Well, Some people were wondering how this went, Here it is. Let's just say, It looks MUCH better in the pictures. in person you can tell, it was, well, spray paint.

this was done with rustoleum "Camouflage" Black Spray paint, 3.64 a can from walmart. I used 5 1/2 cans. toks 4 hours ish.












Not the best, But better than before!!!!!!

 

you got me beat, at least its all one color! but im a fan of a beat up truck that looks "worked" so id say looks pretty good! got some character

 

I thought I was the only one! I cant stand a "pretty" truck. Its a truck for christs sake! One look at mine, and you know it's used to make a living. Im the same way with guns.

 

Looks nice!!!!!

 

Thanks!


do you folks think I should do a second coat? Would that cover the "Lines" where you can see the pattern I painted it in?

 

Hey Man, Go with your thoughts..It is a Big improvement from the way it was..

It is YOUR truck and it earns it's keep...NOTHING WRONG with doing what you want to do to it....Just keep it maintained and working.... Trav.

 

I'd go with another coat or two, its pretty thin in some areas. Maybe even hit it with the wet sanding.

 

I'd wet sand as another poster suggested, but do the second coat with an electric paint sprayer. You can get one from Home Depot (like this Wagner Flexio 590 HVLP Paint Sprayer Kit-0529010 at The Home Depot ) clean it up real good and return it next day. Then get some of that industrial paint (in black) from Tractor Supply (like this Majic® All-Purpose Enamel Oil Base Gloss, 1 qt., Matte Black - Tractor Supply Online Store ) --- or just a second coat with spray cans.
Good luck.

 

Here's a good read if you are interested,
Perfect Paint Job

 

I second giving it another coat with a spray gun. If you have acess to an air compressor Harbor Freight's air HVLP gun works really well for $13 or whatever it is. Even cheaper if you have a 20% off coupon.

 

I bought the two gun package, both guns are silver with purple on the tips. I've read that those are much better than the all purple guns. So far i have had pretty good luck shooting primer with them. I don't know about how well they will shoot paint yet though.

 

I used the el cheapo one to shoot primer on my tailgate last year and it worked great.

 

Looks good. Good choice in black. My dad did his old dump truck cab red with rattle cans. Six months later it was pink!

 

Thanks guys. Ive decided to do another coat, with a cheap air compressor and spray gub

 

Let us know how it turns out. I'd like to see lol.