Painting ideas and technique.

[Sal-XK]

Quit your jabbin' and get to paintin'!!!!!!!!!

Listen here knuckle head! I have to do something in between coats. I'm on my last fender then just the rear bumper left. But I'm going to go find another brand of paint for that and see how it turns out.

[pjmjr508]

your paint job is looking great.

[IamJEEP]

Listen here knuckle head! I have to do something in between coats. I'm on my last fender then just the rear bumper left. But I'm going to go find another brand of paint for that and see how it turns out.

Whats the deal with the paint you were using?

[Sal-XK]

Just got back from the store with Duplicolor bed liner now. Nothing really wrong with it but I want to see what another brand is like. The duplicolor is twice the price so we will see what the difference is in it. I want to make sure when I spray my doors it's the best stuff I'm using I only want to do the doors once.

[Sal-XK]

Ok I got everything done except the doors now. The duplicolor brand dries identical to the rustoleom brand there are no differences. The Duplicolor is harder to use and is also messier. It does how ever cover twice as much and seems to go on thicker but costs double the other brand. This was all spray on cans.

The steps I used.

1. Washed the XK real good.
2. Taped of and covered all parts not being painted.
3. Cleaned with mineral spirits.
4. Sanded the area mostly with steel wool.
5. Cleaned again with mineral spirits
6. Primed the area light coat let dry
7. Primed a second time let dry
8. Sprayed bed liner on light coat try to avoid runs let dry
9. Final coat of bed liner if this coat don't cover don't worry just go light and let it dry and put another coat on. If you force the coverage you will get runs in the liner.

Fixing runs: My first paint run I let dry sanded down and repainted it worked but a lot of work. My second run using a towel already covered in paint I dabbed at the run blending it in which since were talking textured paint was pretty easy to do. Ok now some pics.

Still a little wet
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A little drie now

[IamJEEP]

Looks Awesome! The doors need to be done tho. Imo.........

[pjmjr508]

looks really good

[Sal-XK]

Looks Awesome! The doors need to be done tho. Imo.........

ya the wife pointed out a new line on the door where it would look good I will give that a try.

[Sal-XK]

looks really good

Thanks bro

[Holaday07 4.7]

Nice, I hate bedliner on the outside, but that looks awesome. Maybe if you just take your time and do it right it looks good, lol