Truck Painters?
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thesamm
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well where do u live???
my big brother owns shepards autobody and is the #6 custom and detail painter in MI (gordie ramlow)..i also work for him
if u live any where around MI i might be able to hook u up, a lil advice though do the body filler and sanding yourself its not that hard and most places will rip u off!
my big brother owns shepards autobody and is the #6 custom and detail painter in MI (gordie ramlow)..i also work for him
if u live any where around MI i might be able to hook u up, a lil advice though do the body filler and sanding yourself its not that hard and most places will rip u off!
lionfish12
Active Member
Are you getting any tight flames or grafics down the side? Balck would be the best color. I think blakc trucks look the best. :happy:
jkvjl
Member
I own a Auto Body Shop and Never slap Bondo (Body Filler) on rust. In short time it will just bubble through the Body Filler. You need to A. Sandblast the rust and remove in from your truck. Or B. if the rust is that bad you need to cut it out and add a metal patch and weld it in.
Also when your painting black just think Black is the toughest color to keep clean but when done correct it will look great. Bad body work will ALWAYS show through on Black. When it comes to cost and color RED is very pricey. PPG and Dupont are very good products my shop use's both. Just make sure the paint or clear you use can be wet sanded when it's dry and tell the guy doing not to cheese out on the paint. The more paint or clear on the truck the more it can be wetsanded to get any mistakes out. If they cheese out on the paint it makes it thin thus less to sand mistakes out and sometimes the shop will have to repaint a section because of the puffer burning into the paint. With black thats not to much of a problem because it will match but other colors it can get hard because you have to blend into another section.
Also when your painting black just think Black is the toughest color to keep clean but when done correct it will look great. Bad body work will ALWAYS show through on Black. When it comes to cost and color RED is very pricey. PPG and Dupont are very good products my shop use's both. Just make sure the paint or clear you use can be wet sanded when it's dry and tell the guy doing not to cheese out on the paint. The more paint or clear on the truck the more it can be wetsanded to get any mistakes out. If they cheese out on the paint it makes it thin thus less to sand mistakes out and sometimes the shop will have to repaint a section because of the puffer burning into the paint. With black thats not to much of a problem because it will match but other colors it can get hard because you have to blend into another section.
