5280's Paint Project (1 Viewer)

[5280Hawk]

Thanks Buddy,


I'll have to paint it outside. my Garage is too small, I would need a can opener to get around the sides, and the Cruiser Sits too high now to get at the roof.

My game plan for the rest of the Body is to pull it into the back yard next to my covered patio. I will pull a tarp from the patio roof at an angle over the 60 and stake it down to try to keep some of the trees/bugs/dirt off the roof paint. we'll see!

 

[5280Hawk]

Damn! I just had an Idea, If i paint it in my Driveway - once im Done with a coat I can pull it into the garage to "cover" it.

I can't believe it took me that long to figure that out. Now I really need to make sure it fits under my Garage door.


Update - The Cruiser still fits in the Garage - Barely - but it's going to work. That will be a huge help keeping things out of the wet paint. I was pretty concerned, because even in the garage, after every coat you can see little peices of sh*t (lint and dog hair mostly) in the paint. You have to sand it out between the coats. Outside I would have to be sanding Pine cones out of the paint!

 

[5280Hawk]

I worked(my job) both Saturday and Sunday, so i spent my day off(yesterday) working on the body. The quarter panels and pillars ect. are 90% sanded, whats left is mostly hand sanding of chips in the old paint.

I took off the Snake Blinders a few weeks ago, and yesterday, afer really looking at my rockers and seeing how chipped the paint was, decided to Herculiner them. I bought a Qt and rolled it on and used a foam brush the touch it up. It turned out pretty dang nice. I also sprayed some of my "Rustomix" on the door jambs and under the tailgate hatch, where there was some worn paint.

I still have a to sand w. 1500 and roll 2 coats of paint to go on the rear doors/hatch. thens final sand w. 2000 grit and buff it.

I figure I can get all that done by Friday and move everything out of the garage. THEN I CAN START THE BODY PAINITNG!!!! Im think I see the light at the end of the tunnel!

 

[5280Hawk]

Well, I didn't get as much done as i wanted to this week, so I had to finish the doors and rear hatch and tailgate today.

The Body still needs a little more work before paint, but not much. I keep finding little tasks that need to get done before i can start rolling, mostly masking now.

Rear quarter

Cowl and windsheild

lot of real estate!

getting a new windsheild as soon as I'm done with the paint.

other side -

a couple shots of the Herculiner i rolled on on Monday -

I also cleaned out my garage to make room for the for drying time!

I'm having a few well deserved so Cheers!

 

[Project60]

NICE! Looking forward to seeing the finished product!

 

[5280Hawk]

I think Im going to paint the Radiator support black before i put everything back together what do you guys think??

 

[Project60]

If you are going to black out your grill and other bits, I say go for it. If you are keeping the chrome, I say no.

 

[5280Hawk]

the grill is blacked out, so yeah i think that will look good, It looks like crap now.

 

[5280Hawk]

Roof and rain gutters are painted. I fit a fender back on it to get a feel what it would look like. looks good.

I need to do something about the inner wheel wells, probably gettting some black rattlecan undercoating.

 

[5280Hawk]

More rattlecan madness - this is Rustoleum Professional flat black. The best paint to ever come from a rattlecan.

first coat on the big piece (drying in the garage).

 

[Project60]

Nice touch on the flat black, that will look good without drawing too much attention.

 

[5280Hawk]

made progress this weekend -

I got the old bumpers off, and cleaned up the frame to get ready for the replacement bumpers. Im painting the frame w. Rustoleum too. I should get a sponsorship.

I have the back one I bought from a Mudder here in Denver, (nepalm) thanks Ric. I can't bolt it up untill i get new frame bumper brackets the end peices of the frame that the bumper bolts to. I Have a new front on the way from Lunyou.

On to painting -

Got a few more coats done this weekend as well. It need 1-2 more and the final sand and buff.

 

[Project60]

You need the "c" shaped brackets that mount the frame and then to the bumper? You can have mine as I won't be using them. I drilled out the old rivets so they are in good shape - just need some paint!

 

[5280Hawk]

You need the "c" shaped brackets that mount the frame and then to the bumper?

Yep, the exact ones, I will be putting my welding skills to The test to mount them. I'd love to get them from you, maybe later this week?

 

[5280Hawk]

Almost done - Im gettting the frame stays from project 60 this evening.

heres a list of things i have to do before Im finished with the body.

- Final coat/sand/buff Body.
- Weld on the rear bumper stays
- paint and Mount the new stock bumpers i picked up - Rusto - Flat black
- Paint and mount fender vents, and rear quarter vents - black
- put hardware back in all the doors and rear tailgate /Hatch
- Bolt up front clip, Doors, tailgate, Hatch, and hood
- Mount new Tail lenses, Emblems and Licence place biesel

 

[Project60]

5280Hawk - Nice Rig and great meeting you in person!

Thanks for swapping the mirrors for the brackets last night!


I have to say guys, the paint looks great in person. The color looks great and the paint when wet sanded/buffed out turned out great!

 

[5280Hawk]

Thanks for the Compliments!, and it was really great meeting you in person as well. Let me know anytime you need a some help on your rig, too.

And Keep chugging along and you'll have an amzing 60 before you know it.

 

[5280Hawk]

Got a lot of work done this weekend. I finished the painting of the body and got the paint buffed pretty good.

I've mounted the bumpers, fenders, hood, front cowl, grill and light doors.

I also got the Driver door back on. The hood and Doors are a huge pain in the ass to mount by yourself, but I did it and they're nice and straight.

I would love to say I am done painting, but i have a few Touch up areas that will need to be sprayed with the mini aerosol, once its all back together -

Here's the photos - Looks pretty good in my humble opinion.


the bumper mount i welded on.

The front in various stage of completion -

I'll post up some more picture later today.

 

[5280Hawk]

More pics from today - I basically put the tailgate back together and put the tail lights back on with the new Lenses, new emblems, and markers, took off all the masking tape, and cleaned the windows.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

PORN!!!! That truck looks amazing!!!!!! FANTASTIC job with this cheap paint job. That really makes me want to go out and paint up my rig, but wait, I gotta cut out all my rust first.

Great job!!