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Old May 13, 2010 | 12:42 PM
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I hope it all works out for you! Make sure if you are doing it at home that you completely clean out the area that you are painting it in. What I mean is get it as dirt/dust free as possible and maybe even spray water on the floor just before you paint so you dont scatter any dust while spraying. Also because you dont have any actual paint booth to spray in (Im assuming) you will have to probably wet sand a lot of areas of your finished product. Most likely you wont have heat either which will take much long for the paint to cure. You will probably **** off your neighbors with the paint fumes too lol. I dont recommend you doing this by yourself and doing it at home. If you have a booth available and have painting experience then I would say go for it! I mean it can turn out nice at home but you would be doing more work than needed and possibly failing as to what you are looking to get out of it. I hope you prove me wrong though if you really want to do this 100%. I'm just trying to point out some things to save you from possibly wasting money and having huge headaches haha.

Also... make sure your prep work is done properly before doing any priming/painting otherwise your paint will turn out like crap.
 
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Old May 13, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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you could always flat-black it... trail rig style
 
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Old May 13, 2010 | 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by nim81
you could always flat-black it... trail rig style
Thats why I dont need a great paint job, I'm goin to be using as a Ranch truck. I just want it to look good for about two years, and it can start fading after that, I don't care.
 
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Old May 13, 2010 | 02:42 PM
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well then have at it, i say diy and take pics!

i dont understand why you think the black accessories will look bad with the color now?
is your paint bad or you just want a black truck?
 
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Old May 13, 2010 | 02:49 PM
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the black acc would just look a lot better on black, and not patriot blue. And yes, I do like black.
 
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Old May 13, 2010 | 02:53 PM
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Well after that has been said... do it up! Don't pay to have it done!
 
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