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Old 04-20-2011, 10:36 AM
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Old 04-20-2011, 10:39 AM
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ehhhh....dont know how to work the whole picture things yet...but heres my truck..i just used some matte OD green spraypaint which actually took 6 cans. then i attempted to do something like a tiger stripe camo theme...buuut...yeah..didnt work out...overall im pretty happy with it to say the least. i actually sprayed over the original factory paint but i used black as a primer. haha
 
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Originally Posted by oldfordisbetter
wife's old explorer


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painted rims, & grille
What color blue is that?
I like it..
 
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Seems like half of the magic of this is taking the right picture
 
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how do you guys make it glossy and not tacky, im thinging about spray bombing my '90
 
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Old 04-21-2011, 11:01 AM
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Other side, different angle and lighting:

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Close up in the sun:

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Originally Posted by bayley_dl
Sorry no majic involved here, visual or otherwise, as I'm no Harry Potter... Just diligence and hard work.

ANY good paintjob starts with a crap load of PREPARATION. (Including the lowly rattlecan job...)

P.S. Thank you for inadvertently complementing how nice my truck looks... It looks that nice from ANY angle and in ANY lighting conditions by the way...

Other side, different angle and lighting:



Close up in the sun:



See...?
I'm not sure what you mean by this, but I wasn't saying your truck looks bad. You don't need to justify your paint job. I've gone the cheap way too, as shown previously.

Ever see an advertisement for a vehicle, where the pictures look really nice and compliments the vehicle well? Then look at it in person and the flaws stand out big time. I'm just saying, taking the right picture can make almost anything look good.
 
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Old 04-21-2011, 12:06 PM
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Sorry man. I must have misunderstood your post. There are just far too many people out there who are very critical of spray can paint jobs for no good reason. Post edited...

On another note; you do have a point, with the right angle and lighting ANYthing can be made to look nicer in a picture... Ever check out an online dating site...? LOL... Peace.
 
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I had bought a "brush" painted truck a few yrs ago. They painted the whole thing with something close to RHINO-LINER, you couldn't scratch that truck with a nail! Really didn't look too bad either.
 
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I bought an old '89 F150 4X4 a couple yrs ago that was painted with a brush. But instead of paint, they used roll-on BED-LINER, you couldn't scratch that truck with a NAIL! Really didn't look all that bad either.
 
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thats how im painting mine rhino liner then im scuffing it up and thropwing on the camo
 
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So long as you're not concerned with "shine" 'cuz you KNOW that's NOT gonna happen. The one I had actually looked pretty good, besides, who's gonna know at 70 mph? And if it's parked, NOBODY needs to be that close anyway.
 
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its an off road toy lol
 
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