What do i need?

[steel horse]

well Ive painted in a shop before and grew up in my brothers body shop and can give you a "list" if you want but keep in mind IF YOU DONT HAVE A COMPRESSOR for bodywork dont try to do it at home seriously it will just make it hard even for a pro but a nightmare for a novice on his 1st time out, and this includes a good water/oil separator as well. im sure plenty of will tell you they did a show quality paint job on a 5 gallon compressor in their driveway and maybe they did but i doubt youll have the same results.

List (just a starting point)
1.-sanding blocks, all kinds and not nes store bought ones (if you got a block of wood that fits a weird area, great use it)
2.-3 paint guns (one for clear, one for base, and a detail gun) from HF is fine and really you will do yourself a big favor there by buying their "disposable cups" they come in a 10 packs and will save ATON of cleanup time
3.- 80,120,220,400 grit sandpapers to start (the more you sand, the better it will look basically 90% of your time will be sanding)
4.- "good quality" masking tapes and papers (NOT newspaper, it bleeds and contaminates your paint
5.- mixing cups (get'em at a paint supply store believe it or not their cheaper there)
6.- EXTRA PAINT and practice on scrap panels because you WILL mess up better to do it there
7. USE 2 STAGE "base coat/clear coat" style paint, its alot more forgiving (in my opinion)
8. MOST IMPORTANT....GET A GOOD BREATHING MASK TO PAINT WITH seriously the truck can be fixed you cant, ive seen 1st hand what these chemicals can do to a person and its not pretty
9. Go to a local "auto" paint supply shop and get some advice about paints (self etching primers etc. i personally like to use 3k primer now instead of 2k but everybodys different)


you can feel free to pm me anytime or call me if you want and i can give you whatever advice i can

[chuychevy82lwb]

Man its a shame ur not near the Mexican border cuz paint is so flippin cheap and its good quality paint ints not that cheap single stage with like 200 buck ur talkin about like a gallon of paint 100percent reduction rated. 3 litters of clear n hardener n a whole gallon of bondo n like a whole gallon of primer. Its crazy cheap. N like I said good paint its DuPont
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