cadillacman
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painted the tron today!! WHOOHOO "wtfbbqhomoimhighonpaintfumes"
lol...
heh yep, FINALLY got some colr on old tron.
This is the one that was basically un-savable to most folks(including myself)
I decided that it was worth a shot and the effort has paid off.
I had to totally replace the bottom and about 12" of each side. I bondoed it and got that done earlier today..
I had a day off of work today.. we have a paintbooth/paint area there where in-house paintjobs USED to be done...(painter was family and a drunk, they finally had enough, thats a whole other story)...
so i figured today was the day to break in my $9 pearl harbor frieght hvlp spray gun...
I was going to originally try that duplicolor paint shop paint on this, but im cheap lol.
In this former paintshop at work theres tons and tons(prolly 50+ gallons) of leftovers and unused paints sitting around... most of which is still fine.....
SO i mixed up the 1/4 gallon of black paint i found over in the old body shop(american finishes duracryl-cheap line of ppg) with some napa reducer i found, filled up the gun, and hoped for the best.
SO far, so good. No fisheyes, no runs. The paint sprayed great! It looks pretty damn good. It has a nice shine to it but its not overgloss thankfully, i think full on smooth wouldnt look good on these cabe...
THis is automotive grade acrylic paint(single stage-no clear coat) so if i want it even shinier i couild wetsand and buff it, but i think i will leave it as is, as it looks pretty effing good!
the only bummer is that this is gloss black paint, so it shows almost all the bondo i put on the cab but oh well.. Im happy.. im finally getting this bastard done!
ill post pics soon!
lol...
heh yep, FINALLY got some colr on old tron.
This is the one that was basically un-savable to most folks(including myself)
I decided that it was worth a shot and the effort has paid off.
I had to totally replace the bottom and about 12" of each side. I bondoed it and got that done earlier today..
I had a day off of work today.. we have a paintbooth/paint area there where in-house paintjobs USED to be done...(painter was family and a drunk, they finally had enough, thats a whole other story)...
so i figured today was the day to break in my $9 pearl harbor frieght hvlp spray gun...
I was going to originally try that duplicolor paint shop paint on this, but im cheap lol.
In this former paintshop at work theres tons and tons(prolly 50+ gallons) of leftovers and unused paints sitting around... most of which is still fine.....
SO i mixed up the 1/4 gallon of black paint i found over in the old body shop(american finishes duracryl-cheap line of ppg) with some napa reducer i found, filled up the gun, and hoped for the best.
SO far, so good. No fisheyes, no runs. The paint sprayed great! It looks pretty damn good. It has a nice shine to it but its not overgloss thankfully, i think full on smooth wouldnt look good on these cabe...
THis is automotive grade acrylic paint(single stage-no clear coat) so if i want it even shinier i couild wetsand and buff it, but i think i will leave it as is, as it looks pretty effing good!
the only bummer is that this is gloss black paint, so it shows almost all the bondo i put on the cab but oh well.. Im happy.. im finally getting this bastard done!
ill post pics soon!
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