this weekend's distraction
 

Painting my FIL's truck. he's had the green capper on there for years, but i installed the blue bed last year when his rotted off. old work truck bed put back on an old work truck, so only a little touch-up of the minor stuff before paint. i'm less of a body/paint guy than a sheet metal guy (have i said i hate sheet metal before?) so this was a good "test bed" for me. pun intended. taping in the sun when it's 90 n humid SUCKED, so we got up at dawn the next day to paint. wife helped mix paint and clean up though.

anyways, the 4 coats of color turned out great and matches the inside of the door jams really well! but the truck is faded b/c red truck stored outside. i also should have taken more time to adjust my spray gun, after finishing i realized i needed a taller pattern with more paint to have done a better job. needing to lay down a wetter coats. zero runs though! but you can see where i induced some orange peal in dryer spray areas. it's 1000x better than before though, and my FIL will be excited, so game on.

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Nice job Matt.

Every time you post projects getting **** done I think of the Vette with the license plate “zero kids” :lol:

Thanks sir! it looks way better in the pictures than in person. i made sure to preserve at least 4 of every different kind of bug on my property for my FIL to remember us by. :lol:

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Nicely done...damn you're busy!!

idol hands dude, can't have that.

I’ve painted outside. Bugs happen.

Well, let's be honest...you were under a Steelers banner, of course there were bugs, probably lots of flies :lol:

all in all the match isn't TOO bad, still way better than the blue bed n green topper. and the new tailgate is solid vs the prior one that had the structural integrity of sliced swiss cheese.

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Damn, son!! IT'S NOT too bad at all...and life extended, beyond the pleasure of being able to look at it as you walk up to it, much less others gawk at you in a jungle of colors, is immeasurable!

Now, it's not a truck you're going to walk away and turn around to check out with immense love - but it's drivable :lol:

Damn, nice work, dude - the old man has to be happy, and proud!!

i should ditch the wheel center caps and paint those b!tches. maybe even a gunmetal vs black.

Those are the wheels I want for big red, but got free h2 wheels instead