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How much paint to order for my M101A1

URBNFLX

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Hey guys, I'm getting ready to paint my m101a1 trailer. I dont have anywhere that I can paint with a gun legally so I am stuck with rattle cans. I tested with a little krylon and decided that I should go the gillespie/rapco route. Question is, how many rattle cans to cover a whole m101 trailer with the stake sides? I am going to go with a 686 tan carc sub color to match my K5.
 

Jimma

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A bunch. You can get it from rapco in cases of 12 cans for about $60. You will need at least a case if not more. For the rails and stuff I took a can of Rapco paint and went to home depot, had them match it with a Baehr exterior flat with primer built in. They did an exact, exact match and I used that on the stake sides and rails and applied it with a brush. Being flat paint, and a very good quality paint it looks excellent and saved a lot of cans, especially if the rails are wood and soak up paint.
 

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so it should be less than 2 cases...? i do like the idea of using the hd paint for the wood... seems like it would hide the imperfections better and be easier to apply. I have some of the wood that needs to be replaced anyway.
 

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It not only hides the imperfections but seals up the grain better and soaks in. Have you ever painted raw wood with a spray can? Holy cow, its sucks it up. The exterior HD Behr paint goes on good and saves a lot of cans of spray.
 

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Cool guys, thanks for the responses... Before I start prepping for paint, I have a couple parts that need to be dealt with... does anyone know where I can find one of these corner side gate posts with the eyes on it? I also need one of the plain center posts as the one i have seems to be from a different trailer and has been severely rusted.
 

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