Paint By Numbers
Tomorrow I will be starting to paint my fathers S10 Pick-up. I have to admit I am pretty excited and nervous. I have learned a lot in school, but this will be the first time applying that knowledge outside of class. This will also be the first time doing it without the tools that we had to work with at school. I have mentally made of a plan of how it is to be done and have broke it up into two stages.
The first part will be done tomorrow with the help of Paul. I will take the hood off the truck as well as the tail gate. Starting off by sanding off all of the old paint on the hood and the roof of the truck, I think that will be all the easy but time consuming work. From there I need to tape off the truck. Windows, doors, lights etc. all need to be done. After a quick wash down its time to lay new primer on the newly exposed metal. I am only going to do this for the hood and the roof. I plan on laying down a layer of epoxy primer, followed by a coat of high-build primer. I plan on doing it this way due the fact I am not going to do any body work. There are some indentions on these parts and the high build primer will help elevate parts of that. My father doesn't want a top notch paint job, but I am going to strive to do my best with the time and money at hand.
Step two will take place in a week. With the newly primered hood and roof the rest of the truck will need to be wet sanded. This will help the new paint stick to the old as well take out some of the "dead" paint. This will take a little time to do. The next step will be to re-mask the truck. Windows, doors, lights etc. will all need to be redone. From there its time to take off the pin stripping. After a quick wash down it is time to paint. At this point I am sure if I am going to do it a base clear or single stage job. More than likely a single stage due to budget but we will see.
It should be a fun project and even if I mess up it can't look worse than what it does now. If I have leaned one thing in class it is confidence. I feel sure of myself to tackle a job like this even though I haven't done one before. I will keep you posted with pictures. :)
