Picked up a Scion very cheap, put a used door on it and painted it ( I work as a painter ). I generally flip every car I buy but I might drive it for a little while.
Cool, I can ask this question to a Gaffer

I picked up a project car last year and haven't touched it since. The paint on it is pretty bad overall, and it had a small accident on a rear side quarter. I took out the interior trims behind it and hammered everthing out as good as I can, and am going to fill it in the next few days. I want to paint at least the rear quarter in the next few weeks, but I don't really want to spend money on a compressor, which I don't have. I could either get two spray cans worth of paint made for the job, or borrow a compressor. I know the compressor I could get isn't up to it using a HVLP spray gun, because it only has a 24 liter air tank and is good for around 110l/min output, if I recall the data on the sticker correctly. The typical small compressor made for inflating tires and stuff. At least it's oil free

Do you think I should go for the spray cans, or should I rather get a cheap LVLP spray gun for the job? I do have a spray gun laying around, but it's a HVLP and I only have a 1.7mm nozzle, which is better suited for filler. The cheapest gun and the cheapest compressor will probably still produce better results than spray cans, right? I don't expect a super perfect finnish, and will buff out the most horrible imperfections afterwards
