ok well im gonna do a roll on paint job with brightside yacht paint. and was wondering for you guys that have done it what kind of prep did ya do before painting? also any specific roller i should get or paint brushes. and last of all did ya sand inbetween coats. any info very appreciated thanks

 

man somebody has to know about this stuff

 

roll on paint job, are you nuts. are you coming down from a meth binge? alright, 6'' high density foam roller, and three inch wide foam paint brush. prep it like you were spraying it. hit the search button after you type in ""roll on paint job"" i am going to do my truck when i pick out the color scheme.

 

I already have the paint, I'm just still debating between spraying it and rolling it. I have the fireside red which is a lot louder than I thought and definitely has a lot of orange to it. Ah well, the neighbors will get over it.

The things I saw while searching:

don't use primer since the paint is self-leveling and may not adhere as well
the right dilution rate for spraying seems about 15%

I'm hoping to tape everything off and spray/roll this stuff on at the beginning of March. As soon as that is done I'm gonna herculine the bed.

 

Getting to be pretty common and some guys are getting awesome results: one thread

 

2 best threads I have seen

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...nt-job-122120/

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...partii-125973/

 

i dont know maybe its just me, but i would definately spray paint my rig if my paint needed it. just something about spraying. i think its easier, and its probably going to be faster to get in all the cracks and stuff. dont forget inside the doors and stuff.

i might do this to my girlfriends civic, just not sure when. plus, im not so good mixing tape and newspaper

 

for the love of god don't use 6" rollers. use the 4" high density foam rollers. 6" rollers won't work and will look like crap. prep normally, sand between coats, yada yada. spraying is faster but rolling is cheaper.

 

can i ask why you would want to sand between layers? dont you want it to be as smooth as possible.

ps. what do you do to the base layer to get it prepped for paint? anything?

 

Brightside requires sanding between coats for proper adhesion.

 

but does that include the old paint too?

 

Absolutely. even more so actually. 220 grit wet sand. The surface must have a dulled finish and be absolutely clean or the brightside will peel.

 

my friend used a harbor freight cheapie spray gun with the boat paint. It turned out really good. I'd spray it.

 

ditto! i only have one coat down, (then the weather turn south and my 4runner died so i had to start driving it again) but it still looks good. once i'm done with my motor swap, i'm going to sand it down again, and re shoot it.

 

Roll on is just fine. There are guys getting show quality finishes after 10 coats, wet sand between each. Its what I plan on doing.

 

with that intelux brightside can you add color to it at all because i dont like any of the colors the have i want a darker brown or forest green.
can i just take a can of it to a paint store and have them mix it or what

 

im sure you can do that. ive done that to get the color for my room lol.