I bought what I needed via eBay from TCP Global down in San Diego. Great stuff. Very happy with the results. I wanted to start with a really good primer, so I chose an epoxy. I have a plan to weather the rig a bit, give it some patina in advance, so that the paint job matches the Ruffles potato chip body panels.
But I had a bit of scrubbing to do first. (I'd missed the area around the tailgate.)
And then I needed finally to get rid of what's left of the rear megabumper that I cut off last September.
I saw this technique on an episode of Trucks! that did it to an old Chevy pickup. I have grand illusions that mine will work out just as well. We'll see.
To get the patina look, I had to establish some initial texture. That meant painting the entire rig in primer using only a paint brush. And a not-so-big one as that.
For the next stage, it's Hot Rod Flatz in rust oxide. It's a top coat paint, but I'm using it as a middle stage to mimic an old school body primer that I will cover with the final color. I'm not too worried about hitting every corner with the, let's face, orange paint. I only need to cover the body parts with the black and the final color.
This coat was applied with a nappy four inch roller. Again, more texture.
While the orange dried on the tub, I shifted over to the rest of the body parts: the hood, the fenders, the tailgate, and so on. Same steps as before.
Now for the blue. This is TCP's glacier blue metallic.
Half way through.
And the other parts, as well.
Like my "paint booth"? Those crappy sheets really help to keep the dust down.
