Let's see pics of paintjobs done yourself...

[bosco200]

Originally Posted by JORGIE95961

yes but did he paint it allat once or a panel at a time...hmmm.. Just sayin

Yea its better to have a bigger tank, and yes I sprayed the whole thing at once, but if your just doing panel by panel you'll be fine.

[markeb01]

First of all there are some really spectacular trucks on this thread.

Here’s my truck back in 1992 when it was first purchased, and in 1998 when I painted it PPG black lacquer. I didn’t bother painting the original GMC hood because it was bent. The Chevy hood was picked up a few months later:







And here’s how it looks today wearing John Deere Blitz Black enamel.

[markeb01]

Here are a few before and after shots of some other cars I’ve owned and painted over the years:

This was my high school car. The black paint job was my first. It turned out pretty nice but had a run on the front of the hood. The Bel Air windshield was my first glass installation.





I bought this 50 Plymouth right after Vietnam, and converted it into a 1949 and painted it a putrid grass green color with Standard Brands synthetic enamel (it was suppose to be Mustang Twilight Turquoise). The after photo is a Polaroid and doesn’t look near as horrible as the color did in real life. I wanted to paint it black but my ex-wife insisted on turquoise:





This was 54 Chevy #5, my last. It was an original owner car in cherry condition. The day I was in the hospital having back surgery my drunk brother in law smashed in the door which I promptly replaced a week after getting out of the hospital:





This 67 Chevelle was a California government car that ended up with a 350, 4 speed, 12 bolt rear end, and Jaguar XJ12L leather interior. The paint was catalyzed black acrylic enamel. I no longer remember the brand of paint.





And this 46 Ford was our last ride before purchasing our 1960 GMC. It had been a parts car for a restorer, but came back to life strong enough to serve us for 8 years covering 300,000 miles:

[kev2809]

^^ man, you sure do like black paint jobs lol

nice thread..gives a lot us some motivation!

[BigDan3131]

These photo's might be too large, if so I'll resize them.

[pockets]

If anything they aren't big enough

nice work

[powerdriver 1958]

Some I have done

[Dunenutt]

Originally Posted by 71sierragrande

Thats how Im gonna paint mine(with parts disassembled). Whats your compressor tank size? Looks great, love the orange!

Sorry, I was out of town. Its a 60 gallon tank with a 7 1/2 HP compressor. My dessicant dryer eats up 2 HP though.

[jjjmm56]

Heres some of the 56

[WestButteTruck]

First time, did lots of reading, bought a couple vids, etc. This was a practice truck before I start on the 72. PPG base - light Bronze Metallic, SPI clear.

[rendus]

Summit Epoxy primer, Summit High build primer, Summit Black Single Stage paint, all sprayed with an Earlex Turbine hvlp sprayer.

[kev2809]

any closeups rendus?

that looks pretty damn good for a single stage paint job..

[69BBsuburban]

A few of my squirt jobs....all done in my small garage. And yeah, I love to do flames...haha.
I use almost any product.....been using alot of House of Kolor lately and trying some of the new clear kits with good success....

This was done today... Roth metalflake over HOK base...HOK candies and cleared with Advantage.

[Slick67]

That Harley looks sick!!!

[Gordonr1973]

These pics are outstanding!! Beautiful work guys!!!!

[keanevann]

Almost done.... Just got the tailgate and roll pan to do!!

[rendus]

Originally Posted by kev2809

any closeups rendus?

that looks pretty damn good for a single stage paint job..

The secret to my success is color sanding and buffing.

found a closer one, front trunk:


I'll try to take some more....

[Jaysonb]

Originally Posted by keanevann

Almost done.... Just got the tailgate and roll pan to do!!

Looks great, I like it a lot.
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[70s chevy]

This is my 70 cab and front clip i painted last night.. Still in paint room.. Can't wait to get off work so i can unmask it..

[Louisianaboys69]

Haven't hit the Body with the paint yet but here is a few pics of my 350 four bolt main sprayed in my garage and primed body parts! I will post more painted parts later.....

[BigDan3131]

Love the lace 69BB, did you leave it like that or candy over it?

[soultosoul13]

the first pic is how the truck looked when i got it. the cab had already been painted (its very dirty in these pics) i painted the driver side of the box and tailgate with left over paint from the cab. i had to get new paint mixed for the passenger side of the box, but NAPA mixed it wrong so the color is off-which REALLY pissed me off. guess i should have tested a small area first! need to get them straitened out and redo that side of the box. overall, i dont think i did to bad for a first timer with a rattle can! hey, its a truck right!?!?

[Gordonr1973]

That's pretty good work IMHO with a rattle can!!

[Painter D]

PPG: DBC line, 08' Chrysler Surf Blue , 2002 clear

[69BBsuburban]

Originally Posted by BigDan3131

Love the lace 69BB, did you leave it like that or candy over it?

Thanks.....
The lace is layed over blue metalflake and candy blue is sprayed over it. Then the lace is removed and more candy blue is fogged along the masked edges....Fineline tape is then removed and a ton of clear is shot.