Zelephant's two-tone roller paint job advice/progress thread
05-19-2010, 06:30 PM
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http://www.lowes.com/pd_144257-11591...20Roller%20Kit
If you're only doing one color, I'd buy that and a few spare rollers. Rollers sell for $4/pair.
Oh yeah, make sure you learn from my mistake and wipe with rubbing alcohol before each coat
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If you're only doing one color, I'd buy that and a few spare rollers. Rollers sell for $4/pair.
Oh yeah, make sure you learn from my mistake and wipe with rubbing alcohol before each coat
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05-19-2010, 08:26 PM
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Check your local dollar store for paint supplies. I can get a roller and handle for $1, and a pack of 3 dense foam rollers for $1. Plus they have trays, drop sheets etc.
05-20-2010, 07:27 PM
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Started applying the red today. I made sure to wipe it down with rubbing alcohol first, and then masked everything.
It took more than 10oz. to cover the area, hopefully the subsequent coats will take less, as was the case with the black. The other thing is that though the photo looks good, this coat does not look as good black coat #1. The brush strokes are easily visible and the original color comes through all over the place. I'm counting on the following coats looking better.
It took more than 10oz. to cover the area, hopefully the subsequent coats will take less, as was the case with the black. The other thing is that though the photo looks good, this coat does not look as good black coat #1. The brush strokes are easily visible and the original color comes through all over the place. I'm counting on the following coats looking better.
05-20-2010, 10:57 PM
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due to dust getting on it as the coat flashes off and dries. also the alc. dose not leave a residue, it evaporate completely.
just apply more coats as needed, if you need to sand it down some to get the bubbles or brush strokes out, do so with 800 grit. then apply more coats.
Started applying the red today. I made sure to wipe it down with rubbing alcohol first, and then masked everything.
It took more than 10oz. to cover the area, hopefully the subsequent coats will take less, as was the case with the black. The other thing is that though the photo looks good, this coat does not look as good black coat #1. The brush strokes are easily visible and the original color comes through all over the place. I'm counting on the following coats looking better.
It took more than 10oz. to cover the area, hopefully the subsequent coats will take less, as was the case with the black. The other thing is that though the photo looks good, this coat does not look as good black coat #1. The brush strokes are easily visible and the original color comes through all over the place. I'm counting on the following coats looking better.
just apply more coats as needed, if you need to sand it down some to get the bubbles or brush strokes out, do so with 800 grit. then apply more coats.
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05-26-2010, 05:45 PM
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Just wanted to update one last time to show how everything turned out. I followed the same procedure I did for applying the black, so I won't bore you with redundant pics or descriptions. The only difference is instead of sanding the whole color between coats, I only sanded the spots that needed it, and I can't complain about the results:
Another thing I noticed as removing the masks that others may find useful is to make sure that at the beginning you wet sand into the hard to reach places. When I peeled the tape away at a tricky spot, sometimes some of the paint would peel up with it. Part of this was because I waited until it was completely dry to remove some masks, but at some spots I saw that the place hadn't been sanded first. I did so and touched it up, but it would have been easier to do it before hand. A good rule of thumb would be to spend an equal amount of time sanding the 10% of your truck that is hard to reach as the 90% that is easy to reach.
Aside from that, I hope my experience can help some people with their projects; Yotatech's given me SO much help, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to give something small back.
Oh, and I'm thrilled with the way it turned out!
Another thing I noticed as removing the masks that others may find useful is to make sure that at the beginning you wet sand into the hard to reach places. When I peeled the tape away at a tricky spot, sometimes some of the paint would peel up with it. Part of this was because I waited until it was completely dry to remove some masks, but at some spots I saw that the place hadn't been sanded first. I did so and touched it up, but it would have been easier to do it before hand. A good rule of thumb would be to spend an equal amount of time sanding the 10% of your truck that is hard to reach as the 90% that is easy to reach.
Aside from that, I hope my experience can help some people with their projects; Yotatech's given me SO much help, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to give something small back.
Oh, and I'm thrilled with the way it turned out!
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05-27-2010, 09:07 AM
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Thanks for all the positive feedback-always appreciated!
BlackGateYota: Believe it or not, those tires are 3" bigger than factory. It came with tiny 29" tires on rusted stealies, so to me, these tires are an upgrade. I'll give it a small lift someday, but I'm not going overboard because the truck's not gonna get wheeled. It looks like a blast, but wheeling kills rigs (wheel, wreck, wrench, repeat), and I can't afford that right now.
Betelnut: The pinstripe is a double vinyl one I got at my local paint shop for $12. I'm hoping it's higher quality than the ones that cost half that at Pepboys and Autozone.
I put on three coats of each color, but I was getting full coverage after coat #2 of the black. Red took all three coats to get full coverage. I bought a quart of each color. I have about 3-4oz. left of the black, and maybe 1oz. of red left. Later coats need less paint.
BlackGateYota: Believe it or not, those tires are 3" bigger than factory. It came with tiny 29" tires on rusted stealies, so to me, these tires are an upgrade
. I'll give it a small lift someday, but I'm not going overboard because the truck's not gonna get wheeled. It looks like a blast, but wheeling kills rigs (wheel, wreck, wrench, repeat), and I can't afford that right now.Betelnut: The pinstripe is a double vinyl one I got at my local paint shop for $12. I'm hoping it's higher quality than the ones that cost half that at Pepboys and Autozone.
I put on three coats of each color, but I was getting full coverage after coat #2 of the black. Red took all three coats to get full coverage. I bought a quart of each color. I have about 3-4oz. left of the black, and maybe 1oz. of red left. Later coats need less paint.
05-27-2010, 09:30 AM
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looks good! did you paint the interior parts like the door jambs? did you stick to your plan of wet sanding between each coat? i am about to paint my rig with the same method, will probably use rustoleum though.
05-27-2010, 09:44 AM
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2 quarts of paint and 3 coats isn't bad at all. I might have to go this route to, but all I have to paint is the cab of a single cab. May be able to do it with 1 quart!!!
