Tailgate Compatibility

If you have a good gate now or can get one no mater the color just repaint it.
You can get the right colors mixed and put in spray cans. using the color code off the door jamb sticker.
Not knowing the shape in person, nicks / rust / etc. I cant say what prep would be needed but from what I see that flaking primer / paint needs to taken down to a base that is solid. That pin stripe will also need to come off and any nicks etc. need to be feathered edge out, bare metal primed and the whole gate sanded with 400 grit sand paper or even 600 grit before being painted.
You dont need to tape off the line between the 2 colors for the first color going on.
I would do the light color first, top edge & bottom edge. Wiping any dirt off before spraying.
When that color sets up, a day should be good depending on the type paint, use fine line tape in 1/4" wide to make the line between the 2 colors. (I have used 3/4" making tape in the past)
Then use wider tape (3/4" making tape) on paper (I had used black & white news paper), folded over about 4" before the tape is put on the paper fold edge half on paper & half off. This half off part of the tape put on the 1/4" fine line tape amd use other tape to hold the paper from blowing onto the painted part.
1 last dusting to get any dirt off the gate and spray the dark color.
Let the paint dry an hour or 2 and remove the tape but dont touch or move the gate for a day as you can put finger prints in the soft paint but the tape has to be removed before the paint gets to dry / hard.
Its not all that hard to do just takes time and why body work / paint is so much dollars it time!
Dave ----
Then I used fine line tape to make where the 2 colors meet and taped off before the red went on.
Here is after I let the red set up some and pulled the tape & paper off.
Here you can see the white is taped off and the red just put on the rear fenders
All painted but still needs to be put together and cleaning up.
Dave ----









