Austin's 1990 F-Superduty Build Thread

[Austin]

Really doesn't look too bad. Planning on any white accents?

Thank ya! I'm not sure on accents yet, maybe some satin black?

 

[Austin]

Gotta wet sand it and throw down another coat. Then polish!!!

 

[LEB Ben]

First off...Thank God, I thought you were posting finished panels...oughta look reeeeeal good when you're done.


Secondly, what are you spraying or rolling?


Lastly, what made you decide on brown?

 

[Austin]

First off...Thank God, I thought you were posting finished panels...oughta look reeeeeal good when you're done.


Secondly, what are you spraying or rolling?


Lastly, what made you decide on brown?

1. Far from done! Plenty of work shall be put into it, but it already has potential. I'm really eager to see how it all pulls together.

2. Spraying Rustoleum Leather Brown

3. I'm not quite sure why I chose brown... white was too, well, white... and all of the other colors seemed not fit for either my taste or the truck. I saw this color and thought it'd look awesome on the truck!

 

[LEB Ben]

1) Good, I saw that 'orange peel' in the original pic and figured I should be nice...haha


2) What are you using to spray with?


3) It looks good, but I definitely think it'll need something to break up the monotony of the brown.

 

[Austin]

1) Good, I saw that 'orange peel' in the original pic and figured I should be nice...haha


2) What are you using to spray with?


3) It looks good, but I definitely think it'll need something to break up the monotony of the brown.

1) Heh, that peel is going away. I'm a pro at wet sanding now, by the way.

2) I am using this:

It has an adjustable pattern, 1.88MM tip. My grandfather bought it God knows when and has never used it.

3) I thought about perhaps running some bedliner on the bottom few inches of the sides, all the way across.

 

[LEB Ben]

3) I thought about perhaps running some bedliner on the bottom few inches of the sides, all the way across.

IIRC...Ford actually ran kind of textured 'protective' layer during that era across the rockers...all I've seen it in is clear, but it was there. One thing to remember with the bedliner is it can get heavy quick, you probably don't care about that though. But something I would care about is the liner chipping, flaking, etc...and if it doesn't do that, when it starts to dull, I think it would look crappy and seriously detract from your paint. But I think you're right, some color on the rocker would look nice.

 

[Austin]

IIRC...Ford actually ran kind of textured 'protective' layer during that era across the rockers...all I've seen it in is clear, but it was there. One thing to remember with the bedliner is it can get heavy quick, you probably don't care about that though. But something I would care about is the liner chipping, flaking, etc...and if it doesn't do that, when it starts to dull, I think it would look crappy and seriously detract from your paint. But I think you're right, some color on the rocker would look nice.

Bedliner can get pretty heavy... The thickness could detract from the visual aspect too. I've used a rattle can Rustoleum textured spray that I like. Perhaps I'll throw that on there. And if it chips, I can just break out the can.

Or I could just go with a contrasting paint down there... I'll find out as I get farther into the project.

 

[flareside_thunder]

I agree with Ben, that's more than a little too much brown. Looks like the duece I dropped the other day. You will need something to contrast it better but, brown will be a ton more difficult.

 

[Austin]

Example using Eric's truck (Note that the gloss qualities are not the same as my project - gloss brown, flat/satin black accents)

I like to color combo, as well as the hood trim. Perhaps I'll add that on too...

 

[Austin]

After a wet sand; don't mind the residue on the panel... A couple of drips need to be annihilated, but all is well.

Gonna be NICE N SHINY!!!!

A shot in the dark here... Not sure what to think of it yet; I kinda like it.

 

[flareside_thunder]

Is that the "As Cast" color on the wheels?

 

[Austin]

Is that the "As Cast" color on the wheels?

Rustoleum High Heat engine satin black... or something like that.

 

[O'Rattlecan]

Don't listen to the brown hates, it'll look great. If you do want a secondary accent, go with white.

Ryan

 

[1985 Ford F-150]

Yeah white or creme would look good.

 

[1988_F350]

Don't listen to the brown hates, it'll look great. If you do want a secondary accent, go with white.

Ryan

 

[john112deere]

Rustoleum High Heat engine satin black... or something like that.

I think you're gonna find dirt and dust sticks to the satin on the wheels more than you'd like...but maybe not?



Paint looks good...how much time, and how many gallons of Rustoleum do you figure to have invested in this by the time you get done?

 

[Ridgerunner]

Austin the Brown looks good. Wheels look good, Hope the paint holds up.

 

[Austin]

Finally got the front lower fascia primed and ready to go. I broke out the sanding wheel for the drill. (BTW, I'm loving my new porter cable drill - it has a 2 speed transmission for low tq or high tq - it really works great for this job)

I went to good ol Wally World tonight and snagged 5 cans of flat black for recessed areas/back sides of pieces. I think having the mounting areas and backside in black will make the job stand out. Oh, the cans were only 97 cents.

Here's something that has me stumped; the date here indicates it being made in 91... while there's another date on the same piece that says '90'... hmm.

I also manged to find some of the brown in cans. I picked up a couple, just in case I find a need for them. One thing that bothers me, though, is that they are not the Rustoleum "professional" flavor; we'll see how that works out.

 

[5.0Flareside]

you can get rustoleum spray paint at your local harbor freight now!!!!