yes, it does look really nice. you say you did it with a roller?? care to explain a little more?
Body prep as normal with any paint job.
No primer needed. I did prime the bare metal areas and bondo used to fix dings.
Roll on four coats of paint, let dry between coats and wet sand with 600 grit.
Roll on two more and wet sand with 800 grit.
Roll on two more and wet sand with 2000 grit and polish.
I'm waiting 3-4 weeks for the polish.
I used Rustoleum and thinned in a 1:1 ratio with pure mineral spirits. Thin like milk. The paint self levels nicely and drys rock hard.
I had such good coverage I stopped at six coats and did not wet sand with the 2000 grit as I had nice gloss but it does need buffing to bring out the high gloss. In total it took 8 days including the topper on the back. I did not wet sand the topper at all and only applied four coats as the aluminum is very textured. Sanding and polishing would be a waste of time on that. It will get wax in a couple of weeks. I also did not paint inside the bed of the truck as I want to apply the Duplicolor bed liner later. No sense wasting time and paint on that.
There are many sites on the web. This process is about 10 years old and started as the $50 paint job on the MOPARTS forum site I think. I thought I'd give it a shot. I did spend $170 on supplies. Two quarts of white, two quarts of gray and 1 gallon of mineral spirits. The big bucks were spent on four rolls of 1" blue painters tape, six foam rollers, four foam brushes, three paint pans, two gallon cans to mix paint in and the big ticket item is the sandpaper, that stuff is pricey. Wet sanding only used 4 4"X6" sheets for the whole truck. I have one quart of each color left mixed for repairs in case some bozo dings the paint in a parking lot.
I'm told this paint when thinned and dry hard and will not fade. We'll find out. I did remove all the trim, emblems and lights, seals etc before painting.
I applied 1/8" tape pinstripes at the color transitions. I did paint the door handles and tailgate handle shiny black. I did not paint the door jams completely as I left the interior untouched.
It was a long eight days but luckily there wasn't a single day over 80 degrees last week. We'll be at 109 this weekend so I chose the right week.
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