General Mcgregor's Partial Restoration

[General Mcgregor]

The tedious job of cutting the stencils, my hand is cramping like crazy.

 

[General Mcgregor]

Camo pattern shot, stencils sprayed. Almost done.

 

[General Mcgregor]

 

[General Mcgregor]

Finished, with the exception of the interior that will be painted later.
Big job, many weekend days spent on this project.

Any questions please comment or PM.

 

[turnkey]

Now that is a paint job ....You should be proud of it ...As you stayed within the lines...great Job.

 

[grayparatrooper]

nice job!

 

[General Mcgregor]

Thanks guys, paint is holding up very well and still looks great.

 

[Tracer]

Some elbow grease patience and good weather and she looks like a new truck....great job.

 

[wsucougarx]

Outstanding work!!! Not sure how I missed this thread.

 

[General Mcgregor]

Looks as though the hard work paid off, took 1st place in the administrator's choice category at the Wounded Warrior benefit car show in Portsmouth NH!

 

[grayparatrooper]

How did you trace or paint the camo pattern? I'm thinking about painting my desert tan truck camo.

 

[General Mcgregor]

How did you trace or paint the camo pattern? I'm thinking about painting my desert tan truck camo.

I marked the outline with chalk and traced over it very lightly with my gun several times, then I just filled in the sections.

 

[grayparatrooper]

Follow any type of pattern or just random?

 

[General Mcgregor]

Follow any type of pattern or just random?

I had a picture with me to get the general idea but pretty much just free formed the shapes.

 

[Snowtiger]

Wow that is an amazing transformation.

 

[kkcshipp]

How did the Wagner spray gun work? Did you add any thinner etc. or straight paint? Of course, where'd you get the paint? Sorry, I'm a noob but I remember painting my Gamma Goat in Germany back in 1985 with an air gun hooked up to the duece and half next to me. But I don't remember that good.

 

[General Mcgregor]

How did the Wagner spray gun work? Did you add any thinner etc. or straight paint? Of course, where'd you get the paint? Sorry, I'm a noob but I remember painting my Gamma Goat in Germany back in 1985 with an air gun hooked up to the duece and half next to me. But I don't remember that good.

Used the Behr Home Depot paint and colors as outlined in the Behr paint thread.
The sprayer worked great and the coverage was excellent, cleanup was a breeze with soap and water.
Paint was not thinned to achieve the CARC texture.

 

[grayparatrooper]

What about the cargo top how did you paint it?

 

[General Mcgregor]

What about the cargo top how did you paint it?

I didn't paint it, it is solid green vinyl.

 

[General Mcgregor]

Added a new stencil I made today. "Hellhounds"