The Lair

Today is paint day! Got it all sanded down with 100 grit and then gave her a bath with some dawn dish soap. Will go telework for a couple hours and let her sit out and dry. Last thing I want is a water droplet to run down into wet paint.


Then I’ll bring her in the garage, wipe her down with xylene and mask it off and get to painting.

 

That's not really the same truck right? This is after the paint job right?

Edit - Use a leaf blower to ensure there is no water in any nooks and crannies.

 

Even sanded down to shit she still looks good! Good tip.

 

Ya know..... We could all take turns at painting things on the truck.... I'm liking this.

 

Yea, looks shiny. When I sanded the cap there were areas I have to go back over with coarser paper because the 220 seems to be polishing it. Ok, and it was a bitch removing the rear window. I had to drill out two rivets on each side, so I will need to add sheet metal screws and paint them black.

But now though, the remainder of the sanding will be much easier and putting the bedliner will definitely be easier and cleaner looking that just taping them off.

 

I want to paint the swingout..........red!!!!!!

 

Is this the part where we get Randizzle blitzed and convince him to "Winnie the Pooh" scheme it?

 

Or to add some bling with a fancy bedazzled theme.

 

Sweet fuck this is way more work than I expected. Took like 2 hours to tape everything off and an hour and a half to do a single coat. This shit is hard to keep from running too. I think I wish I’d gone textured but I’ll wait until tomorrow to make that determination.

 

Looking good

 

Thanks. They recommend 2 coats and I pray that’s accurate but we’ll see. It’s pretty thin so it’s not covering up the darker spots well at all. I may have to suck it up and do 3 coats.

 

Or stripes. Stripes cover everything

 

This stuff is interesting. I honestly wouldn’t even classify it as a bed liner.

 

Still cool. I think I'd like that texture better than full on bed liner.

 

Looks like what Toyota put on my rocker panels from the factory...

 

Exactly what I was thinking. It’s a spot on comparison

 

Makes me wanna Durabak my truck...

 

Don’t, this is kinda a pita. Well sorta. The smooth is awesome, but if I were to do it over I think I’d to textured. It’s much more forgiving while being rolled on. Smooth should be sprayed and do a professional ass job. At least that’s how I feel at the moment. Once it’s all back together and I haven’t been staring at it all day I may care less about the imperfections.