Today i've finally finished......

[joe90]

Painting my truck

Not bad for my first go at spray painting! Its only taken me just over a year from start to finish. Just leaves to do!

New seals on the engine,
New seals on the gearbox,
New seals on the rear axle,
Welding up the holes in the drivers footwell,
fit a new fuel tank
Overhaul the breaks

think its going to be a busy xmas!

[muddycarl]

Very Good  8)  8)  8)

[denviks]

8)  8)  8)  8) looks tidy

[joe90]

once I'd worked out the paint mix no problems....... only got an 18ft x 10.6ft garage

[L90OOK]

Nice one.
Did it take long to prep?  I got to do my 90  :lol:
What was the paint mix?
Cheers

[Lincs niva]

Looking good Green really does suit a landy :D

Cheers Gav

[joe90]

It took ages to prep the truck, it had a thick layer of comercial lorry paint which hadn't bonded to the layers and layers of military paint underneath.

Invested in a detail sander and an orbital sander, which made life a little easier & eventually got it back to a decent enough base. The original factory paint as it  worked our. Gave the truck a coat of etch primer, and then 3 coats of grey primer sanding with 240 grit inbetween each coat.

I got the paint from Fascinating Finishes on Ebay - Nato Green (Satin Finish) which I was recommended to thin at 50% ......... tho when applied through the spray gun it ran like water off the body work.

It worked fine through the spray gun at 20% thinners to 80% paint. Then just layered it up sanding with 1200 grit and degreasing the body inbetween coats. Made sure i got plenty of heat in the garage too which brought the drying time down from 12 hours per coat to approx 2 hours!!

Got the spray gun from  Screwfix (£20) and a roll of 240 and 80 grit sand paper.

Hope that helps - SWMBO thinks im a geek for putting all this on here !!!

[schuee]

Hi Joe

Looks a bit different from the last time I saw it 8) looking good.When its all done mate, give us a shout to get some laning in.

Cheers

Keith

[L90OOK]

Many thanks
Just humour SWMBO...obviously doesn't understand  :shock:  :lol:  :(scared):

[Range Rover Blues]

Looks sound, I like the back door too :)

[joe90]

Hi Joe

Looks a bit different from the last time I saw it 8) looking good.When its all done mate, give us a shout to get some laning in.

Looking forward to it Schuee.... if your ever over my way mate give me a shout.

[Ja1983]

.. I like the back door too :)

each to their own i suppose, personally i prefer a flap down...

[martha focker]

nice smooh job 8)