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No cover yet but have been looking....
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Gemplers has 5-sided covers you might want to think about, and they'll even custom make you one to fit just right.No cover yet but have been looking....
How big of a bottle of flotrol did you use with the paint whne you sprayed?I painted my truck a couple weeks ago with the following:
1 gal Behr marquee paint
1 bottle flotrol
12 oz of water
Paint color is 383 Green (FSS 34094)
I was spraying with the harbor freight HVLP turbine paint system and used about half the paint. Next time I will probably add more water. It looked very rough when I was spraying it but smoothed out to a pretty good finish.
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I believe it was 32 oz.How big of a bottle of flotrol did you use with the paint whne you sprayed?
That may be the size of the bottle, but there are specified amounts printed on it. One bottle will do many gallons. It's not 32oz to the gallon.I believe it was 32 oz.
You are correct there are instructions, and I followed them, up to 32 oz per gallon of paint with airless sprayers. My HVLP gun needs thinner paint than my airless sprayers, so I worked up to the max ratio. With the HVLP gun and high air temps I was spraying in this seemed to work good, but if you are painting with a brush or in cooler temps you may need a lot less.That may be the size of the bottle, but there are specified amounts printed on it. One bottle will do many gallons. It's not 32oz to the gallon.
They actually make a regulator "cage" that allows for legal transport with regulators on. Not to expensive and helps save the regulators from being beaten up.Were you aware of the OSHA regs, robson1015?
They might not apply to you as long as you don't contract for outside work. But there is a reason for the regs, and you'll want to consider the reasoning (especially driving in a cab in the "firing zone" of that regulator). You don't want to get hurt. Easy enough to mount the two tanks vertically fore-and-aft it looks like.
How did you paint behind the cab?I painted about half of my M923 today. Got the cab, some interior and other parts. Didn't get to the bed or the underside yet. Hopefully soon. Didn't cut it with anything, used it straight up. Was a little thick though.
Hey guys,
My buddy, the painter, is concerned about the durability of the Behr paint. It is showing some very easy scratch marks. I'm figuring it'll take a few days (longer when it's cold out) to fully dry and such... how off/on am I on this?