Did you do the inside of the doors with the midnight special? Or did you find a matching spray paint for that? I am considering using this color for my 80. How easy is it to keep clean? How many gallons did you use?
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Did you do the inside of the doors with the midnight special? Or did you find a matching spray paint for that? I am considering using this color for my 80. How easy is it to keep clean? How many gallons did you use?
mypancreasbroke
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Awesome, thank you guys. I plan to start getting into door jams, inside thehood, and inner fenders starting this weekend.
I did the inside of the doors with monstaliner, as well as the jambs and pillars. I find after seven months of having the liner applied it's not any harder to keep clean than a regular paint job, just a soapy soft brush and the dirt comes off.
When painting, I was worried about gravity pulling the monstaliner and changing the texture, (painting a door exterior horizontally vs. painting the quarter panel vertically) so I only painted the exterior panels when they were mounted up on the cruiser. Because of this, my painting routine went something like this:
Prep: Sand/rough up, fix dents, pull fenders/doors/trim/hood, reseal rain gutters, MEK everything
Painting Day 1: Painted body/quarters/roof/pillars/jambs, inside of doors, tailgate interior access panels, unbolted gas cover (2 Gallons)
Waited a week, bolted doors/rear hatch, bolted fenders, masked off around doors, painted hinges w/ Rustoleum rattle can "gloss navy"
Painting Day 2: Painted doors/tailgate/hood/fenders (1 Gallon + 1 Quart)
Waited a week, reassembled everything, then got sandy at the ocean and had a great time.
I bought the extra quart just in case I ran out of my gallons and ended up using it. The pot life of Monstaliner is a bummer but if you plan out your method of attack you'll be fine. Word of caution, though, I should have allowed more time for the liner to cure, I cleaned the windows w/ windex and it left a few drip marks in the paint two days or so after it went on. Not a big deal, but annoying knowing I could've prevented it by not being so eager to get the rig together.
Here's an updated look, paint still holding up great:
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This looks REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD !! Surperb !! - - These two images combined, particularly your top image - should no doubt be MARKETING IMAGES for Magnet Paints !! ... Conjure some sort of win-win deal with Eric / @magnetman that he utilize these images (your top one as a main image and your lower one (showing detail of the rear) as an inset image) as a marketing image. If Eric would like for ME to make for him the ad & ad image, such as that below - I'll gladly do so for him. -- Hence, your top image, showing the rain, headlights, and environment-blending Monstaliner Midnight Special paint - - IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT !!! ~MarcI did the inside of the doors with monstaliner, as well as the jambs and pillars. I find after seven months of having the liner applied it's not any harder to keep clean than a regular paint job, just a soapy soft brush and the dirt comes off.
When painting, I was worried about gravity pulling the monstaliner and changing the texture, (painting a door exterior horizontally vs. painting the quarter panel vertically) so I only painted the exterior panels when they were mounted up on the cruiser. Because of this, my painting routine went something like this:
Prep: Sand/rough up, fix dents, pull fenders/doors/trim/hood, reseal rain gutters, MEK everything
Painting Day 1: Painted body/quarters/roof/pillars/jambs, inside of doors, tailgate interior access panels, unbolted gas cover (2 Gallons)
Waited a week, bolted doors/rear hatch, bolted fenders, masked off around doors, painted hinges w/ Rustoleum rattle can "gloss navy"
Painting Day 2: Painted doors/tailgate/hood/fenders (1 Gallon + 1 Quart)
Waited a week, reassembled everything, then got sandy at the ocean and had a great time.
I bought the extra quart just in case I ran out of my gallons and ended up using it. The pot life of Monstaliner is a bummer but if you plan out your method of attack you'll be fine. Word of caution, though, I should have allowed more time for the liner to cure, I cleaned the windows w/ windex and it left a few drip marks in the paint two days or so after it went on. Not a big deal, but annoying knowing I could've prevented it by not being so eager to get the rig together.
Here's an updated look, paint still holding up great:
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It looks like transparent brownish pea soup in liquid form.
When spread out thinly it's clear but very hazy with a brownish cast to it.
What are you thinking?
LQG covers well in 2 coats. Only issue you could have is if you try to stretch it too thin you could see some show through of darkest areas. When someone asks this, our std answer is to prime it all light gray and create 1 uniform surface to coat over. This way you don't have to concentrate on building thicker coats over dark stuff
I dig this a lot
I want a clear (or at least very transparent) version of tough 2K undercoating.. curious what it might look like untinted, over color..
It's far from crystal clear. I had some pics somewhere, will try to find
People always ask to see job pics of our different colors.
Try Googling: "Monstaliner Midnight Special" or "ML OD Green" and you'll be surprised with what comes up.
Lastly, we'll have some new T-Shirts available in March
![MONSTALINER - DESIGN 1 [COLOUR].jpg](https://forum.ih8mud.com/attachments/monstaliner-design-1-colour-jpg.1622212/ "MONSTALINER - DESIGN 1 [COLOUR].jpg")
![MONSTALINER - DESIGN 2 [4 COLOUR] (1).jpg](https://forum.ih8mud.com/attachments/monstaliner-design-2-4-colour-1-jpg.1622213/ "MONSTALINER - DESIGN 2 [4 COLOUR] (1).jpg")
Try Googling: "Monstaliner Midnight Special" or "ML OD Green" and you'll be surprised with what comes up.
Lastly, we'll have some new T-Shirts available in March
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Eric ( @magnetman ) :
Win the blessing of @aviafx, and I will not mind your extracting and marketing use of the image below, which now sports your website :
~Marc
Haha, sure. Nice work!
Jungle80farmer
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That turned out great. I had a 88 V6 4runner I went Grey to black on. I loved that thing... Until some crack head stole it & destroyed it. With my insurance money I bought my 71 FJ40. My how time flies. Enjoy that sweet 4runner.
Man that sucks! Thanks, I love it!
Did you just patch over the holes or did you run a complete strip? Point being, is the monstaliner thick enough so that the edges of the tape don't show unevenly beneath the liner? What thickness tape did you use? I have a gallon of black monstaliner on the way and just picked up some 4mil 3m aluminum tape.
I patched over the holes with tape that I cut into rounded pieces. I can’t remember the thickness; sorry. The monstaliner is def thick enough to obscure the edges of the tape like you ask. What I was referring to in my post was the depressions caused by the tape not being thick enough (or maybe not tightly placed enough) to span the hole without being depressed in a bit.
Side note: my mechanic was pressure washing my truck one time and the pressured water blew through the liner and tape over one of my holes. He said he was up pretty close; I don’t know how close. Anyway, I plugged that hole with a little rubber plug thing and kept going. It’s fine for me. My rig is scratched and dented now anyway.
Keep it real.
Side note: my mechanic was pressure washing my truck one time and the pressured water blew through the liner and tape over one of my holes. He said he was up pretty close; I don’t know how close. Anyway, I plugged that hole with a little rubber plug thing and kept going. It’s fine for me. My rig is scratched and dented now anyway.
Keep it real.