How much paint??
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How much paint??
How much paint does it take to paint our trucks? i found this awesome color that i like its like $35 a Qt. marked from $52 a Qt.
Here is the color: its called Orange Glow Firemist:
Here is the color: its called Orange Glow Firemist:
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If I were you I would buy a gallon, just to be sure, but it's possible to get by with 2 quarts, 3 is common on a longbed.
However, with that particular color I would assume it needs a basecoat of white or silver and then a top coat of the orange and then your clear.
So, 1 quart each of your primer
3 quarts white
3 quarts orange
and then clearcoat system
What is the brand of that paint?
However, with that particular color I would assume it needs a basecoat of white or silver and then a top coat of the orange and then your clear.
So, 1 quart each of your primer
3 quarts white
3 quarts orange
and then clearcoat system
What is the brand of that paint?
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If I were you I would buy a gallon, just to be sure, but it's possible to get by with 2 quarts, 3 is common on a longbed.
However, with that particular color I would assume it needs a basecoat of white or silver and then a top coat of the orange and then your clear.
So, 1 quart each of your primer
3 quarts white
3 quarts orange
and then clearcoat system
What is the brand of that paint?
However, with that particular color I would assume it needs a basecoat of white or silver and then a top coat of the orange and then your clear.
So, 1 quart each of your primer
3 quarts white
3 quarts orange
and then clearcoat system
What is the brand of that paint?
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thats what i was thinking, a gallon my bff got a custom color made for his truck but i cant remember how much he needed. these pics are from last years car show, i spent almost 12 hrs detailing this truck
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Just going off that website you're at about $400 in just paint materials, not including sandpaper, filler, hardener, thinner, tape, masking paper, filters, glazing, polish, pads.............................................. ..........................................
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well it wont be for awhile, still got alot of work ahead of me. i dont care for the price unless i cant find the same color elsewhere. this truck will eventually be totally redone
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yea his wasnt professional, the vocational center painted it, but overall its not bad lookin, its a real head turner. he has on offenhouser intake and a 600 cfm holley on a I6 three on the tree. and a 40series flowmaster single in/out. has a really unique sound to it
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If the project isn't going to take off for a while, you can pick-up the paint and supplies as you go. I personally have never heard of Kustom Shop paint, but can add I have painted with Dupont which is very high quality and even Rustoleum which even that stuff turns out well.
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im just getting ideas, i for sure want that color or as close to it as i can. thats a good idea to pick it up a little at a time, hell my bff his neighbor builds custom bikes, i can prolly get him to spray it for a reasonable price when im ready for it
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Not only that, but he may have enough of the thinners, reducers and primers already. You would just need to gather the basecoat. I would ask for some more opinions on whether that color can be sprayed over primer or if it needs a base of white (which would help make it "pop" where a base of orange or yellow might darken it a bit) as well.
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Not only that, but he may have enough of the thinners, reducers and primers already. You would just need to gather the basecoat. I would ask for some more opinions on whether that color can be sprayed over primer or if it needs a base of white (which would help make it "pop" where a base of orange or yellow might darken it a bit) as well.