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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 07:17 PM
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body,paint, and buffing how-to on my 87

with all of the paint questions i have been seeing i was thinking about doing a paint and body how-two on my 87 pickup. if anyone is interested let me know and tell me what you want to see and i will demonstrate it.

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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 07:21 PM
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id like to see just about everything haha
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 07:36 PM
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I have an 85 ext cab that needs some body and paint work...some examples would be nice. I got a nice big softball dent under my d-side taillight. How do you fixt that?

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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 07:47 PM
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Hey Brian,
Do my powder coating and I will fix that dent lickity split! I will even paint that rig!
better yet, Abalone season is coming up and I will send a few your way. What'd ya say???

This rig was a dented nightmare-

and after

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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 07:56 PM
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hey I've been meaning to ask you; were'd you pick up that canvas topper at?
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 08:12 PM
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I got mine from softopper & love it.

as far as painting...nice job on your rig toyospearo. Id paint mine, but im glad i finally dented mine all up so now i can stop worrying about it.

i remember when i first got it i would snap my friends for sitting on it with blue jean rivets, now its fights through brush like a boar.
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 08:13 PM
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but yes, show us how to make it pretty again.
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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thanks!
Yes that top is from www.softtopper.com
If you have the right equipment painting a rig is really pretty simple. Its all in the wrist
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 08:47 PM
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thats what i keep trying to tell her
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 09:12 PM
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ya i would definately like to see a nice how to paint man.
and you should do it in kawasaki green so i know where to get my paint from cuz no where i looked seem to carry it
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 09:31 PM
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Dude, I am Bondo-ing like a madman right now, some tips would be good. My skills and use-to-it-working-with-it-ness are progressing fairly quickly, but still.
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by toyospearo
and after
wow thats a nice paint job? Im wanting to paint my truck case its white and gets dirty way fast.
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 10:26 AM
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yes please do i want to paint my truck and it has some dents that need to be fixed and seeing how my borther is driving my truck while im at college and he just backed into a light pole im going to need to fix that so any tips would help
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 10:53 AM
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Yes please, I would love a nice How to on how to correctly paint a vehicle.
Other than the classic "Just Rattle Can It".
It would be nice to see how to fix dents, rust spots, as well as what type of paint, sprayer, reducer, clear coat and all that jazz is good to use.
Thanks in advance.
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 12:28 PM
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definitly im getting ready to do rust, dents and paint before the summer! i wanna see!
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 12:32 PM
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Definitely interested. I spent $300 on paint to paint a white door red to replace my dented up door and the painting was too hard to get right without a tent that I gave up and bought a door of the same coloured- truck.
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 12:47 PM
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i'm interested is a tutorial, i want to paint my truck flat olive green, i'd like to see how involved it is, if i can do it in a weekend or not.
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 01:50 PM
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paint it up!
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 02:32 PM
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here are some before pics and some close ups of damage

sorry hit post when i meant to preview. pics below.

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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 02:49 PM
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