Tan over Green CARC

[powerhouseduece]

Hey all you smart painters out there, I got a few Q's for you! Me and a fellow SS member are wondering if we have to prime our Green trucks before we paint them tan. Also what do you guys do around the fuel tank if it has had fuel spilt on it? There is some minor rust repair that needs to be done and that bear metal has to be primed, Any tips will help out alot.

And yes I did a search!

 

[emmado22]

The "tan over green" trucks were actually painted green/woodland at the factory, and then later painted tan at the unit level by the on post paint shop. When I was at Ft hood, 90% of all the "tan" trucks started out life as green.

 

[powerhouseduece]

Ok so I can paint the tan Carc over the green carc without priming it? I was just going to go over the whole truck with a wire-wheel and then prime the bear spots and paint the whole truck tan.

 

[DanMartin]

My truck is green CARC, then Tan CARC, then Tan Latex paint (touch-ups, looks great, cheap!)

Lots of paint...doubt it will ever rust.

 

[dm22630]

I painted 3-4 deuces this summer & probably 8 deuce beds.....

Use a 4"-4 1/2" grinder with a wire wheel. 10,000+ rpms REEEEEEALLY make a difference.

Use Krylon red metal primer. It will cover everything.

Look....

 

[MWMULES]

For the oil stains use Dawn dish washing liquid and a scrub brush. Then brake open the piggy bank get has many quarters that you can put in your pockets, with out your pants falling . Then spend a few hours at the car wash.

 

[powerhouseduece]

Did you use spraypaint primer? I see some cans on the ground.

Also I think you forgot to say that you also painted a delslow.. I mean a delsol

 

[HAWKMAN]

I just scuffed up my OD and shot tan right over top....covered fine and looks great.

 

[Stonepicker1]

We prime the hole truck when we repaint or change the color. We contracted it out to a dealership one time. They didn't prime any of the trucks. Some of the paint just peeled off after a few months when we were going down the road. I always prime on CARC paint.

 

[emr]

Ok so I can paint the tan Carc over the green carc without priming it? I was just going to go over the whole truck with a wire-wheel and then prime the bear spots and paint the whole truck tan.

Thats the way to do it, You are right on, all must be clean and scuffed or it will peel like in the other post, peeling was not from not being primed it was not preped...all bare metal should be primed, all under the truck should be degreesed, this paint is very very forgiving....Good luck and go for it.U will be happy, The inside of the beds, I use a roller with rustoleum rusty metal primer in the gal cans over everything, then roll the mil paint over that, after that touch ups and repaints with the gun for speed, leaves a good base, when dried properly, there are por's and other types of paint primer / stuff but i stay away from them, to much prep and mixed results, cant just sand it/them/or and feather that crazy stuff at a later date either, I also spray rustoleum primer , its awesome...Randy

 

[dm22630]

Did you use spraypaint primer? I see some cans on the ground.

Also I think you forgot to say that you also painted a delslow.. I mean a delsol

Oh yeah! Rattlecan paint jobs haha ........ all of them have held up good through all kinds of weather & they are easy to touch up.

Be sure to wash the truck after sanding, dry completely, & wipe down with a towel over the whole thing though. THEN....you need to use an airhose with a blow nozzle to get all the dust out of the cracks & to really get it all of the surface...... Or you will end up like truck #1 I painted. It feels like sandpaper from all the dust underneath the paint.

You need to wash, dry, wipe, air blowgun after priming also.

Materials to paint a truck with spraypaint is less than $150. It costs $4/can for red metal primer from lowes & $4.50/can for rustoleum CAMO spraypaint from walmart. (Walmart is the ONLY place that sells rustoleum camo spraypaint, and each store only have about 6 cans of each color....so plan on going to more than 1 store).

 

[powerhouseduece]

Thanks for the info guys, ill keep you guys posted with how things are going!