Look what I did this weekend!

Well, I guess its better to be making the money rather than spending it but it sucks to have a project only started and not yet finished. :cry:

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Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat

Well, I guess its better to be making the money rather than spending it but it sucks to have a project only started and not yet finished. :cry:

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haha Yeah., People get in my truck and are like WTF! The passenger front door is all nice, red and swued and the driver door is normal. Ill be done one day, but as long as there is side work my truck will have to wait.

lol i feel you i did my dash and door panels now im working on all the small stuff and damn its time consuming...i have probably 20-25 hours of sanding on each door and about 20 on the dash... PITA but looks great after. I wish someone around here could mix pewter to match my damn truck every time i paint something it never matches! i want to shave my rollpan and do my tail gate but can never get a paint to match..

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Originally Posted by Wtfan18

lol i feel you i did my dash and door panels now im working on all the small stuff and damn its time consuming...i have probably 20-25 hours of sanding on each door and about 20 on the dash... PITA but looks great after. I wish someone around here could mix pewter to match my damn truck every time i paint something it never matches! i want to shave my rollpan and do my tail gate but can never get a paint to match..

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Go to any PPG distributor and they can match it and mix up a quart for you or so. You just have to be careful spraying your color and get the metalic to lay down right.

very nice....telll him to tint the tail lights though

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Originally Posted by Red03SilSS

Go to any PPG distributor and they can match it and mix up a quart for you or so. You just have to be careful spraying your color and get the metalic to lay down right.

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Yeah well i went to CarQuest they have a paint prophet and i believe they did it that way... what color do you spray for primer i heard that could make a difference. also the # of coats etc... Painting is a pain.. haha just takes experience i suppose

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Originally Posted by Wtfan18

Yeah well i went to CarQuest they have a paint prophet and i believe they did it that way... what color do you spray for primer i heard that could make a difference. also the # of coats etc... Painting is a pain.. haha just takes experience i suppose

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It doesnt matter what color primer you spray. You need to spray a sealer after you you sand the primer and prep it. The sealer can make a dif on the color if you base coat is thin. You can spray sealer from white-black. So with your color I would do a light grey. Then 2 nice coats of base and a fog(misting it to get the metalik to lay down and not mottle or tigerstripe) coat then 2 coats of clear and you should be good.

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Originally Posted by Red03SilSS

It doesnt matter what color primer you spray. You need to spray a sealer after you you sand the primer and prep it. The sealer can make a dif on the color if you base coat is thin. You can spray sealer from white-black. So with your color I would do a light grey. Then 2 nice coats of base and a fog(misting it to get the metalik to lay down and not mottle or tigerstripe) coat then 2 coats of clear and you should be good.

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i would imagine that the sealer then needs to be rescuffed before paint? i will hopefully get to try this out come spring time.

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Originally Posted by Wtfan18

i would imagine that the sealer then needs to be rescuffed before paint? i will hopefully get to try this out come spring time.

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Not it doesnt need to be touched. Spray the sealer, go mix your basecoat, put it in the gun and spray that right of the sealer. You are NOT suppose to sand sealer, only seal the primed areas that you are painting.

sweet thanks for the help! ill give it a try this spring