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rbruno68 07-30-2025 10:38 AM

How much paint for the inside of the cab
 
Looking for a little help on the amount of paint I need. I googled and search the forum for answers, but the majority of "how much paint do I need" was for painting the entire truck as well as painting the inside the same color as the outside. I want to paint the inside the original fawn color. I am not looking to get into painting trucks so I don't want to over buy if I can help it because this might be my only truck build. So, here is what I would like to do. I am having the inside, the firewall, and the underneath blasted. I would like to spray two coats of epoxy on all of those surfaces. Then, two coats of a primer/surfacer on the inside of the cab and maybe the firewall. Then two coats of the fawn on the inside of the cab and firewall.

I plan to do the Fawn and Cameo White in single stage paint. No clear.

I plan to reach out to TCP Global for the Fawn and the Cameo White to do the dash trim and steering column. I think I have seen others with each of these mixed in quarts. Is a quart enough of the Fawn to for two coats on the inside and firewall?

I am not sure I can find the epoxy and surfacer in quarts, but wanted to see how much people think I will need.
Rob

raggedjim 07-30-2025 10:57 AM

Re: How much paint for the inside of the cab
 
Years ago I painted the inside of a cab and I think I used a quart of paint and whatever I needed of the required reducer. Best as I can remember it was an acrylic enamel I used.

Paints vary, some cover well, others not so much...

rbruno68 08-04-2025 10:24 AM

Re: How much paint for the inside of the cab
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by raggedjim (Post 9396295)
Years ago I painted the inside of a cab and I think I used a quart of paint and whatever I needed of the required reducer. Best as I can remember it was an acrylic enamel I used.

Paints vary, some cover well, others not so much...

Thanks. I might see what I can get in a quart as far as the primers. I know I can have the colors mixed in quarts. Thanks for the reply.

65truckowner 08-09-2025 08:16 AM

Re: How much paint for the inside of the cab
 
I used a quart also on one of my projects interior

rbruno68 08-09-2025 10:49 AM

Re: How much paint for the inside of the cab
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by 65truckowner (Post 9397957)
I used a quart also on one of my projects interior

Thanks. I think that is what I am going to start with and see how it goes. I need to start gathering my paints or at least the primer because I am hoping to be ready to blast in the next week or so.
Thanks,
Rob


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