Great truck and even greater looking family! Remember to keep taking pictures of the kids (it's very easy to fall out of the habit). You will look back and have wonderful memories when you look at pictures a few years from now. Happy Holidays! Glenn
If anyone is interested, I just uploaded new pictures of paint job, bedwood work and heater housing. www.flickr.com/photos/14894102@N05/ Chuck
Sweet Truck You know , that used to be a very popular colorfr these AD's , I don't see it anymore though . The heater looks nice . What is the bed pad made of ? .
Looks GREAT!!! That's a "$50.00 paint job" with a roller??? Man, if it is, I'm doing it!!! Me too BTW...what's the story with the rubber mat in the bed? Where did you get it? Andy
bed mat Guys, the bed mat is just one of those 1/2" thick after-market that you can buy anywhere. I think the one I got is for a 6.5' bed Chevy. The width between the wheel wells is a hair over 4', so all I did was cut the excess sides off and it lays nice between the side angles. This is a truck...and I use it as a truck...I just wanted to keep the bedwood in decent shape. Chuck
Old Blue - beautiful truck. The paint looks great. Great job. Did everything go as the original article said or did you find any tricks that you can share? My own truck is at the painter now but my next one will get painted this way.
A few of us over on the Alfa Romeo website have used this technique, and I also tried and discovered that it does work with automotive paint, at least it does with House of Kolor anyway. Here's the thread. http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/spider-1966-up/42632-98-rust-oleum-paint-job.html
paint Texas 53, Thanks for the kind words. The paint on my truck is in no way to be considered a professional job...it is what it is. When you get closer than 5' you will see some orange peel, a few dry spots and maybe a speck of something in the paint. That said, it is 200% better than what I started with....sanded down to metal, rust treatment, primer, paint...it will last for as long as I'm around. I even undercoated the fenders to stop starring from rocks. The different threads are sooo long that it is tough to wade through...but some of the things I came away with are keep the paint thin ( thinner than you would normally think), use the the best rollers available, use the two roller method when painting and keep your rollers in the freezer between paintings...they last alot longer. Great lookin truck and pit crew ya got there Chuck
two rollers Use the first roller to lay down the paint and use a second dry roller to roll out the air bubbles.
That's Clever ! I'd not have thought of that I assumed you'd thin the paint sufficiently for them to work out .
A sailors take Seems this thread has been going on for sometime. So, I had too add my 2 cents. Though I have not painted a car using this method, I have painted plenty of boats this way. I use to work on Coast Guard Motor Life Boats, which are treated like muesum pieces, and because of local, and federal regulations we were never allowed to spray. Therefore, we had a method, which was called roll and chase. To roll and chase you roll out the area you are painting with a roller which has been burned with a lighter to get rid of any hairs or stray material, then after the area is rolled you take a foam brush and chase the area. To chase the area you lightly run over the area you rolled with the brush in one direction. Once this has been done you will be left with a mirror finish that rivals any spray job. The trick is not to over do the chasing, one pass well do it, after that the paint will take care of itself. Just one sailor’s take on painting
