a lot of coats for even coverage. I was doing red-on-red, and 2 quarts was enough for me to do 7 coats with a wee bit left over. If you are changing colours, it'll take extra paint as well (especially if you are going from a dark colour to a light col...

Between 12 and 17 degrees Celcius, the Brightside paint I used said it could be applied up to a low of 10 degrees C.

If its too cold, it could affect curing. Do you have a garage you can use, or a propane heater you can borrow?

Yep, exactly! I got all kinds of bugs landing in my paint (I painted outside) and they would all come out after wet sanding really easily.

Wow, I'm (semi) famous! :D Hi guys, Ryan shot me a private msg on the Rolled-On forums and invited me over. I've also got a write-up posted at Motive Mag's forum here... http://forums.motivemag.com/zerothread?id=4125859" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... but its not as in-d...