Painting a Pig

[CarmMontana]

Hey Everyone.

I started to paint my rig this weekend. Used single stage paint that is the closest to the freedom red that I was able to find. The paint shops here are about as dense as it gets, no offense. The bottom was all i could get done because of the weather. That part stinks but after three coats I think it turned out pretty nice. The top will get done as soon as the sun comes back out. We'll see when that happens again.

 

[romegadave]

Coming along nicely but gives us some of your tips/advice on how you sprayed it. Short sweeps or long sweeps. I know I can get it in the paint section but just wanted to see your approach to painting with gun. Thanks for sharing pics!!!

 

[CarmMontana]

Thanks Dave. The main tip I would have to give is to thin it pretty well. It really sprays nicely when it is just a little thicker than water. Takes more coats but you can get the spray to mist in the patter really well. The first coat I only thinned it a little and had some real issues with spray consistency. The other two really went well and completely covered any issues that i had with that first spray. One other tip is to get your pattern right on a piece of *scrap*. I used some plywood, it really helped make sure I was consistent. As goes the sweeps, I kept it to a comfortable arms length, which for me was about 4-5 feet and then small overlap as I went to the other side. Came out really solid that way. Hope that helps. All in all it was really pretty fun.

Carm

 

[toddslater]

Just curious..why aren't you breaking the color line in it's stock location ? it still looks good :cheer:

 

[CarmMontana]

I just wanted to do something a little different. I saw a pig with a similar line and really liked it. I will see how I feel after I am done.

 

[40Flipper]

your color break should be much easier to paint and the lines will be very clean

 

[PabloCruise]

Cool! Keep us posted!