My Creation

[rsalter66]

heres an UPDATE!!!

I have a lot of finish work left to do and I have to tweak it a bit, but I'll get it looking good soon

I tried to make it a gun metal gray, its metallic silver over black primer' I just went out and looked at it again and it kind of looks like bare metal that was sprayed with clear?, if I leave it like this I'll have to tell everyone I planned it that way I'll probably wet sand it, but I got overzealous and put my barbed wire pin striping on

the sun was right on this shot really making the metal flake POP! it kinda looks like concrete?

 

[mrfixit]

Wow...That is really fantastic! You do the barbs yourself?

 

[TexasNomad]

I wonder if the joker is going to try and sell the thing again.

 

[rsalter66]

Wow...That is really fantastic! You do the barbs yourself?

they are just some barbed wire pin striping that I found on-line, I don't really like them, they kept sticking to the paper and the are sections missing pieces, I would not recommend those particular ones to anybody. I found some better ones earlier on-line here www.stripeman.com they even look neater

I wonder if the joker is going to try and sell the thing again.

who are you talking about? this guy

if so ? " Wrong Thread ! "

 

[Skandocious]

GOING to look great? Looks awesome already. I love it

 

[Raptor22]

GOING to look great? Looks awesome already. I love it

they are just some barbed wire pin striping that I found on-line, I don't really like them, they kept sticking to the paper and the are sections missing pieces, I would not recommend those particular ones to anybody. I found some better ones earlier on-line here www.stripeman.com they even look neater



who are you talking about? this guy

if so ? " Wrong Thread ! "

Sick truck.

 

[TexasNomad]

Wrong Thread ! "

Sorry.....

 

[bucks77ford]

Nice progress Rick. That's a creative paint job.

 

[rsalter66]

its coming along...S..L..O..W..L..Y..! buts its coming!!

 

[mrfixit]

"back in the day" I used to be a part of a (I can't believe I admit this in public) LOW RIDER CLUB in the SanFer. We used a lot of that heavier metalflake in Kandy colors; You probably already know this, but for the sake of all reading, BE CAREFUL when wet-sanding metalflake; Too much, and you cut the flakes, making the cure worse than the disease!

 

[surewhynot]

Was that before or during the mullet days Tom?

Great job on the truck Rick!

 

[mrfixit]

Sausage sounds mighty tasty this morning....
We grow corn here, plus soybeans, and MILO... but no mullet. That's birdseed.

 

[rsalter66]

"back in the day" I used to be a part of a (I can't believe I admit this in public) LOW RIDER CLUB in the SanFer. We used a lot of that heavier metalflake in Kandy colors; You probably already know this, but for the sake of all reading, BE CAREFUL when wet-sanding metalflake; Too much, and you cut the flakes, making the cure worse than the disease!

No. I didn't know that. Thanks. what I'm thinking is sticking with the bare metal look, I am thinking about trying to carefully wash the truck with some mild scotch brite, just to gently scratch it, like sanded metal, or wet sand it ? but that might be to fine, I do have one good coat of clear over top of the metal flake paint? I don't know, I'll figure it out, I have to find a spot on the truck to try it on where its not noticeable ? I am thinking in the front bottom corner of the fender where it will be hidden by the bumper if I don't like it

 

[mrfixit]

If you have a good coat of clear on there, wetsanding with 1000 grit would be fine, but that won't give you that scratched look; it WOULD prep it for more clear, tho, and a few more coats you can scratch to your hearts content!
I think it looks great without scratches, tho...

 

[rsalter66]

well when the sun is going down and it is not so brite, you can see over laps, espeacially on the front edge of the door where I hit the inside of the door with it open and didn't think about that? I am letting it cure good before I make any decision's, I have to be sure before I do this, I am out of that paint to fix it if I mess up, I do thank you for your input, it really helps!

 

[Mil1ion]

but no mullet. That's birdseed.

We call our birdseed: Millet

 

[smokey]

A mullet is a feeder fish or a sweeeeet hair cut.
biz in the front and party in the back.

 

[rsalter66]

It took me few times to figure out what the heck y'all where talking about? now I get-it
I'm a little slow ya know

that's my sad attempt to clean that up a bit using photo-bucket?

 

[mrfixit]

You're right dennis... Total brain fart there on my part. I knew something like that was going to happen if I kept talking to Tony...

But still no mullet.

 

[highhorse78]

Rick, didnt that pic of that fat kid get you in trouble on another site? I think a couple more coats of clear would really make it look good and give you more protection.