Any ideas for my derby car paint job? (Red Green Show)?

Question

I'm entering the demo derby this year (first time) and I was thinking on doing a "Red Green Special" paint job. I was thinking on covering the car with duct tape lol Any other ideas? Any quotes from the show? Anything I can add? I wanna win first place for best paint job! lol Come on guys!

Answer 1

Go to your local auto paint store and ask them for their scrap paint. You will get a bunch of paint either cheap or free. Some stores will just give you the paint if you put their name on your car.

Answer 2

A Pinewood Derby Car? Whoo Hoo!

Make sure it is well-sanded. Every nick and imperfection will be 100 times more noticeable once it's painted. Start with a coarse grit sandpaper like 100 and after the car is completely smooth, sand it again with 150 and again with 220. The more you sand the car, the better it will look.

Use a damp (not wet) cloth to wipe all the sanding dust off your car before you start painting and then make sure to let it dry.

Use spray paint. If you brush the paint on, you’ll have obvious brush marks.

Use glossy paint. Flat paint just never looks as good. Most things in life are painted with a glossy paint.

Use primer. Putting primer on the car will help the paint stick to the car instead of soaking into the wood. If you buy a can of primer, your paint will look better, you’ll use less paint, and it won’t take as long to paint.

Make a paint box. Get an old cardboard box and tear one side off. Set your car on a small block of wood and spray paint it. You can also run two lengths of fishing line across the box and set your car on those instead of a wood block.

Spray your car in light, even coats. It will be faster and will look better if you put 30 thin coats of paint on than if you put three thick coats. Thick coats take longer to dry.

Follow the directions on the paint can. If it says let it dry for two hours and then repaint, do that. If you paint sooner, you’ll cause drips in the paint. If you wait longer than that, the first coat will dry at a different speed than the second coat and cause wrinkles in your paint.

If you put stickers or decals on the car, put a coat or two of clear gloss coat on afterward. It helps the stickers blend in with the paint and looks very nice.

Answer 3

I don't think he understood your humor . But even Red would tell you Duct Tape isn't paint . . How about a womans prayer like :

I am a woman

And I will change

if I want to,

{ then } Duct Tape Forever !! Great for those little jobs.