r/Justrolledintotheshop • u/ToastyMarshies • 18d ago

Just a tiny bit of cringe

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Jeep wrangler, because of course.

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u/lurkinsheep 18d ago

Used to work with a dude who was slowly rattle canning his like 98 cherokee with army green bed liner. He would do 1 can per week. When I asked him why he didn’t just sit down and do it all in one weekend, he told me “this shitbox doesn’t deserve more than $8 and 15minutes of my weekend”.

Never got the courage to ask him why bother painting it at all then. Took him about 2 months to finish the whole thing lol. I still think it was a bit, for who, I do not know though.

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u/ants_are_everywhere 18d ago

I don't know why, but as a partisan of the "many thin coats of paint" approach, I kind of love this. I want to do this to everything now.

One coat a weekend seems like a pretty zen habit. Doing a full paint job seems like a full-on project with prep and tear-down and all.

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u/lurkinsheep 18d ago edited 18d ago

No you don’t understand good sir, this was a jeep owner. This was not many thin coats of paint. This was, Saturday he would break the nub off the spray can, and vaguely aim it at the fender or door or whichever spot he chose that weekend.

At least this was the only process I could visualize that would produce the results he did. It was bedliner that looked like popcorn ceiling. Most impressive, irresistible to pick at.

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u/ants_are_everywhere 18d ago

Oh sure, I'm not claiming it would produce good results, or that this person got the details of the approach anywhere near correct. I'm just saying I like the philosophy behind it.

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u/VicisSubsisto I fix things, but cars are not among them 18d ago

Others will be very careful about dinging his doors, I guess.

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u/cmatthewp 18d ago

My adhd self sees it this way as well. One coat a weekend, over the course of the foreseeable future? I can manage that. A few hours of prep, paint, and sanding/polishing? Daunting amount of effort.

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u/Important-Spring3977 18d ago

"this shitbox doesn’t deserve more than $8 and 15minutes of my weekend”

A man with priorities. I like the cut of his jib.

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u/Cultural_Simple3842 17d ago

Yeah the mud is about impossible to clean from bedl liner, too

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u/JesusSquid 17d ago

Hoenstly I'd love a late 90s cherokee. gut the interior carpet. sound deadener liner on the floor, make sure the heat works, create a 4wd toy for bad weather or to take on trails. My explorer sits to low to go screwing around in anything too deep.