If you want a flat finish why don't you just rattle can it?

 

because rattle-can can look bad.
Theres the lines inbetween layers of spray that are pretty noticeable...
Though, flat paint certainly does lay down pretty silky.

 

once again the chick is right??? LOL

rattle can is the way to go IMO....for one..its VERY inexpensive..requires like basically zero prep..hahaha two, its pretty durable (rustoleum..only thing i ever use..besides krylon ONCE..and its still holdin up good) if you get a scratch on it..sand it down and spray it again..no problem at all..oh and did i mention its CHEEAPPPP!!!

 

rattle can CAN look bad...if you don know what you're doing..i've only painted 3 trucks..and i think i got it DOWN..check out this rattle can job..

that's my '86..spray on bedliner on the bottom half though...its allll rustoleum...and only one coat might i add..LOL..

before i sell it i will wetsand it.spray it again..wet sand again..and give it one last coat to make it shine more!..will also redo the bedliner!

 

Good job on the painting. Looks real shiny. Ditto on the bumper sticker.

 

I could swear you did the roll-on paint job.
Interesting, i might actually fix the paint on my truck. It's scratched up, and i want to fixs that rust hole. Plus i need a reason to do my senior project for highschool lol.

Plus, it's loaded up with scratches.. And i want to fix that fat rust hole.

 

What color did you end up using?
I'm thinking about the interlux ocean blue or sapphire blue for my '86 runner....I like your rig but want mine to come out a little darker.
did you spray yours or roll it?

 

i want to repaint my 88 but do you guys know if the sale the original decals for it anywhere?

 

This place sells the original decals

http://www.jamesdeancreations.com/

 

Hey, wow that looks amazing, how on earth do you get the paint so smooth and shiney ? , ive been using a gun and compressor and its nowhere near that shiney how do you do it ??

 

its yacht paint thats self leveling

 

Great work. Thought that was only the primer. Glad you stayed with the GREEN!

 

Well... here are some ones I did with a roller....

Started out looking like this.....


1 gallon of rustoleum later... (sorry, not washed)



Then there was this one..... (my buddy HATES fords... he was laughing because I got this for $500...)


And when it was done...

 

Roller paint jobs look good but why roll when you can spray? Is it because it's cheaper? I'm not knocking rolling paint jobs I think they look great. It's just my dad is a professional painter and I grew up spraying paint with a bottom feed and gravity feed guns and think the the hardest part of a paint job is always going to be the prep. It just seems to me like more work to roll vs. spray. I really like how your truck turned out though, nice work.

 

well one reason I rolled my truck is because I could do it in my garage, I don't own a paint booth. I have a paint booth at work but I can't leave ant projects there. The ease of doing it in my garage was why I did the roll on job. When I paint my cj5 I will find a way to spray it. Roll on is to much work.

 

I know what you mean about the ease of doing projects in your garage, I don't have one now and it's been my dilemma. My Dad always said I could rent a booth but I don't know what the going rate is for one. Lucky me his friend owns a shop and I can always talk him into doing my vehicles there. I would like to build a portable paint booth w/ drop tarps and filter fans but haven't priced it out. It's too cold to do any of that work right now anyway.

 

truck looks great!

 

Wow, this turned out much better than I thought was possible with a roller. My opinion of this was tainted though because I once saw a VW beetle painted with a brush and it looked like he painted it with a broom.

It should actually be more durable than spraying with a gun. In the process of rolling (or brushing) you "work" the paint into the surface rather than just throwing it on it like a gun does.