how much paint?
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You have no dents or rust!? I am envious. You will need to prime the truck before changing colors(at least gallon of prime) You are going to leave the door jams white on a black truck? Have you ever owned a black vehicle( they suck) at least 1.5 gallom to do the outside of the truck and the inside of the bed. Are you going to clear coat?
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yeah im going to clearcoat it. but theres no point clearcoating inside the bed (is there?)
i might make it forrest green or somthing too, idk yet. the door jams seem like they would be a pain to do, are they?
im just trying to get a ballpark on supplies and pricing.
and whats wrong with black? ive never had it, i just think shiny black looks awesome
there isnt much dents or rust, no. nothing that would really be that big a deal to fix
i might make it forrest green or somthing too, idk yet. the door jams seem like they would be a pain to do, are they?
im just trying to get a ballpark on supplies and pricing.
and whats wrong with black? ive never had it, i just think shiny black looks awesome
there isnt much dents or rust, no. nothing that would really be that big a deal to fix
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If you are going over the original white, remove all the trim,grill,lights,glass anything you can. You will need to wet sand w 400-600 grit paper. Then clean the clean the whole truck w a wax and grease remover. Tape off anything you dont want paint on, wipe off the truck again and start painting.
As for not clearcoating.... If you use a 2 stage paint, you hve to clearcoat otherwise it will come out like black primer and have no protection againgts the elements
As for not clearcoating.... If you use a 2 stage paint, you hve to clearcoat otherwise it will come out like black primer and have no protection againgts the elements
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The plan for my F150 is to scuff up the factory paint with a scotchbrite pad, remove or mask off windows, trim, mirrors, grille etc. and pay a local guy to spray 2 or 3 layers of single stage paint. I will be using a single stage urethane paint from TCP global. I've heard good things about it and the paint, hardener, and reducer is under $100 shipped.
Some will argue that the only way to paint is to take the vehicle down to bare metal and go with base coat/clear coat. But I can't justify the $3-4K it would cost to pay a shop to do this.
Some will argue that the only way to paint is to take the vehicle down to bare metal and go with base coat/clear coat. But I can't justify the $3-4K it would cost to pay a shop to do this.
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Ditto on that. I painted my '84 black and it's never clean....it's dirty as soon as I finish washing it. It looks awesome during the extremely limited time it actually is clean, but I don't think I'd ever choose that color again.
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