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The top is Painted

LEB Ben

LEB Ben

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After much hemming and hawing and asking for opinions, I finally got the top painted on the Bronco. It's not perfect, but it's a huge improvement over what it was. I used 5 cans of Krylon indoor/outdoor khaki gloss...usually 6.49 a can, but KMart was having a 3/$10 sale...so I have an extra can for touch ups. All in all, I'm happy and was worth the $20 and 3 hours of time from start of masking to the end of clean up. I think the top could use more coat, but not many people are gonna see the top of it. It also makes me wanna clean/polish up the window trim. Lemm know what you think.

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Rear-

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Passenger Side-

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Top-

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73F100Shortbed

73F100Shortbed

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Looks great. I think you should go ahead with another coat on top even if no one will see it :)
 
mrfixit

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Does look great- I'm impressed! But ya gotta watch when you see those dark patches- often it's a mold that gets in there and doesn't wash away, and it may rear it's head again, thru the paint... Bull's-eye primer would have helped some... Here's my suggestion for the top, tho- a little air brush work LOL...
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That way, Trucks that sit HIGHER have something to look at :rofl2:
 

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Yea a few more coats on the top would be good. Paint the window trim, or polish it out, either or, 10000x better then it was.
 
DNFXDLI

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Looks good Ben...a definite improvement.
 
LEB Ben

LEB Ben

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Thanks guys. I appreciate the kind words and feedback. Gotta wait til pay day now til I can get anymore paint or polish.


mrfixit said:
Does look great- I'm impressed! But ya gotta watch when you see those dark patches- often it's a mold that gets in there and doesn't wash away, and it may rear it's head again, thru the paint... Bull's-eye primer would have helped some... Here's my suggestion for the top, tho- a little air brush work LOL...
FTF_Flyer_Ben.jpg

That way, Trucks that sit HIGHER have something to look at :rofl2:
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Yeah...I figured that was some kinda mold, so before I painted I took some blue Dawn a sponge and a wire brush to it. Didn't get it all though.
 
dixie_boysles

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looks good! now take some black spraypaint to those windo frames!
 
LEB Ben

LEB Ben

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m78 said:
Paint some flames on top
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I was thinking more along the lines of pink ponies

dixie_boysles said:
looks good! now take some black spraypaint to those windo frames!
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Planning on it boss.



Question on polishing the trim around the windows. How to go about doing? Sand and polish by hand? Probably yield the best results, huh?
 
mrfixit

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I have some of that vinyl if you would like- almond color, though. If you want black, it's relatively inexpensive at a trailer supply store. Just redid ours.
 

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