Rebuilding a Salvage Crew Cab Dmax 4by

[94383Z71]

Originally Posted by White_Stealth

agreed.



You have taken your time and it really shows. Body work looks awesome. Now hurry up and finish that cab.

Thanks everyone, for the kind words, especially White_Stealth, it means alot coming from someone with your talents. Working on finish blocking the cab(with 600), I have a couple of small issues (door dings)to deal with on it, nothing big left.

I will have two more paint sessions, one for the cab, and another for the hood, lower bumper cover and plastic stuff.

How does tinting the tailights work?, wetsand with 800, light coat of base, then clear?

[BuiltOilPatchTough]

Just came across this build, looks amazing what you've done, box looks awesome, nice finish on that. So are you just spraying outside in open air, or in a shop or what? I'm thinking about doing bodywork and painting my old '91 sierra too, we got a "paintbooth" in our shop, plastic walls we can let down and fans in the walls. Or it's just gonna happen outside when there's no wind.

About smoking your taillights, mix some black basecoat with clearcoat in your gun, spray that on the taillight, add coats untill your happy with the darkness, then a couple clearcoats and you're done. Gonna do mine too on my 2003

[94383Z71]

Originally Posted by Rondog

Just came across this build, looks amazing what you've done, box looks awesome, nice finish on that. So are you just spraying outside in open air, or in a shop or what?

About smoking your taillights, mix some black basecoat with clearcoat in your gun, spray that on the taillight, add coats untill your happy with the darkness, then a couple clearcoats and you're done. Gonna do mine too on my 2003

I have a garage/shop in the back that I work in, no paint booth. I hang plastic sheating, from Home Depot, over most everything that I don't want overspray to settle on. Then I put a box fan in the window(blowing out), seal it in as best I can, wet the floor down with a hose to keep the dust down. I have a back room addition that housing that the compressor, so its not kicking on and stirring up dust.

If you saw the finish in person, you can see some dirt specks in it, I wet sanded them with 2000 before wheeling it out.

Thanks for the advise about shading the tail lights.

[kev2809]

great work man, its coming along pretty good. so out in the light did those "areas" you had problems with show up?

[Chevyman247]

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[94383Z71]

Originally Posted by kev2809

great work man, its coming along pretty good. so out in the light did those "areas" you had problems with show up?

I can't see them, and I keep looking real close.

[WildChevys]

you have done an absolutely amazing job and have so much to be proud of here!

[94383Z71]

I hit the garage @ 8:30am yesterday, sprayed the last coat of clear @ 11:30pm. But the cab is all one color. I plan to do the hood, lower bumper cover and fender flares in one last paint session. Two issues with the cab;
1. Two small dings in the cab corner that was replaced, not sure how I missed them, but their there.
2. When peeling the masking tape off today, I accidentally peeled some paint off of the rocker, it went down to the previous coat of clear. Not sure what to do about it, when the camera battery finishes charging, I'll get some pics of it.
Till then, here's what I took before the battery died;




I'll have to decide what to do about the rocker, then break out the 2000 grit.

[MC]

Shiny! Looks great as usual.

[94383Z71]

Masking off, outside garage;




Now for where it peeled, not real sure what to do here. I guess I'll have to mask it off, wet-sand the rocker with 800 and re-clear the whole rocker. I don't know if it's possible to spot just that area in, or not.




Here's a link to the products I'm using, first the clear
http://www.matrixsystem.com/docs/tec...ch%20sheet.pdf

Then the base;
http://www.matrixsystem.com/docs/tec.../Paint/MPB.pdf

[Crazed179]

wow.. hey where it peeled is that metal or primer underneath? primer needs somewhere around 180 for it to stick good. I'm sanding mine tomorrow with 800 before I paint it but I personally think its too fine.. guess I'll figure it out tomorrow.

but dude... after seeing my bed in primer for so long..to see that black on yours made my heart skip a beat. I'm too excited to sit here after seeing that. I can't wait man...that bed came out awesome though.

and don't be so hard on yourself about the body work and all..I mean it looks damn good, I still can't get over that bed. and I'm spraying my brake lights with the bed. screw 'em, if I can't see light coming through good, then I need to get some anyways.. cheap things trap moisture like crazy. pics up tomorrow of the bed. love the progress man keep it up

[F4MOU$]

simply amazing. the whole thing. awesome.

[94383Z71]

Originally Posted by Crazed179

wow.. hey where it peeled is that metal or primer underneath? primer needs somewhere around 180 for it to stick good.

Believe it or not, what your seeing under there is the previous clearcoat, wetsanded with 600. I was told 800 was too fine to provide proper adhesion. What your seeing on my bed is 600grit, base, clear, 2000grit, med compuond with a wool wheel, glaze with foam wheel.

Thanks for the supportive comments, its coming along.

[DarkCharisma]

All I have to say is, wow. It looks GREAT. I want to re-paint my truck so bad.

[Bad Ass Z71]

Awesome build to be following. Dunno why you're so hard, on yourself, about the bodywork though. Its looking really good.

[94383Z71]

Originally Posted by Bad Ass Z71

Awesome build to be following. Dunno why you're so hard, on yourself, about the bodywork though. Its looking really good.

Thanks for the compliments.

As far as being hard on myself, it comes from things like what I realized last night. I ran out of the 2000 grit paper, that I'm using before wheeling out. I went to a supply house that I found that was closer to my house. I tell the guy I need some 2000 grit wet/dry paper. He comes back with the ten sheets I asked for, it's from a different manufacturer than the previous stuff, and it's a different color, but hey it's 2000 grit.

I go home, finish wetsanding the cab. Right away I'm impressed with the new stuff, it cuts faster lasts longer etc. Then I break out the wheel, wool bonnet, medium cut compound. I start wheeling in the same sequence that I sanded in, left front fender first. I work over to the pass door, and notice some sand scratches not wheeling out. Well I must not have finished the prepaint blocking well enough.

Then I get to the pass rear door, it looks like crap after wheeling, sand scratches everywhere. I soon realizze that this was the first panel that I used the new paper on, I jump to the next panel, same thing, looks like ****.

I do some research on the paper I bought, my original paper was 3m imperial(sp?). The new stuff is Rynowet and instead of saying 2000 on it, it say's P2000. Well after my wife does the internet research, there is a conversion chart for the "P" paper to the "old" style. It seems that a P2000, is really like a 1000 grit in a 3m rateing. So now I've sanded the cab in 1000 grit, I have to go back over it with 2000. Will I cut through the clear? Thats the question that kept me up all night, last night.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandpaper

Live and learn, school of hard knocks.

[blh]

You are doing a fantastic job. It's guy like you who have the balls to undertake a job like that that inspire guys like me to say Hey I can try it too.

[Chevyman247]

Dont let this get you down! You will make it. Everything that can break, can be fixed.

[Beyond Static©]

Originally Posted by 94383Z71

As Will I cut through the clear? Thats the question that kept me up all night, last night.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandpaper

Live and learn, school of hard knocks.

Only one way to find out.....lol. You shouldn't remove much material going from 1000 to 2000. Start down low on a panel, and test it out first. Just be careful on your edges.

[Crazed179]

well hey, I get to repaint the whole left side of my bed if that makes you feel any better, all cause of one demonic run. there was solvent pop all in it...had to sand down to the base coat for it to finally get out, now I gotta prime it and spray it again!

how many coats of clear did you put? I think 3/4 coats and you'll be alright. I put 4-5ish on mine in order to block it out with 1500, 2000, then finish with 3 and buff. I think I might try that later down the road though cause I'm more concerned with the cab..

we'll be adding two to the unofficial black thread soon!