...which is exactly why I did the paintjob on my Notch, myself, as well. If I want a cheap paintjob, I'll put on a cheap paintjob; I'm not going to dish out hundreds of bucks for paint that's only going to look marginally better. Not that my Mad Rustoleum Skillz are all that mad or skilled, but rather those of Maaco and the like are just about as bad; in both cases, unskilled wee-todds are putting paint on a vehicle, but the difference is that I don't have thousands of dollars of equipment and/or a professional paint booth to do this in. So yeah, I won't argue that a $30 paintjob is probably going to look like a $30 paintjob ... but it beats NO paintjob, at all.
Seriously, her hood was primered back in ... uhhhh ... whatever year, and had faded away to a point that with just a VERY light scuff-sanding, we were already down to bare metal. Light surface rust was beginning to form around some spots, and NOTHING rusts in Arizona! Sooooo, at least the car is all one color, now, a bit more shiney, and protected from the elements (excluding water spots, because our water out here SUCKS).
If anyone wants to throw stones and rag on her and/or me about giving it a DIY paintjob, then by all means, I'm sure we'd both be tickled pink if you'd be willing to bring all your painting equipment and supplies down here, rent us a paint booth, prep the thing, and spray it, yourself. I'll even buy you two cases of beer - one per car.
Seriously. As she said, being dirt poor = no money for pretty stuff. At this point, if someone handed me $500, I'd sooner put it into paying off my school loan and/or fixing things that NEED fixing on my Fox than just making it more shiney and trying in vain to appease those who seem never to have anything but negative remarks to say about anything and everything that someone else does to their car(s).
That being said ... here's a couple of sunny pics...
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...and most of the mess created in the process of painting and such (including many cans of Cherry Coke Zero
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