are you positive its the right ratio?
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are you positive its the right ratio?
Fool me once!
I got the bed in high build primer sealer this weekend. Three coats and then finished sanding up to 500-grit. I'll try to get some pics of the current coat but it looks really nice and should laydown nicely after two coats of black primer and three coats of color. I did get a test panel shot in color and am really happy with the selection. I'll try to get some pics of the test panel as well.
The cab still needs some body work on the rear quarters and about a days worth of finish sanding to prep for the high build primer sealer. It looks like rain next weekend so I should have time to finish the body work on the cab before the next nice stretch of weather for paint. Paint should be done in the next 3-4 weeks and then re-assembly can begin.
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Looks good. I like the new color.
Looking good. White was the color I wanted though. :)
Wow! That's going to be cool when it's all done.
Thanks Dave. It has taken many hours of work to get it to this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by davido
I have a few more days of this........
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Block sanding sucks. I found some small dents that escaped me before the high build primer so I will have to hit those with some glaze and then re-shoot a few patches of high build primer. Then block sand again, one coat of the primer sealer, then three coats of color. This is a single stage - no clear.
How are you drying out your air supply?
Two desiccant filters. The first at the outlet to the compressor tank is a craftsman unit with a particulate filter screen and settling chamber that I fill with desiccant pellets. The second unit is a HB unit that is attached to the base of the spray gun. It is filled with desiccant pellets as well. The desiccant pellets change from blue to pink when they are spent....which is about three refills with the spray gun (20 ounce capacity).
I also drain and refill the tank before each spray session.
Wait.....you painted the bed on a different day from the cab? That's a no no with metallics.
Also, I think I remember asking you this before, but did you pull the fenders,hood, doors to cut in the jams with color before shooting the outside?
Ya, I had to. Not enough room in the garage to spray both at the same time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fredo
I haven't gotten to color on the cab yet. The cab is much more work than the bed for reasons like this. Things that can come off will......Quote:
Originally Posted by Fredo
Yes, the jams will be painted before the outside body.
I know it will not be perfect but I'm trying to do the best with what time/money/facilities I have available to me.
I get it. A two car garage can fill up pretty quick when painting. You pretty much have to be a paint ninja.
Are you planning on wetsanding and buffing this after you spray it, or just run with it as is?
Why are you not going with a clear coat?
Only if it needs it....I'm hoping not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fredo
The single stage paint from Summit doesn't require a clear coat but they do list it as optional. I'm pretty happy with the results I got on the bed so I guess I don't see a need for the extra work.Quote:
Originally Posted by KrazyKarl02
I worked on the hood and fender emblems this weekend. It is amazing what a new coat of paint and chrome polishing will do.
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I pulled one leaf from the front spring packs and two leafs from the rear packs. It brought the truck down a little more than 1/4 inch in the front and a little more than 1/2 inch in the rear. I can't go any lower with the stock suspension/steering/i-beam.
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I finally got the temp gauge working....all the gauges and dash lights now work.....first time since I've owned it and probably in a long time.
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Also installed the new horn button and button retainer....neither were there when I bought it.
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I got the full moon dish center caps fitted. It took some grinding on the steel wheels to make a sufficient 'lip' for the caps to 'snap' onto. The steel wheels will be color matched green with the body.
The body work is also complete. The entire cab has been blocked and small pinholes filled. It is ready for a final cleaning, masking, and paint.
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Looks good. When do you plan to paint?
Sometime during the next 3-4 weeks. My weekends are filling up fast though.
Looks good
So?
Well, it took longer than expected but....here it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seth
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Better pics to come. I quickly snapped these this morning.
Bed sitting on the frame.
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Looks good, I like that color when I see it all together
It's coming along nicely!
so would you paint a vehicle yourself after all that work or send it to a shop..... i have a 66 bronco and a 67 mustang that will be ready for paint the first of next year most likely and considering doing it myself. I have always stayed away from painting anything past a rattle can.
I'm fairly certain I will never paint a vehicle again. I have learned from this experience that painting takes patience and dedication to detail that is difficult for me to maintain. However, there is some amazing sort of satisfaction in putting down the spray gun and seeing the transformation. I don't know of another part of building a car where there is so much visual change in such a small amount of time as actually spraying the paint.....it's the months of body work, surface prep, and masking that I am not in a hurry to do again.Quote:
Originally Posted by colman
With that said, I don't know of another service that could have done the quality of work I achieved for anywhere around a similar price. When I was researching it last year I was amazed at the price of a quality paint job. $10k plus was not unusual. What I have as a finished product is certainly better than a Maaco $1000 paint job and the ability to say you did it yourself is pretty cool.
I agree with this, painting is a very satisfying job. No amount of prep brings the visual satisfaction that painting does. From the short amount of time that I worked in a body shop, I quickly realized that I would never fully paint a vehicle by myself, there are just too many things that can go wrong without a booth, and experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by 85cj7