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Once I get a homemade booth setup and such I'd like to paint the outside of my truck. But I really don't want to take my interior apart to prep and pain it, yet I think the truck will look odd with a painted exterior and a faded interior.
How good would it look for me to use the same batch of paint, but simply hand paint the interior?
This truck is my DD right now and I really want as little downtime as a result of paint as possible.
So, if this is your DD, how often each day would you expect to look at less than best effort work?
I'm slightly beyond the finger paint stage in ability yet with less than an hour of prep time, I was ready to spray my interior. It completes the truck and I'm glad I took the time. Oh, I drove the truck to and from my 'paint booth' the same day.
do yourself a favour and do the paintjob the right way, meaning no brush but spray! I'm trough with that job and I can tell You that it is the best way.
You'll have to spend up to 2 hours to prepare everything (covering all the parts you don't want to be sprayed). Afterwards grind all the surfaces, clean them with silicon cleaner. Than You can use a base coat. Then a light filler if needed and another grinding and cleaning afterwards. Then another base coat and at last the final color and maybe a clear coat. Including the times
for drying etc., You can estimate about 3 or 4 days where You can't use the car. But it's worth the effort! That's how it looked, when I had prepared the cabs interior:
OK, so it sounds like I need a good reconsidering. I don't expect show quality work, but maybe hand painting would be less practical than I first thought...and look bad.
rico's picture actually gave me the "ah-ha moment": I don't have to remove the entire interior and paint every surface, maybe just dash and doors and mask the rest off!!! I didn't think of that and was wary of removing every-single-last-piece down to the wiring--and still being fast enough to get it back on the road ASAP.
•But here is a good question now, I will be using a BC/CC system for the outside as I've heard it's easier to correct mistakes without too much backtracking, should I clear coat an interior, or is that "too shiny"? How are the interiors supposed to look, shiny or dull?
•What should I spray first, interior or exterior? I do not want to disassemble the doors or their glasses, but the front/rear glass will be removed at time of paint for resealing purposes. I'm guessing interior first.
If you have extra body paint, most paint stores can put it in large high-quality spray cans for like $8 a can. I did a front valance in BC/CC this way, it turned out great. They sell spray cans of CC that are catalyzed, once you mix the two components you have about a day to use it or lose it.
Removing the doors is optional - the hinge pins alone have humbled the manliness men. There are many paint systems. I used a very simple single stage enamel and it has proven durable and worthy of numerous kind words. Clear coat application is a challenge beyond my skill set.
Ross, your last post was an ah-ha moment for me. I need to paint my fire wall while the engine is out, and I'd like to paint my dash while the windshield is out, but the thought of setting up a spray gun and working with it in confined spaces was almost too daunting to consider. I live on the edge of civilization, and hopefully i can find a paint store willing/able to make up spray cans for customers bringing in their own paint. I still have a broken leg slowing me down some.
Hopefully you don't mean with a brush? HVLP paint guns are not expensive and are relatively easy to use. Do it right as short cuts will cause you pain later.
Getting ready to paint my cab#2 today while it is nice (60℉ and sunny here today).
I did find a local auto parts store willing to make up a spray can for me. The process would involve farming my request out to another franchise outlet in a larger community. The cost is about $20.
See Pete, that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid: completely stripping my cab. I think I am just going to mask everything and paint only the dash, the doors, and maybe the interior roof assuming I never put a headliner back.
I have used this product and gotten good results. It does require refill a little more often then I liked on larger projects, but you can tell when you are getting low on paint with the glass bottle. I got the kit at my local Sherwin Williams.
I have used this product and gotten good results. It does require refill a little more often then I liked on larger projects, but you can tell when you are getting low on paint with the glass bottle. I got the kit at my local Sherwin Williams.
That looks like it could be handy, as long as it was kept clean afterwards.
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