Originally Posted by
bellweatherman
Don't you get brush marks all over the frame if you do it that way. Why not just use a spary paint? It would make your sanding between coats much easier.
Not at all. By thinning the Rustoleum paint with mineral spirits and applying with a small foam brush, there are no brush marks. It self levels within minutes of applying. One of the main reasons I used this technique to paint this frame is NO OVERSPRAY and very little associated fumes (compared to rattlecans). Important if you are working indoors during the winter and have little ventilation.
The wetsanding I did was probably not entirely necessary, but the resulting finish is very smooth. Five or six coats with light, progressively finer wetsanding produces a very nice finish.
Oh yeah, touch-ups either during painting or later are very easy, and because you are not worrying about a spraycan fan pattern, you can leave parts on the frame.
Finally, this is super cheap. A $7 can or rustoleum and $3 can of mineral spirits is literally enough to do 100 frames....seriously.