Last summer I started to spray paint my Tracker yellow and stopped because too much of the green showed through.  I am wondering if painting by brush would provide better coverage.   Has anyone had good results with brush painting?

It can........

     I remember my Dad painting a 59 Chevy with brush and roller years ago....turned out awesome.

From what I remember
- Good quality marine enamel, slow drying.
- Nice warm day
- Dust free area
- Out of direct sunlight

Painted it on Saturday morning, left it in the garage till Sunday night....came out smooth, shiny
and deep just like an expensive spray job....I was amazed, smart man my Dad.

One of his friends used the same technique to paint each panel of a 55 Anglia different colors.
Turned out just as nice

For what it's worth.....

Zag

Google Rolling and Tipping , it's a technique used for high end boat paints.

The paint itself can be very pricey, and has a lot to do with the quality of the finish.

I wouldn't think a gloss household paint would turn out nearly as nice.

With that said, I would recommend prepping the truck, and dropping it off at a cheap paint shop (Maaco, etc.), should be $200-300 if it comes in ready to paint. Their paint jobs aren't bad when the prep work is done correctly.

SQ

I painted a scout with a roller and spray cans.  I basically did all the corners and hard to reach areas with spray paint, then went over the whole car with a roller.  Now i used rustoleum hammertone paint on it, so evenness was not a concern and it came out great, except for where i tried to go back over it a little too soon before it was fully dry as it kind of smudged the hammertone finish a bit.  I went back over it and it's cool.  Toughest paint i've used seen on a car.

as a certified autobody gut  i'm not even going to touch this one....lol( )

i painted this truck with some thick paint that dried really quick. my friend got the paint from general paint. i put it on with a roller. turned out all right

before



after

Just need to do several coats with the spray cans, get the little plactic handle thingy that snaps onto the can and gives you a tigger, I did my 280Z with spray cans, 1 coat primmer, 1 flat red, 1 gloss red and 1 clear coat for maybe $40 and it came out OK..

I have painted and done a lot of work with cars, obviously I prefer a paint booth with a normal spray gun....but you can paint with spray paint, it turns out ok really, but it requires a lot of work basically.  One thing to remember it will only turn out as good as your body work, take the extra time sanding and preparing.  I have painted fenders before, you can get the spray paint that has a fan pattern that helps, paint small areas at once also, say the top of the fender, break it at the trim or something.  Let it dry for a day then wet sand and buff it, you can get it really nice if you work with it.

But....if I were going to do a whole car, and wanted to save money....I would just spend the time preparing and sanding and then just carry it to one of those cheap auto paint places and pay the 150-200 bucks or whatever it is now. Might be a little more expensive but you would be hours ahead in time from the spray paint route.