[Gator67]

I'm helping a friend with a low budget driver type car (80 Firebird). It's a decent car that could be restored some day, but for now, he's looking for budget minded solutions to get it on the road and looking decent. Anyways, he's looking for a low sheen black paint to use in a trunk that's lightly textured. Something like 3m rubberized undercoating that comes in a spray can, but harder and won't rub off. He considered truck bed liners like U-pol Raptor liner, but they all seem to be too textured for his taste. spray bomb or 2k in can. Any recommendations?

[bdk1976]

2k bedliner with a compressor and gun and crank up the pressure. It should atomize better and lay flatter.

[Trevor78]

Whatever he sprays is permanent in there, unless trying to fill every pinhole at same time.

[Tempest]

I have found that you can control the texture by the distance the can is from the surface. Close is a lot on texture, far away is less. (but more coats)

[Tim john]

Hi Jeff, Hope all is well with you and your family.

Kennedy tool boxes have a textured finish and they do sell their paint in spray cans. They offer their traditional chocolate brown and red but one could easily follow up with a top coat of a SEM semi gloss or satin black, also available in a spray can. Definitely not as permanent as the bed coat linings so future removal would be a breeze.

Tim john---

[Tim john]

Hi Jeff, Hope all is well with you and your family.

Kennedy tool boxes have a textured finish and they do sell their paint in spray cans. They offer their traditional chocolate brown and red but one could easily follow up with a top coat of a SEM semi gloss or satin black, also available in a spray can. Definitely not as permanent as the bed coat linings so future removal would be a breeze.

Tim john---

[Cammer-6]

Hammered paint has a texture
you can buy in the box stores
I cant imagine reversing the mess of using bedliner

[Cammer-6]

duplicate

[gtohunter]

Originally Posted by Gator67

I'm helping a friend with a low budget driver type car (80 Firebird). It's a decent car that could be restored some day, but for now, he's looking for budget minded solutions to get it on the road and looking decent. Anyways, he's looking for a low sheen black paint to use in a trunk that's lightly textured. Something like 3m rubberized undercoating that comes in a spray can, but harder and won't rub off. He considered truck bed liners like U-pol Raptor liner, but they all seem to be too textured for his taste. spray bomb or 2k in can. Any recommendations?

I used truck bed liner on wheel wells, interior floor, trunk floor (before splatter finish) on my 68 after thinning it with acetone, about 1 to 1....went on and flowed out without the pebble finish, but is still plenty tough.

[Tempest]

Originally Posted by gtohunter

I used truck bed liner on wheel wells, interior floor, trunk floor (before splatter finish) on my 68 after thinning it with acetone, about 1 to 1....went on and flowed out without the pebble finish, but is still plenty tough.

Sounds like a good idea gtohunter

What kind of spray gun did you use? (tip size?)