Based on what I can see in those pics... looks like you did a DAMN fine job for a rattle can paint job. Nice work!

 

Looks great to me I just bought a fatboy front fender to go on my wide glide front end I have on my street bob and I am going to flat black can paint it if it turns out good I am going to do the tank and rear fender to so they all match. I painted a trailer i built for my canoe a few years back with spray cans and it rurned out great. So you can do it it just takes time as you now know. Keep up the good work

 

Keeping the nozzles clean is a major "to do". Every few strokes I turned the can upside down, cleared the paint, cleaned the tip and then made sure the paint was coming out evenly and there was enough paint in the can to spray at whatever angle I was going to be painting. It does take a lot of paint I would have been better off using a gun considering I have a good compressor.

I found several writeups and tons of youtube videos about painting but the one I found most helpful was right here. I used it over and again making sure I was doing each step right.
Use it and have at it, let's see some pics when your finished!

Thanks! and thanks to all that have commented. I know paint is especially hard to judge from pictures online but I just wanted to let some folks know that when there's a will (and not very much money) there's a way.

 

More fuel for thought, I was amazed to find out people paint there cages with a ROLLER! And the results will surprise you! The thing i realized is that prep is everything and the real work comes in the wetsanding and polishing stages. The smoother the coats of paint, the least amount of work, but as long as you have enough paint not to sand through you should be ok. Not sure on the policy for outside links? AN dno I have not tried and don't recomend it.

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...0&fpart=1&vc=1

 

That is an amazing read totalgearhead, Thanks!!!

This one is getting bookmarked.

 

I used to have a neighbor who I called the "rattlecan king" he was always spraying something with a rattle can. Bottom line...if it works for you...if you like the results then it's terrific. I've seen some amazing things done with rattle cans...

 

Really interesting, and it reminds me of something. I knew a guy back when that was a Jaguar lover and had an early 50's (I think) Jag sedan that had the richest black paint you'll ever see...much nicer than the new Jag he also had. He said the secret was that back then they used a different method- the paint was slopped on with a brush and then sanded and buffed down to the finish. The result was amazing. Haven't thought about that for years.....

 

great info. gonna try this out myself

 

I think it looks great and I really like that fender, nice job!

 

nice work. i'm a big fan, of da rattle can.