Step by Step, How to Spray Paint with quality results.

Is it this rubbing compound?

 

Yea that's it.

 

Nice write up. I'm lucky that my Dad is a painter and has all the stuff needed for painting at his house. Tons of 3M and PPG stuff.

 

Finished up painting mine today! Im pleased with the results

 

Looks like it came out GREAT! how was the color match?

 

Color match was spot on!

 

Great job Scott as always

 

Thanks Juan!

 

Did you get your color match paint from automotive touchup? I'm about to paint a shell I picked up for my 98, hoping the color match comes out pretty close.

 

Marking

 

Huh?

 

Marking = Subscribed (for future reference)

 

Ahhh

 

You guys have got some painting skills. In the 5 years with my Tacoma, I had 3 different craigslist caps. All different colors. None the same color as my truck

 

Did you use automotive touch up paint?
Or another kind of paint.. and how many cans did you use

 

Yes i used automotive touchup's paint and ended up using 10 cans of base coat and about 8 cans of clear

 

Did you all use the high gloss clear or the SprayMax 2K Urethane Clearcoat from Automotive Touchup?

 

I used high gloss clear on my shell. Ive never heard of the urethane clear coat you linked above..

Edited to add: i couldnt get the link to work for the urethane clear

 

Thanks, the urethane was not mentioned so I suspected the high gloss was what everyone was using.

The link is working for me, does it still not work for you?

 

I've used spraymax clear in the past with very good results. Because it's a 2K reactive paint, there's a button on the bottom that you push and it dispenses the hardener into the paint. You have about a 24hr pot life. I prefer 2 part (2K) paint and clear whenever possible as it is much more solvent resistant than the 1k material. However, each will do just fine if you understand the limitations of the product.