Noobie painting thread

[Goat Blower]

Looks great! A little tip I learned though is to blend paint into the next panel instead of stopping at a door edge, it's almost impossible to get a perfect match and that helps, especially with a lot of metallic like that. Time to get out and do my projects!

[JET]

I didn't want to have to paint the doors, so I didn't want to blend. It looks really good though. This paint is a little different variant, but really close. New paint has a slight greenish tint to the flake, but not noticeable unless you are really looking for it. I am really happy with it, another project where the timeline was totally F'd up from my bad back though. It is slowly getting better, but it sucks in the meantime!

[carltalon]

Looks good. Im glad the paint gun worked well for you. I have the same one but haven't really used it much yet. You'll have to buff the rest of the truck now.

[Goat Blower]

Yeah, this inspires me to get out and work on my crap. Great to see DIY stuff like this, getting paint work done is too expensive, or they do a shitty job.

[Halon]

Awesome job man !

[turbotalon1g]

That's terrible and you can tell it's that horrible gun. :wink:

[Alpha D]

This is very inspiring! Totally gonna try my luck come summer.....i got a cheap freight gun...for small stuff painted a set of wheels....and for as terrible of a painter i am i was suprised how nice they looked! Little trial and error im settimg the gun up...but hey all that matters is the end product :) Good Job!

[Mark Leasure]

Wow! Nice work, very impressed. You did an awesome job.

[JET]

Thanks guys! It definitely was more work than I was expecting, LOTS of sanding. I have some more sanding to do, then buff and wax and reassemble. It should look like a new truck!

[turbotalon1g]

Want to do some wheels? 17"