Would recommend some serious commitment if you want to try this at home. PITA! But won’t have gloss coat peal for a while.
Dark Emerald Pearl garage repaint. (1 Viewer)
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What paint did you use?
Is it a two part paint, or are you putting a clear coat over it?
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It’s three part primer, color and gloss. Shot with air compressor and gravity feed air gun. Got the paint from Www.automotivetouchup.com
Took 2 quarts of primer, 1 quart of color, and 2 quarts of gloss to lay down enough for good coverage of hood and rear upper hatch. Color match is good. Looks slightly darker but believe once I buff rest of paint on truck we’ll be good.
Took 2 quarts of primer, 1 quart of color, and 2 quarts of gloss to lay down enough for good coverage of hood and rear upper hatch. Color match is good. Looks slightly darker but believe once I buff rest of paint on truck we’ll be good.
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....I can also tell you if I go for the roof(also gloss coat failure) I will not be doing a back to bare metal paint removal. The factory paint is sealer, primer, thick color and then gloss. I’ll sand off the gloss and color and go from there...if that. That stuff was solid after 23 years! ...and it is the roof anyway.
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Still gotta wet sand and buff it.
That's a challenging color to shoot!
That’s what I figured it would be. That’s the only place online I have found 6m1 (equivalent) by the gallon. Glad to hear that it’s a good product, I’ll paint my truck sometime in the next few years.
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Seems like a good product so far. Guess time will tell. If you paint a whole truck, you can do the math but I’d say 2 gallons primer, 1 gallon color and 2 gallons of gloss to be sure you have enough. Maybe could be done with 25% less.
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So the final on the hood ain’t perfect but certainly good enough to hurt one’s feelings the first time you scratch it. Automotivetouchup.com 6M1 is a spot on match. Hood is repaint. Fender is factory original.
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About to do a hood bumper and valance yours turned put nice.
