Making good progress 1971 AM General M35A2 6/26/08

[neilhendrix]

Heres a few pics for you . from New toy, to work in progress, to almost done.
Enjoy
Neil

 

[tiger422]

Paint

Very nice where did you get your OD paint?

 

[bulldog_mack13]

RE: Paint

My trucks coming along good LOL , nice truck man

 

[rockman]

RE: Paint

how did you do your prep work? water blasting?

Look great.

Bill

 

[neilhendrix]

Prep on the under side was with a pres washer and alot of time, spraying cleaner and washing again. Alot of sanding using a hand sander,grinder on a few places with a flex wheel and elbow grease.. Lots of hours. I think it will be great when we`re done .
Neil

 

[oifvet]

About how much (OD) paint have you used, and how much do you expect to use by project completion?

 

[neilhendrix]

I have used 2 gallons so far ,straight paint, not thinned using a airless sprayer. i think it will take 2 more gallons to paint the cab,bed and side boards / troop seats.

 

[neilhendrix]

I`m also putting on alot more paint with the airless gun than the body shop would use.

 

[neilhendrix]

Well ,paint is on ,gotta put stuff back together and use almost 5 gal of paint. The sprayer really has bad paint mileage..

 

[steelandcanvas]

Neil, Your attention to detail really shows in your efforts. The underside looks factory! I hope I can do as nice a job when I go to paint!