Attempting the "$50 paint job"

[Jedipartsguy]

Originally Posted by cory d

lake stevens, wa?

Oh yeah Arlington cool.
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[INSIDIOUS '86]

Originally Posted by cory d

lake stevens, wa?

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[cory d]

on the liquor eh cory? im assuming your name is spelled without an E. if it is, HA

jedipartsguy, i think they ar using rustoleum protective enamals. they dont have many colors for automotive paint

[Jedipartsguy]

Originally Posted by cory d

on the liquor eh cory? im assuming your name is spelled without an E. if it is, HA

jedipartsguy, i think they ar using rustoleum protective enamals. they dont have many colors for automotive paint

Im not interested in painting my truck like this Im just curious, because this isn't the first time Ive heard of this stuff.

[tylervalo]

It's just Rustoleum protective enamal. Wal-mart and Home Depot and Lowes all carry basic colors like Black and White, some have red and almond. A small local paint store carried quarts of all the colors.

[Bert W]

Thanks for the info. Here is a Rustoleum link someone else posted. Several colors to choose from.

http://www.rustoleum.com/cbgproduct.asp?pid=130

[motornut]

tintable too

[tylervalo]

Lowes/Home Depot refused to tint it for me, might have to find a small paint store. Although you're not supposed to shake enamal cause It'll bubble for weeks.

[JRANGER]

I heard ace hardware will do it and if they dont have rustoleum they have their own brand...They will even color match if u have a chip

[1tonchevy]

Truck turned out great! what seats are those? mazda Rx8 ?

i don't know what you guys are doing but i used armor coat payed 8 bucks a can and used 2 and 1/4 cans :S

just saying. mind you i sprayed mine.

[tylervalo]

Honda S2000 seats.

So I have a standing offer for my truck of $4250....that sound fair to everyone? That's probably around what I got in it, but I'm needing a car with better gas mileage now that I'm losing my job.

[tylervalo]

If anyone lives in Tuscaloosa be on the look out for my truck running around down there. Gentleman bought it during the UT/Alabama game.
This will be my new toy for a while. Gonna look specifically for a SWB, 1980, 4x4, 4-speed Chevy after I start my new job.

[tylervalo]

Man I haven't been here in a while! I finally got my C5!


and I got another truck to do the $50 paintjob on.....again lol

[JRANGER]

truck looks nice

[Hankster]

Originally Posted by tylervalo

Man I haven't been here in a while! I finally got my C5!


and I got another truck to do the $50 paintjob on.....again lol

Sweet just read threw a couple pages and skipped here.. that paint turned out good.. so you like C5's? You'd probably like my uncle's C5 , 2002 aluminum block ls1, fully built top end, cam, headers, full exhaust, custom tune, and all stock on the outside, he said when anything happens to him its mine! I can NOT wait!

[tylervalo]

I love the C5's, I bet your uncles runs and sounds amazing. I've got big plans for this once once I start making a little more money. I couldn't imagine having to DD anything else.

[doubleclucker]

Been painting my daily driver ol' black for years this way Tremclad black spray bombs every 3 years or so. This spring it's due; might try Krylon this time...

[79Betty]

Just read through and that looked amazing. REALLY REALLY thinking of doing mine in red now lol. Only problem is the back half (bed) is bedlined top to bottom outside and in. How did you get yours off? I don't think i saw it.

[tylervalo]

I didn't remove it, the first stuff I put on didn't work so well so I hit it with some 80grit sandpaper just to knock out the lose stuff then rolled the new stuff on.

[tylervalo]

I just realized I never posted the last 2 Pics of it:

[bluebulletk10]

I've read this thread a few times over and was wondering what your overall thought was with the paint job, I'm thinking about this myself but am not quite sure yet. Thanks for the help

[tylervalo]

Painting it this way is a TON of work, the end result vs price is worth it if your just wanting a daily driver quality truck that you don't care about getting scratched up off road. I just found out today the motors blown in my new truck, water froze in the block. I'm hoping I can get a new block and just swap out all my internals and H/C/I

[Mikec10]

Wow Im definietly going to do this in my driveway when it gets warmer. Now most of you wet sanded in between coats to get rid of any orange peel, bugs, dirt in the paint correct?

[y5mgisi]

Just have to throw this out there. You can go to this paintforcars.com site, and get a gallon of actual urathane automotive paint, with the reducer/hardener as a package for about $80. Add in the cheap harbor freight paint gun and i think you can get acceptable results with alot less sanding and only a few more dollars.

http://www.paintforcars.com/acrylic_...aint_kits.html

Im considering getting this one,



For when i paint my 78,

[tylervalo]

Originally Posted by Mikec10

Wow Im definietly going to do this in my driveway when it gets warmer. Now most of you wet sanded in between coats to get rid of any orange peel, bugs, dirt in the paint correct?

Yes, after every 2 coats I wet sanded with progressively finer grit.

I like that idea posted above me, I might have to try that method this time.