Paint job

[Emf27]

Planning on having my m1026 painted flat black inside and out. About to get bids for the job. The bed and foot wells will be rhino lined. Anyone have a rough idea on a fair price?

 

[jdmcm]

Why? It looks so nice now!

 

[Rmtaunton]

If your going for flat ,, paint it yourself not that tough, you can go from rattle can to hvlp , not that hard just practice on something

 

[BLK HMMWV]

Why does everyone what to spray rhino liner on the inside?

 

[papakb]

Because it's a very effective noise deadening coating besides being a great protectant. I Rhinolined my 151 and it removed about half of the vibration noise coming from the floor pan. That and it sealed up all the weld seams where water would wick into the body.

Kurt

 

[BLK HMMWV]

Well that's why they made the floor mats and the sidewall mats and insulate the underside of the body .
I think it ruins the originality of the vehicle. But to each his own.
I'm not a purest by any means but to me it reduces the value of the truck in the future .
If you had two trucks side by side for sale the one without the rhino lining in it would most likely sell first. and for probably more money
Just my opinion.

BH

 

[Awol]

Flats are pretty easy to paint yourself.

Check out GCI paints. They're about $40 a gallon and from what I've been reading, they spray pretty easy.

 

[hndrsonj]

All the above comments are correct. You will probably be able to buy all the equipment (including a small compressor) to do it yourself way cheaper than hiring someone else to do it; and you will have the equipment to keep when done.

 

[clinto]

The real issue is how much prep do you want done?

Obviously this isn't a glossy car show paint job, but the level of prep will fall somewhere between "pressure washing" and "sandblast to bare metal"....... and whatever level of prep you want will affect the price more than anything else.

 

[Retiredwarhorses]

The real issue is how much prep do you want done?

Obviously this isn't a glossy car show paint job, but the level of prep will fall somewhere between "pressure washing" and "sandblast to bare metal"....... and whatever level of prep you want will affect the price more than anything else.

Never sand blast to bare metal on a HMMWV...if your going to metal, chemical strip it.

 

[clinto]

Never sand blast to bare metal on a HMMWV...if your going to metal, chemical strip it.

Is this a warpage issue or something else?

 

[gcbennet]

Aluminum is soft and chemically treated with alodine to resist corrosion. Sand blasting can easily remove the alodine coating as well as damage the surface of the metal. The only stripping of aircraft panels, etc we do are by either plastic media blasting or by chemical stripper. The plastic media cannot have been used on anything other than aluminum beforehand because steel particles will imbed into the surface of the softer aluminum and cause dissimilar metal corrosion over time.

 

[Retiredwarhorses]

Is this a warpage issue or something else?

not so much that, but aluminum is treated with alodine to prevent corrosion and allow,for paint adhesion, it makes the aluminum appear golden brown in color. When you sandblast, this alodine finish is removed.
I tell people if your going to paint a HMMWV, read on how to paint an airplane.....it's the same process.
the exsisting CARC paint is an excellent primer, I encourage folks to just clean it up and paint right over it.

 

[Predator42]

I will chime in and recommend this paint for the do it yourselfers. I have flat black painted vehicles that literally hold the dust and never stay clean looking. If I were going to paint mine black, I would use this satin black. I have a friend who did this to his scrambler 3 years ago and it has held up extremely well and it just wipes down and looks fantastic. I painted my HMMWV with the home depot flat acrylic color matched to the Military woodland colors about 5 months ago and it shows every single scratch (soft paint) and just isn't something I am happy with or proud of less than a year later. Now I face the choice/cost of sanding that acrylic paint off and having someone CARC paint it back to factory, or going another route. I love the desert tan look of yours, but if you are going for stealth and wanting to make it your own, by all means try this paint. People believe that the HMMWV will hold its value if we keep them all original, and I love people that can do that and are purists, but everyone who does that is not actually unique at all, they are just choosing to keep them as vehicles that aren't different. I have always lived by the rule that it is YOUR HMMWV. You probably paid under $10K for it, and you will never sell it to someone else for less, or probably any MORE than you paid for it so enjoy it. Anyway, here is the paint. I'm probably going to spray mine with it before fall. I actually like the green interior so mine will probably be black on the outside and underneath, interior remains 383 green. FWIW. to be honest, we are never really satisfied with our HMMWV and everyone has an idea of what they would change if they had the $$. oh and here is an image of the scrambler painted with it.

