advice on painting trucks

[forddanger75]

I was thinking about painting my old ford and was woundering what other people might suggest about this idea. If you have done it how much did it cost you and are you happy with the end result

[lilnorthfork]

There is a place here in Forest Grove that charges $400 (I think?) for a paint job. Don't know anything about them but they seem to always be busy. Send me an e-mail if you want me to get their phone number.

[Bait O' Eggs]

I painted a jeep a few years ago,

When I thought I was done with the body work, I realize now I was just getting started the epoxy primer was a piece of cake and looked good when I was done. It was the metallic paint that was a little more difficult [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img]

I was told to mist it and let it set up a bit and then come back and put a heavier coat of paint it,

The misting went well, it tacked up, and I tried to lay a coat of paint on the jeep, when I got done I had runs about every inch all the way around the jeep :depressed:

After wiping it down and starting over, I ended up putting on about 40 coats of overspray because I didnt want to get any runs. paint is rough like overspray,and the couple spots I did right look good. If I had to do it over again it would look better with the learning curve figured out, but what I did turned out mediocre at best. Find a paint man and give him some cash is my suggestion unless you are talking a real beater.

The bondo is cheap to fix little dents and such, I bought a HVLP gun that cost about $100, I paid about $40 or $50 for the gallon of primer, and around $125 for the gallon of paint I got. Wasnt cheap when I was done, but I had a lot of fun.