here are some more pics my wife took with her fancy DSLR

layers of paint on the hood

 

looks good...

why didn't you tape the back?

 

looking good i like the color. i hope you have enough to finish.

 

When rollering paint, you are supposed to go back over it with another roller or a 2" foam brush with paint on it to help eliminate the bubbles.

A long read but worth it to get good tips. Your paint job is savable.

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...0&fpart=1&vc=1

 

I've done decent paint jobs with rattle cans. You have to prep it like you would a professional paint job. I stripped it to bare metal with Aircraft Remover. I sanded to rough it up a bit. Then I cleaned and degreased. I ended up doing 2 coats of primer, sanded and cleaned it again, and then 3 coats of paint, and then 2 coats of clear coat. Looked better than that Maaco crap. I pulled my hood, doors, fenders and tailgate off and took my time over the course of a few days.

 

When you say you thinned it out 10 percent, what is the formula behind that. I want to do this here soon, and also it looks like you just used a urethane paint? I might be doing it will Rust-Oleum protective enamel. I was just curious on what the formula on mixing the paint and thiner was, and how many coats have you laid down in one day?

 

I didn't tape the back because I am retarded. I was confident that my wife could trim it well and she did, but the space between the window and top of the bed is small and when I went back over it with the roller I dicked it all up. I will definitely be taping the back next coat and the door seal better than i did.

I learned a lot from doing the first coat.

 

I think the brown looked good,
But not on a yota,
But the sanding looks awesome so far,
Hope everything works out well for you!
Cant wait to see the outcome.

 

I looked into rust-oleum but it takes like 10 coats to make it look nice. That's the beauty of using a yacht paint like Epifanes Mono-urethane or Interlux Brightside, it only takes 3 coats. They are self leveling paints, I roll on the paint and its all nasty looking like the texture of the roller then a minute later its all smooth and level with minimal roller lines.

To thin it I poured the paint into a mixing container with all the ratios on it and added 10% thinner ratio to the paint.

Epifanes Mono urethane has a 24 hour dry time before you can wet sand so one coat every 2 days at the most. Brightside has a faster dry time and I would have gone with that but they didn't offer a color I liked.

This is how I got started.
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...partii-125973/

 

I'm using a self leveling paint the bubbles you are seeing in the pictures are from right after the paint was laid. I went back to the spots I had already painted and the bubbles were gone within a half hour.

 

if you are stripping to bare metal it is essential that you use an acid etch primer and not just a high build primer. paint is porous and without the acid etch protection it can rust and cause all kinds of problems. if you want to paint your truck quickly i would spray it. you can use a single stage paint and be done with just a few coats.

 

Sorry no progress on the paint job lately.

Its been put on hold due to the recent flooding here in ND. I'm a crew chief on the Blackhawk helicopter in the guard here in ND and we have been really busy the last few days trying to stop the flooding in bismarck caused by an ice jam on the Missouri river. Well we got that one fixed thursday, blew holes in the ice with C4 and used sanding machines to put salt on the ice. Now we are busy in Fargo ND helping with the flooding on the red river, the whole ND national guard has been activated so I probably won't get to this until after its all over.

Thats me directing the salting crews in to reload the machine. Its the only pic we took during the whole fiasco.

 

Looks pretty cold out there eh. Stay safe and warm

 

nice work!! Looks great
Is it me or does that chopper blade look bent??

 

did you get it finished yet?

 

Wow that is awesome, if I only had the time and space I would totally do a roll-on paint job on my GSX.

 

no i have been out of town for the last 34 days fighting the floods in ND i might be able to get to it this weekend if they decide to release me from state active duty, damn national guard.

 

I would love to see your rig finished!
Keep up the pictures!

 

finally got back to the truck today was our last day of state active duty.

So I wet sanded the truck and hope to have a second coat on by the end of this weekend

here it is wet sanded

 

Hey looks good man! I just ordered a quart of the same paint as you just its bright blue! What did you use to thin it out with?