 

[Retiredwarhorses]

I will chime in and recommend this paint for the do it yourselfers. I have flat black painted vehicles that literally hold the dust and never stay clean looking. If I were going to paint mine black, I would use this satin black. I have a friend who did this to his scrambler 3 years ago and it has held up extremely well and it just wipes down and looks fantastic. I painted my HMMWV with the home depot flat acrylic color matched to the Military woodland colors about 5 months ago and it shows every single scratch (soft paint) and just isn't something I am happy with or proud of less than a year later. Now I face the choice/cost of sanding that acrylic paint off and having someone CARC paint it back to factory, or going another route. I love the desert tan look of yours, but if you are going for stealth and wanting to make it your own, by all means try this paint. People believe that the HMMWV will hold its value if we keep them all original, and I love people that can do that and are purists, but everyone who does that is not actually unique at all, they are just choosing to keep them as vehicles that aren't different. I have always lived by the rule that it is YOUR HMMWV. You probably paid under $10K for it, and you will never sell it to someone else for less, or probably any MORE than you paid for it so enjoy it. Anyway, here is the paint. View attachment 635913 I'm probably going to spray mine with it before fall. I actually like the green interior so mine will probably be black on the outside and underneath, interior remains 383 green. FWIW. to be honest, we are never really satisfied with our HMMWV and everyone has an idea of what they would change if they had the $$. oh and here is an image of the scrambler painted with it. View attachment 635915

latex is quite easily chemically stripped..you can apply just enough to get off the latex and it won't bother the CARC underneath. They even sell it in spray cans...go slow, take your time, paint is ALL about the prep work. The actual paint job for an entire truck is an hour. As you can see...the work you now have to do because of bad choices will now cost you in time and money. But hey...live, learn...so goes life

 

[Predator42]

latex is quite easily chemically stripped..you can apply just enough to get off the latex and it won't bother the CARC underneath. They even sell it in spray cans...go slow, take your time, paint is ALL about the prep work. The actual paint job for an entire truck is an hour. As you can see...the work you now have to do because of bad choices will now cost you in time and money. But hey...live, learn...so goes life

RWH you are so right. Most of the "Wisdom" I have has been learned by having to repeat a process after I realized I suck.

 

[Emf27]

Thanks guys, once again all your input is greatly appreciated!

 

[clinto]

Aluminum is soft and chemically treated with alodine to resist corrosion. Sand blasting can easily remove the alodine coating as well as damage the surface of the metal. The only stripping of aircraft panels, etc we do are by either plastic media blasting or by chemical stripper. The plastic media cannot have been used on anything other than aluminum beforehand because steel particles will imbed into the surface of the softer aluminum and cause dissimilar metal corrosion over time.

not so much that, but aluminum is treated with alodine to prevent corrosion and allow,for paint adhesion, it makes the aluminum appear golden brown in color. When you sandblast, this alodine finish is removed.
I tell people if your going to paint a HMMWV, read on how to paint an airplane.....it's the same process.
the exsisting CARC paint is an excellent primer, I encourage folks to just clean it up and paint right over it.

Thank you both for these excellent answers. I have no experience painting aluminum; this is very helpful to me and all the other new HMMWV owners.

 

[Predator42]

I had a few days off work so I decided to dig in and paint it satin black. Here are the results.

 

[Emf27]

Looks amazing! I think I like satin over flat.