2 year repainting project finally done.

[ChiefRocka]

Originally Posted by sidthirteen

All that hard work has paid off! That truck looks GREAT!!

X2

Looks good man....Must feel good now, doesn't it ?

Awesome !

[Phildooney]

Excellent job. That truck should last forever! Phil

[ol Curt]

Originally Posted by Tomsriv

Yes, this was the original color of this truck. I had to go to a couple different paint shops before I found one that could match the original color code. Its Urethane and the original was lacquer so it might not be exact. When I replaced the windshield gasket and looked at the blue in there it was a lot more dull. The clear makes it shine a lot more.

Mind sharing whos' brand you ended up using? I am a big North Carolina basketball fan and want to paint mine that factory color...will be looking for paint soon.

[jchav62]

Nice work! The truck is beautiful...

[Alan's Classic]

She's a beauty!!

[Tomsriv]

Originally Posted by jbgroby

You give me the hope that that I too can paint my own truck and parts. Would you give a brief explination on what you did and where you painted the truck? Was it in your garage? etc.

It was a long journey. I started by taking the bed off and apart to replace the wood. Then while it was off I painted the back of the truck. I just did it in my carport. I worked on the pieces for about a month at a time, each fender, tailgate and hood. My father and I built a spray booth in the carport with PVC pipe, hooks, rope and plastic sheeting. We even had an exhaust fan. I painted the rear fenders and bed sides in there and some other small parts.
When it came time to paint the hood it was a calm day and we were to lazy to setup the booth so we shot it in the open. It came out ok, one bug and some orange peel. For the rest of the truck we decided to use a booth, I have a friend who paints cars in a converted garage and he let us use that. But I could have painted it all in my carport. The thing is, the clearcoat gets EVERYWHERE. Luckily my neighbors didn't complain, but I had to clay bar the windshield of my Toyota which sat 30ft away from where I sprayed.

I used a HVLP gun from Devilbris, $160, for paint and a siphon gun for primer. I put down sealer primer first, then lacquer primer afterwards because it seems to sand easier. Also, since it was 2 different colors of primer it helped in finding low spots.

[Tomsriv]

Originally Posted by ol Curt

Mind sharing whos' brand you ended up using? I am a big North Carolina basketball fan and want to paint mine that factory color...will be looking for paint soon.

The brand is called Nason. The paint guy explained it was not the most expensive but much better than the shop-line stuff. This color should do well in the sun too.