My Rustoleum Adventure
 

Well i decided to go the rustoleum route on my truck after reading quite a few threads on here. Thanks everybody for your info. Anyways, I used the purple harbor freight gun and a friends air compressor to shoot rustoleum satin #7777. I feel like it turned out pretty good for never painting any cars before.

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Yep look's good!

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Nice job, first time effort or not. And welcome to the site.

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That truck looks good.

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Nice job, what did use for thinning mineral spirits or laquer thinner and what was you mix ratio?

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looks awesome..wish my truck looked that good! :)

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nice job

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Looks great!

I did mine with Rustoleum and a roller....still looks pretty decent....

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Welcome. Looks nice!!

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Thanks everybody. i used acetone for the thinning material at about 20%. It was about 75 when i sprayed the bed and around 60 degrees when i did the cab. not much changed with the temp, bout an hour on drying time was it. Wetsanded everything with 400 grit paper before i sprayed. My dad went to school for bodywork back in the 80's so the few tips sure paid off in the end.

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How did yuo keep the roller masrks out? I tried this, look good but I have those roller marks from lapping, Let me know..TJ

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Did you have to wet sand between the coats? How many coats..TJ

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I only wet sanded before spraying, and i put down two pretty solid coats. The second coat was applied once the first began to tack, which didn't take very long. I also went over the entire surface with paint thinner after wet sanding to get it good and clean. Hit it with a tack cloth right before spraying. Covering the entire floor with water wherever you are spraying helps cut down on quite a bit of dust as well.

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lots of people say the rustoleum paint just doesnt cut it.but some times its not a bad choice touch up,color match,availability, and cost compared to the better paints makes it a no brainer for some.my kid practically didnt even know what a spray gun was till I put it in his hand and said "do it like this". he did our truck and it turned out great.maybe one day it will get a top job done but for the time being the rustolem makes it one color instead of ten different colors with primer here an there.looks like you did a very nice job on yours and Im shure your happy that its one color too.One thing though is that I would like to see some of the other colors done. Ive only ever seen the black witch is ok,except in the one mag they did a little f**d with a roller and lots of wet sanding that one was off white.good job it looks great and the best part is you did it yourself:metal:

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Very nice job :metal:

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Looks really good. Anymore pics?

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Good job man, I'll be tackling that in another month or two. I did just start my tailgate, wanted too see it completely done to insure the color I picked was something I liked. All the brackets are done, tailgate is in primer, gunna finish shooting the tailgate today. Probably won't turn out as good as yours, it's a work truck, I just want the rust gone, and the body protected. Don't think I have what it takes to sand and sand...

Oh btw you add a hardner?

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Did you sand to bare metal or sand 400 grit over the existing paint?
Thanx

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You have to thin the paint to skim milk consistency with mineral spirits...the key is several thin coats...wet sand every two coats...don't want to hijack this thread...do a search on Rustoleum and you should find my old thread.

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...And I don't even like satin paint jobs .

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I only sanded to bare metal where i needed to apply bondo. Other than that just getting the surface smooth is the point. And no i didn't add any hardener. i think that i probably should have though. Maybe on the next one :lol:

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Hi
It looks great
i rolled blue to red last year.....called tremclad up here

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Thanx for the info!

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Looking good & not bad for your first time.Keep on Truckin' :metal:

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Turned out very nice!

Ray