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Posted: March 14, 2010, 8:07 pm
by PFM-64f100
Quick update. Today turned out to be a great day I swear it hit almost 80 today. So I sprayed some color and tomorrow I will spray some clear... Just the fire wall but still this is good progress.

Before shot with sealer on fire wall.
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After shot with the blue. The truck will be two tone blue and white. :D

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Posted: March 14, 2010, 8:09 pm
by Anthony
Man that is sweet, I can't wait to see it all done... :thumright: :thumright:

Posted: March 14, 2010, 8:14 pm
by jkimbrel65
Looking good Chris!! :thumright:

Posted: March 14, 2010, 10:25 pm
by Brian Taylor
You told me you were going camping.
Must of got home in good time.
I should have been there!

Posted: March 15, 2010, 6:58 am
by Max
Oh that's purdy! You going with a brighter white than the Wimbledon variety?

Posted: March 15, 2010, 8:01 am
by tbritt
Looking good Chris, I was in Haslet the week-end of the 6th&7th had a wedding to go to. Wish I would have got online I'd PM'd you and we could have got together....maybe next time...your ride is ""RIGHT""

Posted: March 15, 2010, 8:16 am
by PFM-64f100
Brian Taylor wrote:You told me you were going camping.
Must of got home in good time.
I should have been there!
I did go camping but got home about 1 ish sunday then mowed the yard and still had some time so I painted... lol... Going to do more this coming weekend. If you want...

Max Yes it will be a bright white. Its a Ford Color (90 ish to 2000 ish) called Ultra white PPG #5061.

tbritt - you should of I was working in the shop most of that weekend. Oh well next time and there is pate swap meet coming up Next month. :D

Posted: March 15, 2010, 8:56 am
by tbritt
What week-end is the Pate this year ??

Posted: March 15, 2010, 9:36 am
by PFM-64f100
tbritt wrote:What week-end is the Pate this year ??
April 29 through May 2, 2010

between the various club members here we have 20 spaces this year. This thread has more information as to where we are this year.

http://fordtruk.com/forums/viewtopic.ph ... light=pate

Any slick members are welcome to come join us. I will have at least 2 ezups and space for you to come sit and relax. I will also bring my gas grill so anyone can cook up some food. look for a Pate 2010 post coming soon...

Posted: March 16, 2010, 12:37 am
by 1965fordf100
Love that Blue!

Crew in blue

Posted: March 16, 2010, 8:22 pm
by Truckrat
The crew is looking better and better Chris. I love the blue you picked. Gonna look even better with the clear on it. Are you going to do the inner wheel wells in blue too? TR

Posted: March 17, 2010, 8:40 am
by PFM-64f100
I cleared coated on Monday night and last night I removed the masking paper and just had to give it a rub. Damm it is smooth I didn't want to stop rubbing it. :twisted: (yes I hear the laughter). My wife said fine just go rub on your truck tonight.... :D

This SPI Universal Clear is the best stuff I've ever used. I don't even have to buff or sand it, but it is just a fire wall. I layed down flat on the first try and no runs.

I did not have the big lights turn on when I took this pic. It is a lot darker blue in lower light.

Not the best picture. I will update later with a better pic.

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As far as the inner fenders I was planning on a gloss black. Those are on the list for this weekend's work. plus I will coat the inside with the spray on bed liner stuff from SPI.

Posted: March 17, 2010, 4:22 pm
by Max
You won't have any issues with SPI's Clears, they're the best for the buck!!!

Posted: March 17, 2010, 8:10 pm
by dotcentral
PFM-64f100 wrote:I cleared coated on Monday night and last night I removed the masking paper and just had to give it a rub. Damm it is smooth I didn't want to stop rubbing it.
Had the same experience when I painted and cleared my firewall. Even without wet sanding or buffing. I used Sherwin Williams, but I'd never done basecoat/clearcoat before and was really suprised.

Where do you plan on running the contrasting color to on your firewall, the cowl/firewall seam or somewhere else?

Posted: March 18, 2010, 8:29 am
by PFM-64f100
dotcentral wrote:
PFM-64f100 wrote:
Where do you plan on running the contrasting color to on your firewall, the cowl/firewall seam or somewhere else?
The white will start where it is grey now. I just taped a line and went with it. :)

Posted: March 18, 2010, 8:12 pm
by fire truck
Looking good dude! I love blue too!!

Posted: March 20, 2010, 1:02 am
by Paranoid!
That is a Whole Lotta Cab to work!!
Awsome work being done!! :thumright:

Posted: March 29, 2010, 8:52 am
by PFM-64f100
I got some more work done on Sunday.

1. I blasted the bottom side of the inner fenders and the inside of the doors. Then ran out of blasting media so I could not do the front fenders or hood. I will have to correct that in the next week or so.

2. I resprayed sealer on the inside of the cab. Last time I used the HF gun and it ran everywhere so sanded the runs down and reshoot.

3. Next I sprayed (6 hours later) the blue.


Tonights project mask the dash off and spray the white. Some Cell phone pics below. One day I will have time to download the good pics of the camera and update this and my site. :)

The over all area sprayed blue. Yes the area's not colored will stay that way. They are sealed and will be covered up by sound deadening stuff so whay waste the color. :D
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The Dash
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The front half with dash.
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After the white tonight I will get to spraying clear.

Posted: March 29, 2010, 9:10 am
by 36truck
Looking good Chris. Isn't it fun spraying the inside of the cab. I just primed my 79 cab.

Posted: March 29, 2010, 9:20 am
by Max
Great progress Chris! Can't wait to see it in April.