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Originally Posted by drewskiren
Yes I painted it in my poly booth with the door open and the nose of the truck outside. Amazingly not much trash in the paint. The metallic color is very hard to match and basically doesn't if you look in bright sunlight at strange angles. It's ok, but I don't really care since it is for sale with a salvage title. Painting the panels off the truck and laying flat lets the metal flake lay down differently than if the panels are mounted and are vertical. Metallic particles also sink to the bottom of the gallon can so latter paint work may be more metallic than earlier work. The metallic particles even sink in your spray gun, so earlier passes may look different than latter passes. All of it is VERY tricky and certainly not recommended for a novice.
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You hit the nail on the head Drew.
Painting metallic sucks plain and simple. You really need a good gun that atomizes the paint good. Another trick is to mix the last coat a little thin and keep your fan wide and it will lay the metal down a little more evenly. tiger stripes suck
Your paint looks like it matches great. Keep the pics coming even if they are little skewed from the stein project. Always good information.
