u/Worried_String7608

I can’t afford a professional paint job.

I don’t have an air compressor or any paint gun.

I’ll be using spray cans that I paint matched to the best of our ability at an auto paint supply store.

The paint job will be done in Austin Texas weather so maybe around 80-90° outdoors. I will paint the car earlier in the morning if it’s cooler outside if that’s better for the paint.

I’m going to be repainting the front passenger door,

Rear passenger door, gas cap, and hood.

Also there is a pinstripe design on the car as well that I would like to keep because this car has sentimental value from a deceased relative and I don’t want the car to look like crap.

I did try to paint it already in the past and it started peeling and bubbling a week later. So I’m on here asking for advice because I don’t have the funds to get it professionally redone, but I can’t let this car look like this.

Attached I have photos of when I was trying to respray and what some of the parts came out looking like. The cracked paint is what it looked like after a week or two. I know I should sand down and respray the whole panel. I’m just trying to not make the same mistake again.

Should I use a sealer this time?

I’ve been watching a lot of YouTube tutorials but a lot recommend different things.

I appreciate any and all advice thank you!