Looks awesome did you roll that on yourself or have it sprayed ???

 

Here is the thread
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...beware-198079/

 

I need to paint my truck this summer at some point.

What are you all using for compressors? How big and how much CFM? Just wondering what the minimum I would need is.

Also what kind of gun is better, the pot gun or gravity feed and why?

 

hi,i use a 12 cfm compressor it is good for painting but not big enough for an air sander. i use gravity feed guns just a preference i guess.
rick

 

I thought I had posted my rig in here (and I know the OP has already painted his rig), but better late than never. This seems to be a good thread for people to check out home painted DIY rigs.
Here's how "Bane" came home...


Then, installed a fender, lifted, locked it.


Prepped for painting. I spent too much on paint but that's what I get for getting off the shelf Dupont at $70 a gallon. Used a gun I bought for $25, don't even know if it was HLV or LV, whatever that means.


Just out of the garage, I had the paint "flattened", I didn't want a shine.


Finally, bedliner on the bottom and a few other touch ups.



Here's how it looks today, 4.5 years of wheelin' later...The paint is really holding up well, very tough. Same paint on beadlocks but the primer was a diff color, bah!!! So beadlocks are a diff shade.

 

For anyone who has rattle canned a 4Runner, how much paint(cans) did it take?

 

You can get away with a small compressor if you have a big tank. I use one of those 5 hp compressors with the tank mounted on it with wheels. Not sure of the CFM, maybe 8 or 9 at 100psi but I feed it into a really big upright tank. When the compressor switches on I stop for a min to let it catch up. You really don't need much of a compressor if you take your time. You will get more water in the air with a smaller compressor but hell, its a truck....
I used the HVLP gravity feed style gun when I used Base/clear type paint. When I used lacquer type paint I used the syphon style. Not sure if they sell lacquer paint anymore. I also use the syphon gun for tremclad type cheap paints that I am thinning with varsol or mineral spirits.

 

Hey what kind of rustoleum paint did you guys use? I went to their website and found the load of products...which one did that mopar guy use (tremclad in Canada..i think)?

 

I used the regular rust paint (tremclad). You have to thin it with mineral spirits and not Varsol. Varsol will screw it up.

 

Flat black

 

I'm currently painting mine. I used House of Kolor Platinum Pearl. This is just the jam.

 

by mineral spirits...you mean paint thinner?

 

well i believe it's actually called "mineral spirits"..however i'm not sure if he's talking about that or paint thinner LOL

 

I am not sure either Here in canada "Paint thinner" is stuff called Varsol (company name property thing probably) but "mineral spirits" is not the same stuff.

 

I painted mine 06 dodge viper red. I used napa base, and clear, i also painted the top to match.

 

Paint Thinner

Fink

 

Here is one of the paint projects I tackled several years ago. As you can see from the before and after shots, it was a pretty involved project. I used Martin Senour Auto Paint http://www.martinsenour-autopaint.com/ which is cheap, easy to spray, and you can get it in many Napa Autoparts Stores. They will give you the tech sheet with everything you need to spray it. They will even give you the stir sticks and the strainers. Find a Napa Auto that carries and mixes Martin Senour paint, ask to look through their color books, Pick a color and they will mix it for you on the spot. They even have a "Budget" line called "Crossfire", and its even less expensive and does a great job.
Here are my pics:

Before:


After:

 

nice Yamihammer lmao

 

hey quick question for anyone who knows...when wet sanding does it matter if you sand two colors side by side for example a stripe or a two tone? I know to put a coat on and let it dry and then sand, but will it make the colors run together?

 

uhm...i actually think it might...but i'm not 100% sure.

i'd go ahead and be safe and tape off the other color or stripe.