1977 Silverado Crew Cab.

[y5mgisi]

I'm sure I'll screw up here and there but I just hate being held captive on not completing a project because paint is unobtainable. So I figure I gotta get some experience by getting some experience!

[OutlawDrifter]

best way to learn is by doing in my opinion! i will do as much research as i can, and then i jump in with both feet.

[y5mgisi]

Same here! It's worked out ok so far. Hardwood floors, tile work, ls swap, etc.

[y5mgisi]

First coat on. Going pretty good so far.

[slimneverdies]

You're putting in some serious work man. Are you doing all this stuff solo??

[68Timber]

Is that the new color inside the doors?

[y5mgisi]

All finished up! Went pretty well.

[OutlawDrifter]

Good work. That's a lot of surface area! Kind of like painting an aircraft carrier :-)

[y5mgisi]

Originally Posted by slimneverdies

You're putting in some serious work man. Are you doing all this stuff solo??

Yep!

Originally Posted by BRUISER

Is that the new color inside the doors?

Nope! Lol

[whitels1]

Originally Posted by OutlawDrifter

Good work. That's a lot of surface area! Kind of like painting an aircraft carrier :-)

I was thinking the same thing. Great work on the truck so far, can't believe I missed this build. Subbed!

[Crcrft78]

Do you plan on pulling the bed to spray the back of the cab?

[TrailerTrash]

came out good!

now the hardest part of all.... putting it all back together without scratching the new paint

[68Timber]

I guess it's just the light, but the inside of the doors looked tan. Anyway, I went back and reread, did you decide between ochre and original?

[y5mgisi]

Not pulling the bed. I masked it so it wouldn't have crappy over spray in there, but masked it a few inches back so I could still get paint in there easily enough.

I'm am doing the original red metallic and white paint.

Here it is this morning. Pretty happy with how it turned out. One of the nice things about the epoxy is it dries glossy so when you sand it it's like a built in guide coat.

[MTCK]

Nice work. That made me tired just reading the last couple pages.

[y5mgisi]

Haha! It's not too bad just doing a couple hours a night after work.

[Got Smoke?]

Saw these pics on facebook this morning didn't realize it was the same build awesome job!!

[whitels1]

Originally Posted by MTCK

Nice work. That made me tired just reading the last couple pages.

Me too!!! Body work / painting feels a little too much like work to me lol!

[y5mgisi]

I have started putting filler on. I pretty much applied it everywhere around the truck where it needs it and now going around blocking it all. I'm fairly confident that I should have the filler and blocking done by the end of the week so hopefully another round of epoxy this weekend. Still debating if I want to bother with the 2k or not. Lots of folks that use this epoxy skip the 2k since the epoxy Sands so well. I think I'll base that decision on how it looks after this round of epoxy. If it looks kinda meh, I'll 2k it. If it looks decent, I'll stick with epoxy. With that, color and clear should only be 2-3 weeks away!

[OutlawDrifter]

once you get all the primer stages done, it goes pretty fast. the bc/cc stuff flashes pretty quick. i've been using wanda and axis products with good results. unless i'm looking for razor sharp lines, i generally just paint over the epoxy.

[y5mgisi]

Thanks! I plan on using Wanda for my base and southern polyurethane for the clear.

[77K10Silverado]

Looking good man!

[y5mgisi]

Last week was a total write off as far as getting stuff done. Had something going on every day after work, worked the weekend, and had stuff going on after work on the weekend anyway... So, my goal at this point is to finish up the filler and blocking this week, spray more primer this weekend, block the primer next week, and do paint and clear as soon after that as possible. Still thinking /hoping first or second weekend in October it will be done.

[rgunlock]

Good luck reaching your goal for paint done!

[y5mgisi]

Thanks! I'll need it!