I suck at painting....

[McCoyAZ]

Well, if at 1st you don't succeed, try and try again.....then wait till you have enough cash and go hire a painter.

My feeble attempt at paint.

I do like the John Deere Blitz Black.

[69chevytrucker]

i think it looks great i love the hot rod look mines done the same

[Revelation]

doesn't look bad at all. I like the caddy taillights

[BADAZ chevy guy]

Don't shoot yourself in the foot here. It's a FIRST attempt. Find a really good painter and ask him about his first attempt. I think you'll be surprised at the stories he'll tell you. We all started some where.

[LostMy65]

It's my understanding that Satin is one of the most difficult to do.
For a first attempt it's not bad.
I think you could now just do one part at a time. Get one fender as you want and move to the next.

[slepysal]

looks good man

[66Submarine]

I'll agree that I don't think it looks too bad; just practice a little more and you'll get the hang of it.

[Turtleman]

One of the business's I have is a painting business.. I've been doing it since 1967 and have coated just about everything since then... You cant tell from images,, but from what I see, it's not bad at all

[Softpatch]

Augh that is horrible you should't have to live with that any longer
There's only one thing you could do
get rid of it Immediately
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I can help.... Help me help you move on.....Here's my number 867-5309

don't wait My operator Jenny is standing by
I have a two party check with you name on it
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I kid you.!
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actualy not that bad most of what I drive are 20 footer's if you standing 40forty feet away

[markeb01]

The nice part of synthetic enamel, is if you don't one particular part, just wait a few days, sand it down and reshoot it again. Personally I think it looks great for a first attempt. And yes shooting flat or satin part is harder than gloss.

[tazattitude]

With satin/matte paint jobs, you have to lay it on VERY wet. you want the complete area to be wet at one time. This way it dries at the same time,. Otherwise you will end up with splotches and streaks.

[pimpston65]

Originally Posted by tazattitude

With satin/matte paint jobs, you have to lay it on VERY wet. you want the complete area to be wet at one time. This way it dries at the same time,. Otherwise you will end up with splotches and streaks.

i will soon be doing mine in hot rodz satin black, im doing panels off the truck. so hopefully i can achieve even drying and i heard the flash time is most important so it can flatten out then followed by more coats...

[McCoyAZ]

Originally Posted by tazattitude

With satin/matte paint jobs, you have to lay it on VERY wet. you want the complete area to be wet at one time. This way it dries at the same time,. Otherwise you will end up with splotches and streaks.

I had to paint this at 3 o'clock in the morning and it was still nearly 90 degrees.

Then the gun started giving me fits and squirting instead of spraying.

It does have splotches and streaks and as Mark said...I get to sand it down and fix it :-)

Thanks guys for the kind words.

[LostMy65]

When you go to do it again, do each panel separately.

[WhippinSaw]

Originally Posted by LostMy65

When you go to do it again, do each panel separately.

X2, Smaller area to focus on and lots of repetitions to improve your skill.
Hard to see what the flaws in the picture, I like it, Looks ready to Kaarooz
Can you wet sand and buff like the gloss enamel?

[McCoyAZ]

Originally Posted by WhippinSaw

X2, Smaller area to focus on and lots of repetitions to improve your skill.
Hard to see what the flaws in the picture, I like it, Looks ready to Kaarooz
Can you wet sand and buff like the gloss enamel?

You can't wet sand this paint and keep the satin look.

Thankfully most of the truck looks "good enough" for the look I wanted.

I'll get a couple high school kids over here and put them to work.

[69chevytrucker]

Originally Posted by McCoyAZ

You can't wet sand this paint and keep the satin look.

Thankfully most of the truck looks "good enough" for the look I wanted.

I'll get a couple high school kids over here and put them to work.

best part about the paint you used is that if you wet sand the bad parts with 800 grit then re spray those spot you will never know you did i have touched mine up a few times even did some weathered lace stripes

[hotrod66]

Originally Posted by 69chevytrucker

best part about the paint you used is that if you wet sand the bad parts with 800 grit then re spray those spot you will never know you did i have touched mine up a few times even did some weathered lace stripes

love the lace with skulls where did you find that at!

[AcampoDave]

My first paint job quickly became "extra primer" for my second.

[jchav62]

Looks awesome!!

[PanelFan]

i dont see what's wrong with it looks great too me !

[McCoyAZ]

@69chevyTrucker RE: best part about the paint you used is that if you wet sand the bad parts with 800 grit then re spray those spot you will never know you did i have touched mine up a few times even did some weathered lace stripes

Now that is what mine is supposed to look like.....

Doing anything this weekend? I'll buy you a beer :-)

[61_FL_Apache]

Looks great from here

[64shortbed]

Looks pretty good to me. It's hard to get it perfect. Mines not thats for sure but if i wanted it perfect i would have done gloss black and put in a lot more hours. for a first attempt looks great.

[LostMy65]

I'm thinking you could hit it with water and a very fine scotchbrite and knock down the glossy areas. Giving it a more flat look.