As some of you may know, i'm going to paint my 86' 4Runner. I was originally going to use a friends paint sprayer to apply the paint, but yesterday I went to the paint store to get a price on paint and I did NOT like what i was told. They wanted $380 for paint!! I only paid $491 for the truck!! I was a bit torn on how to paint the truck until i did a little searching and saw that most people (that are on a paint budget) use the boat-paint-roll-on method. So my question to you guys is, should i just roll on some boat paint or should i "do it right" and spray on the $400 paint? Also when it comes to sanding the paint i assume i should wetsand it from 400 grit and go to higher and higher grits as i put a new coat on each time? For example paint, 400 grit wetsand, paint, 600 grit wetsand, paint, 800 grit wetsand, paint, 1000 grit wetsand, paint, 2000 grit wetsand. And also does this paint need clearcoat put on top of it or do you just leave it bare paint? Thanks for all your help guys! Let me know if i am forgetting anything.

-Swimmerboy

 

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man i say do it right the first time. i think if you suck it up and paint like you been wanting you will be much happier in the end

 

That's true, but it is a beater truck and i did buy it for $491 and the roll - on paint jobs seem to come out just as good as spray.

 

Tractor paints. Check them out. Single stage. Acrylic enamels. Very hard. Rust pteventitive and cheap.

 

Ya but why not try to restore it? either way its gonna look good. lol

 

This is what I did and it turned out better then I hoped.
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...nt-job-152760/

 

This is what I did and it turned out better then I hoped.

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...nt-job-152760/

 

Ebay has some pretty cheap single stage auto paint, under 100$ a gallon with supplied activator and reducer. I think I'm going that route when I paint my 96 4runner.

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That came out great!! Good work!

Not a bad idea.