Thread: Paint my 66!

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FMX----Here is some advice. Don't paint your truck flat black. That is a color that although it is relatively cheap, you will get tired of quickly. Do not try to paint any kind of metallic paint on your first paint job. Painting is a difficult enough thing to master in itself, without adding the complexities of a metallic paint. Don't try and use an expensive base/clear system for your first job---it is not as easy as people would have you believe. My advice to you is to go to a high gloss one step enamel paint, in one of the primary colors, as in red, blue, black, green, or yellow. You can buy this from local big box auto supply stores similar to Canadian Tire here in Canada.---Rustoleum is a good choice. If you can keep the vehicle inside out of the rain and bright sun for a minimum of 48 hours after you spray it, you don't need hardner nor any other additive chemicals, just medium dry reducer. Just before you spray the truck, give it a quick wipe down with some paint thinner on a clean cloth to remove any silicone contamination, oil, or dust---Use a thinner cloth in one hand and after you clean a spot about 24" square, immediately wipe it dry with a clean, lint free cloth in the other hand. Use a charcoal filter mask. Spray one very light coat to start with---don't worry about "seeing color" on that first coat---it is a "binder" coat that will dry quickly and form a base for the second coat to "cling to" without so much danger of a run. Wait 15 minutes, (don't tack it off between coats--tacking off with a tack cloth between coats has screwed up more paint jobs than it has ever fixed). Spray your second coat a bit heavier---you will begin to see color fairly good on your second coat, but it will appear streaky----thats o.k., don't worry about it. Wait 15 minutes---spray your third coat. This 3rd and final coat will finish building your color, and take away the streaky effect. Clean your gun. SMILE!!!!! Your done. If you don't spray inside the box, nor the wheels, you will need 3 quarts of paint and approximately 2 quarts of reducer. If you spray inside the box, or include the wheels, you will need a gallon of paint and about 2 quarts of reducer. Do not paint outside in direct sunlight---that will cause the paint to "flash off" too quickly, and rob all the shine. (although I have painted many cars outside under a big tarp held up by poles, just pray for no gusts of dust bearing wind while your doing it). The entire paint job including paint and reducer should be less than $110 if you do it this way.