Flat tan is a cool color and I love the why my truck has turned out but it is a pain to keep clean. Your regular road dirt and mud come off fine. It's the greasy finger prints that are the worst, I have a few spots were I can't get them off but only I notice them.

 

Speed way blue Is an Amazing color when the sun hits it it almost comes alive. I liked it so much i painted my bug this color. but im pretty sure you cant come by it anymore. atleast thats what i was told.

 

Roller job. 8 coats of Rustoleum Gloss White diluted 50% with mineral spirits. Wet sanded between coats. Buffed out with polishing compound and random orbital buffer, then waxed.

Biggest regrets: 1.) Using a primer that was slightly darker shade of white than the main coat. The problem was that I kept sanding through to the primer while wet sanding. With Rustoleum you really don't need a primer anyway, since the paint is designed to go over unprimed metal and even light rust.

2.) Putting paint too heavy on the sides of the truck, resulting in drips, which were a nightmare to sand flat, as well as tell when they actually had been flattened or not. DON"T LET YOUR PAINT DRIP.

3.) Painting during a 105 degree heat wave, resulting in severe drying problems.

Also, it was a PITA to paint around the rubber weatherstripping on the windows. If I had the tools and experience to do it, I would have removed it, and gotten a much more professional-looking result.

 

having the right temp reducers and spray gun is critical if you ever need help ill answer your questions i do show quality paint it can be a pita but you try not to let that ever happen in the first place !! thats the key !!!

 

Good old Walmart rattle can........

Will be painting next week back to original Red, will post some pictures after it's done. Hopefully can knock it out in a week.

 

This is a great thread. I'm going to self paint my rig soon too and am trying to decide what paint I'm going to use. I'm definitely going to strip to bare metal and use a base coat and clear instead of a one stage but I also want to keep it somewhat economical.

 

Well here is another OD green Yota $7 cans of camo paint at ACE.


BEFORE


AFTER and new rims.

 

Looks pretty good, especially for the money.

 

painted my 87 over the summer. i built a paint booth in my garage and borrowed a compressor and hvlp gun. a lot of work that i'm glad i did but i wouldn't do it again. color is toyota 416 dune beige. also took some lift out and went from 32"s to 31"s. don't have time to wheel anymore so i wanted more of a daily driver for in the winter so when the wife steals my 4runner i still have a 4wd.

 

Major orange peel on that blue bug, nice color though.

 

My 84 Toy Just painted today 14$ paint job





Not a toyota but i liked my 20$ paint job

 

looks good man! i like the rollbar with the flatbed look. very nice rig

 

Thx i like it too but was thinking about putting and 90's style bed on there then bobing and dove tailing it just have decided yet.

 

Whoa, I really like this setup!
Congrats!

 

You got the lawn chair out to watch the paint dry? Had to go in because it was raining or to take the pics?

 

king132 that looks really good for $14 in pant. By the looks of the paint can can't really tell, but Wally World paint?

 

No haha the chair was for me to sit on while i was cutting the stencil i was making out




thx and sure is haha cheap primor that works good and krylon oilve green..

 

I did mine a couple weekends back. Gun metal grey metallic with rhino line down low.

 

got any more pics of your rig 90veezee3?

i'm liking the color!

 

Thanks! I put up a thread about it in the build up section.