looks good! when i first read the title of the thread i thought u were painting with a brush lol, and u cheated there is a rattle can of primer on ur bed!!! i guess primer dont count.

im slowly working up the painting ability, ive got a compressor and everything, but i first picked up a little compressor and airbrush for doin model cars a month ago, and im getting used to that, ill eventually get up to the level of repainting my truck from metal to get rid of that crappy primer thats bubbling up.

 

Not to be a buzz kill but that tailgate was prepped wrong. You don't want to use one of those circle disks unless you plan of stripped all of the existing paint off.

You want the surface to be at flat as possible before painting or you'll get random "hills and valleys" causing an uneven surface.

I would have wetsanded the surface using a block and 400-600 grit then laid down the satin/flat black to get the correct finish.

I would actually recommend blocking sanding it right now as I can see the surface isn't even and then respray once your get is straight again.

Just my $0.02

 

still looks good though. whens the pics coming of the finished product? (bumper and all) It's gonna look great I bet!

 

Absolutely, not trying to be negative. Just trying to help..

 

No Abels Primer does not count! Why is yours bubbling?
Adam; Yeah we realized that and we are going to redo it down the road, I'm happy with it for now- it's not noticeable enough to break it all down again.

Jkeaton- Here's the bumper
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oh now that is sick! i gotta paint my bumper, btw love the license plate...DUH!

 

Trucky uve never heard us guys with older dodges complaining about the paint knot trucks Dodge used crap primer on their vehicles and it bubbles up through on a ton of the trucks mines starting to go around my driver's side rear window

 

Oh dang... well if you ever have questions Blown and I have been through a lot of painting with multiple surfaces and products!

 

sweet tailgate i might steal that idea.

got some secondhand spray guns, been painting and repainting my dads bike for a few months. think we're getting the hang of it. can't wait to do my whole truck, but theres so much more metal!