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The color seems a bit darker than 383 green. Seems like it is in between the Vietnam era olive drab and 383.

All cargo covers have roll up sides. I want the truck to look like it is new or had a frame off restoration.

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Took longer than I thought. After I got the tarp off and the sunlight hit it, I could see some thin spots, so I touched them up. The thin spots are gone but now there is a white halo around the touch ups. Because under the tarp the light was diffused, I could not get enough light/glare to see...

I didn't take more pictures because it was under the tarp and the lighting is bad. Tarp is coming off right now!

Last coat was finished today! Now just have to paint the rims tomorrow. Going to take it in the parade this Saturday.

Today was too wet to do anything. I will have to do the last coat on Tuesday or Wednesday. My only concern is that the paint will harden up by then and I will have to sand it for the top coat to stick. Did anyone have this problem with oil based enamel?

Today I did the first coat of paint. I used all surface alkyd enamel from SW, thinned 4 to 1 with xylene, and hardener from Tractor Supply. I sprayed it with the harbor freight turbine HVLP and the 1.4 nozzle. Paint went on great. Very little orange peel. If only I would have thinned the primer...

This evening the primer still scratched easy. I think it will always be this way. I might try spraying paint on Thursday since today (Wednesday) it is going to rain. I'm thinking I might use a hair drier to heat a spot and see if it hardens up, then I can tell how much longer it needs to go. It...

Our daytime temperatures are around 70F and at night in the 50s and 40s. Humidity during the day is between 40 to 60% and at night 90 to 100% It also rains every other day. Truck is under a tarp so it doesn't get wet. Today a finger nail can still scratch it, but that is not a good test to see...

Today I decided to fix the rough areas before painting over them. I took a piece of foam pool noodle and attached a sheet of 400 grit sand paper to it. I used it as a block and went over all the rough areas. The primer now has a consistent texture similar to carc. I dry sanded instead of wet...

So it probably won't be safe to paint by this Tuesday then? One thing I am concerned about is that I just discovered I did not thin the primer enough so I got a lot of dry-spray. It is rough like carc now. By the time I figured out the primer was too thick it was too late and I did most of the...

The last coat of primer is done! :naner: It looks good except that I didn't thin it enough and some areas like the hood and side panels are a bit rough. Tomorrow we might get severe thunderstorms. I hope they go south of here so the tent doesn't get destroyed. If everything works out I should...

Here is the truck with the first coat of rustoleum rusty metal primer thinned 1 to 3 with acetone. It took one gallon to do a thin event coat over the visible portions of the truck, including frame, under the fenders, and bed outside of the frame. The harbor freight turbine hvlp did a good job...

Here are pictures of the materials and tools needed to repaint, fuel pump bolt mod, the masking process, and me spraying with the turbine hvlp.

Just got back inside awhile ago. It took me around 8 hours to get one coat of rustoleum primer down on all visible frame and body sheet metal. I ended up using 1 gallon. Does that seem right, too thin? I'm thinking of doing another coat. Mixing the reducer and cleaning the mess that happened...

I am going to start spraying the primer right now. I will post pictures later.

Today I got the headlights, turn signals, and winch data plates masked with tape. We also took off the soft top and soft top frame to paint separately. As the the fuel pump gasket, I found that I could not tighten the philips head screws without stripping out the slots. The pump was so loose I...

I took it off last year to replace the pump, and now the gasket it leaking.

Today my dad and I built a temporary tent around the deuce to paint it out of the elements. Only problem is that since I last pressure washed it a few days ago there is a slight layer of dust. I think i can just wipe it off. There is drop cloth under it and that is one reason why I want to avoid...