Spray Paint

Has anyone here had any experiences with the spray paint that is made for touching up paint on trucks thanks

I used some on an Astro I used to have. I got the correct paint, but the stuff in the can was darker due to the paint on the van fading over time. It didn't peel off in the time I had it, but it was only about a year after the touchup.

Have you ever heard of anyone painting the entire vehicle with the spray paint

yea this guy i know spray painted his 85 F150 bright orange ugliest thing i've ever seen. 1 of my uncles used a teal paint from a paint can and used a roller to paint his old station wagon

How do you think it would turn out painting it like a jet black from a spray can or something close to that color

like shit........dont do it

What year truck are we talking about? I don't like the old ones ('86 and older) all black, but I think the new ones look ok. If you end up painting it, get it really clean first. Sand it down with 1500 grit paper, then apply the paint. Put on as thin of a coat as possible. If you have to put on 10 coats, that's better than having 3 layers run. Also, sand it by hand or the paint will look wavy. Good luck if you decide to do it!

Also, if you can, practice on a beater car. I can guarantee you'll screw up in some way the first time you paint a vehicle.

How do you think it would turn out painting it like a jet black from a spray can or something close to that color
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Either your being silly or every nut on your truck is rounded. :icon16:

Yes, I painted my 90 Suburban from the seam near the top of the side windows to the bottom of the body. I used the large size spray cans of touch-up paint. I pounded and pulled dents, bondoed, primed, and then painted one panel at a time.

Masking is CRITICAL and it takes too long to mask an entire truck working alone and outside. Wind might come up, etc. My truck is metallic gray and it took about eight cans ($40) to do it all. The paint wan't glossy and I didn't want to try polishing it (cans lay it on too thin), but I had a nice even color that blended with the weathered paint on the roof.

Didn't paint the roof because you need a LONG bench to walk back and forth spraying full length.
On a pickup maybe you could work standing in the bed.

My truck was presentable for a couple of years before I got a pro paint job.

Did you sand it down before painting it, and did you take the panels off or just paint them on the truck thanks

Almost forgot... I painted the hood, roof and trunk on my buddys beretta. I sanded it, although not down to the metal (just to give the new paint something to grip on to), it turned out great. It lasted for at least 2 years, he sold it, but it lasted 2 winters and a summer in Iowa. We masked off the windows, trim, etc., and didn't have any problem. Just used that blue painters tape and newspaper. Make sure you tape the seams in the newspaper, or paint dust will get through if there's not much overlap.

I painted the panels ON the truck. As I recall I sanded the old surface with maybe 320 or 400 grit, shot spray can primer, then lightly sanded the primer with 600 just before shooting the color coats.

Heres the exact truck you all are saying that you did do it with spray paint that you can buy at the local automotive shop right thanks for the help



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is there a forum here to help "do it yourselfers" learn to do autobody work? would love some feedback on what materials to use and what kind of paint to use etc. my very first body/paint job was nearly a disaster. seemed like the spot putty i used reacted with the paint and kinda curdled the paint/body fill. i'm thinking of doing anothr body/paint job and wouldn't want that to happen again.

There's not a DIY, as far as I know, you could try searching for it. I've painted on vehicles 4 times, went from peeling by the end of the week the first time to still on there 3 years later.

I know that if you use body filler, you have to put it on in really thin coats, and let it fully dry between coats. Otherwise it will continue drying after the paint is on, and you'll get what you described. (guess how I figured this one out? :banghead:)

If you're going with professional quality paint (air sprayer, fancy stuff, etc.), then I have no idea. I went with the aerosol cans of whatever they had at the auto parts store. DO NOT get walmart paint. I think their employees must open and spit in the aerosol cans (hey, aren't those environmentally unfriendly? :)) or something :) Dunno whats different about it, but same brand from walmart looked like crap and peeled off a few months later, while the stuff I got from the auto parts store is still on there.

Do you have a picture you can post thanks