This was not a difficult project but it takes quite a while; a lot of attention to detail and prep work. I started out by dropping the truck off at a friends house to weld up all the holes, (I don't weld thin stuff). After getting the truck back, I skimmed the weld areas with filler and sanded everything down.
Next day, (the long one). I started out by drying off the truck, as it had been raining. Next I taped off the lines I wanted with some "wire tape". The tape has a thin cutting element (wire) in one edge of it. It's neat stuff but kind of a PITA to work with. The areas where the standard blue tape was used peeled up just fine. After the wire tape I had to add a line of blue painters tape, as the wire tape is only 1/4" wide.
After that I added plastic sheeting to the rest of the truck and had to tape that down too. The masking session is by far the most labor intensive portion; sans the holes I guess. Next I sprayed on the "adhesive promoter", which has an incredibly strong smell to it. I let that sit until tacky and then brewed up the first batch, 1/2 gallon. I chose to spray the liner on with the Harbor Freight texture gun (same as Al's gun but way cheaper). I also had my own tint brewed and used 5 ounces on the first 1/2 gallon and 6 ounces on the second 1/2; no difference to speak of. What ever color you decide, choose a couple shades darker. I had the original batch tinted darker over and over and it's still a little lighter than I was wanting, no complaints though.
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I was kinda worried initially because I left the holes/ filler white instead of painting them black, which made it harder to cover up. It went on a little thick the first time around and I decided I wanted a finer texture. After gathering some useful tips from Mud, I decided to turn the pressure up a bit 125psi, and lightly squeeze the trigger. This technique gave the texture I was looking for.
The bumpers/ sliders have been re painted (black) and will be going back on in a couple days.
P.S. Big thanks to Delancy for the use of his facility and compressor.
Next day, (the long one). I started out by drying off the truck, as it had been raining. Next I taped off the lines I wanted with some "wire tape". The tape has a thin cutting element (wire) in one edge of it. It's neat stuff but kind of a PITA to work with. The areas where the standard blue tape was used peeled up just fine. After the wire tape I had to add a line of blue painters tape, as the wire tape is only 1/4" wide.
After that I added plastic sheeting to the rest of the truck and had to tape that down too. The masking session is by far the most labor intensive portion; sans the holes I guess. Next I sprayed on the "adhesive promoter", which has an incredibly strong smell to it. I let that sit until tacky and then brewed up the first batch, 1/2 gallon. I chose to spray the liner on with the Harbor Freight texture gun (same as Al's gun but way cheaper). I also had my own tint brewed and used 5 ounces on the first 1/2 gallon and 6 ounces on the second 1/2; no difference to speak of. What ever color you decide, choose a couple shades darker. I had the original batch tinted darker over and over and it's still a little lighter than I was wanting, no complaints though.
Quantity:
I was kinda worried initially because I left the holes/ filler white instead of painting them black, which made it harder to cover up. It went on a little thick the first time around and I decided I wanted a finer texture. After gathering some useful tips from Mud, I decided to turn the pressure up a bit 125psi, and lightly squeeze the trigger. This technique gave the texture I was looking for.
The bumpers/ sliders have been re painted (black) and will be going back on in a couple days.
P.S. Big thanks to Delancy for the use of his facility and compressor.
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