the $50.00 paint job

[Chris]

I am painting the blue truck.... i hope not to spend more then $50 on it. thats the plan. lol. i spent today sanding the hood, roof, and driver side bed. tomorrow will be the rest, then wetsand the whole thing. it was dark by the time i finish but i'll take pics tomorrow. got the idea from http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=476749 and http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2331682&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1 its a roll on paint. it suppose to look pretty damn good when done as long as i prep it extremely well. i'll post pic tomorrow of what i got done today and tomorow

[Doomist]

You need help... both phyica and metal...

[Chris]

http://www.eakland.net/liltruck/P1010087.JPG
http://www.eakland.net/liltruck/P1010088.JPG

















actually i'm just covered in blue paint dust.. lol. this is how far i've gotten as of now. i'm taking a break for lunch and getting abck at it in a lil bit. the drivers side is ready for wetsanding. and i'm about 1/2 way done dry sanding with the pass side.
http://www.eakland.net/liltruck/P1010089.JPG
http://www.eakland.net/liltruck/P1010090.JPG
http://www.eakland.net/liltruck/P1010091.JPG
http://www.eakland.net/liltruck/P1010092.JPG
http://www.eakland.net/liltruck/P1010093.JPG
http://www.eakland.net/liltruck/P1010094.JPG
http://www.eakland.net/liltruck/P1010095.JPG

[jokeplayer]

Sweet. What color are you gonna paint it?

[Chris]

i'm going to stay in the Blueish range... that way i dont have to paint the engine bay, door jams, etc. i'm thinkin of adding a hot pint racing stripes tho... :D

[jokeplayer]

Nice! You gonna do put bed liner in the bed or just paint it?

[Chris]

haven 100% decided... but i think doing spray on or roll on bed liner would be better in the long run....

[jokeplayer]

Yup yup.

[Doomist]

YOU ASS! you stole my beer! -,- and your blue poo needs TO RUN BEFORE you start painting it.

[98nismo]

thats cool man I saw that before. keep us updated

[Chris]

bought the paint tonight. i went with Interlux Brightside paint. picked it up at Marina West. its designed for boats and yachts. i went with Deep Blue. its almost a mighngiht blue, its going to look fuckin sweet!

[83nismo]

chris u do know i have a spray gun right???and by the way if u paint it and all u need to go old school yota show truck with it...wanna be pin striping stuff would look sicko!

[Doomist]

I want pics!!! GIVE ME PICS!!!

[Chris]

alright... my buddy / boss convinced me that it would be easier to spray it, so today we took a 1/2 day and got the first layer down. this thing is BLUE!!!!! i am going to have to do some wet sanding and get a couple more coats on it but i am excited to see what this look like finished. my camera is dead and my brothers in my moms car. but i'll get pics as soon as i can.


http://www.eakland.net/liltruck/P1010096.JPG

http://www.eakland.net/liltruck/P1010097.JPG

http://www.eakland.net/liltruck/P1010098.JPG

http://www.eakland.net/liltruck/P1010099.JPG

http://www.eakland.net/liltruck/P1010100.JPG

[83nismo]

nice! holly orange peel wow your gunna hate sanding when your done.

[98nismo]

looks good and it is blue!
2 questions though whats orange peel?
and will the blue come off the tailgate Toyota sticker?

[83nismo]

If you look at the last pic above the toyota badge, notice how its all riply like a orange peel?! thats what orange peel is.

[98nismo]

Oh cool now I know. so on my rocker panel it looks like that they did that on purpose right?

[83nismo]

lol no brad its bad...It means that the surface wasnt clean or spray gun was off ect.. could be alot of things not to bad to fix you have to wet sand it back to nice and smooth and buff it lots of work thats why ppl try to avoid it.

[Doomist]

You avoid it...

[83nismo]

thats y i dont paint cars i remove paint:)

[ramtime]

Chris kinda lack on the prep job... Didn't even prime the bare metal before paint. Guess you can call it a learning experience for him. I had a hard time spraying it because there was a slight wind that had great effects on the pattern of the spray. Would be nice to do it in the garage but Chris didn't/doesn't want to clean it out. lol
His soon to be mexican pimpn' truck, not mine.

[83nismo]

lol!!!

[FoxRunner]

yeah i had that issue on my stripes...it probably wont like the nw pinstriping cause of it...oh well was only about a 15.00 job

[Chris]

for the record, i was told that paint didnt need primer.... AND the garage is full of shit and woul dhave been a weekend in moving it all out to begin wiht.

[83nismo]

just givin ya lip chris it looks good...

[98nismo]

Im with ya chris, everytime I want to work on my truck I have to clean the garage

[ramtime]

lol, I say we charge a yearly membership fee when the board gets big, then we rent a shop with the money for everyone to use. All tools included.

[SEAKSR]

lol, I say we charge a yearly membership fee when the board gets big, then we rent a shop with the money for everyone to use. All tools included.

Sounds like a good idea... but where would the shop be physically located? So as to not leave people out... lol

[83nismo]

lol yeah your plan went to sh!t!

[FoxRunner]

that woulda been cool, but yeah would be easier to use the money to pay someone to clean each garage....LOL

[98nismo]

that woulda been cool, but yeah would be easier to use the money to pay someone to clean each garage....LOL

Cody needs a job....

[SASRunner]

Hurry up you lazy bastard. I want to see this thing shinning.

[ramtime]

Hell, let's just by a car trailer and have a mobile garage, cause unlike some of you, I don't have a garage to clean :(

[A-GUEST]

shiny!

[sigman]

How much to clean up my garage? That ought to take someone about a week!

[Chris]

With the abuse it took this winter, plus i was 1 coat down when it blew up the big runner and started having to drive it as was, i decided to paint it again.
so we've sanded it down, bondo'ed, primer'ed this time and shot it again... this time INSIDE... we got the first coat down last night, time for a little 400 wetsanding today, and the final coat will go on tonight. then some paint sealant and she'll be pretty again.

[SEAKSR]

As per usual.... pictures please!

[jokeplayer]

Agreed. Pics!