finally got around to painting the inside of the cab!! a friend got me a real good deal on paint and supplies since he buys for his collision repair jobs from the same place, so 15% discount, and ended up paying 650 for all of the paint and chemicals.
2 qts omaha orange + 1 gal chromabase basemaker
2 qts off white 4:1 sealer + 2 1/2pt 4:1 activator
1 gal select clear clearcoat + 1 qt select clear coat activator
not to mention surface cleaners, laquer thinner, tack cloths, wash cloths, a breather mask (the nicer 60 dollar one with the softer rubber) and even threw in some free shoot suits.
so overall it was a great deal to have a friend who could help me pick the right materials to get the job done.
only bad thing was having a small amount of time to prep and shoot, and ended up spraying the whole inside of the cab and door jams in 2 hours from sealer to base to clear.
this was my first time doing any paint as well, so i ended up touching a few areas with the feed can lol, and there were some runs, but painting inside the cab was real difficult, especially getting all the little cracks and crevices, and making sure to hit all angles without overspraying....which was probably the hardest part, but the few runs i did have will be hidden by the back of the bench seat thank god hah. and hopefully i can end up buffing out some of the peal in a few days, or i may just wait to buff it all at one time, but not sureabout the best amount of time to wait before buffing to remove orange peal. i know the exterior should turn out much better though, now that i know how to shoot a bit better and how to lay each layer down better...first time paint job, i think it came out ok, and my friend who does it for a living said it came out decent for a first shoot.
here are the pics. dont mind the overhead in the car, that peal is seeminly unavoidable from the angle you need to keep the gun at in order to spray, point too straight up and you get no paint coming out at all lol
the flash was on for these, it shows how much peal is on the surface (excluding overhead of course) but kinda throws off the color
