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Re: Desert Tan vs Olive Drab vs other flat color
« Reply #30 on: July 26, 2009, 04:18:39 PM »
mrhawk, that's exactly what I had in mind if I go DT. What paint did you use?


 This is basicly the cheapest rattle cans I could find ( $5 a can )



Walmart typically carries $1 a can spray paint

thats how I primed this


Re: Desert Tan vs Olive Drab vs other flat color
« Reply #31 on: July 26, 2009, 05:50:33 PM »
well after borrowsing thru this thread i am really liking the DT over OD. thanks for posting a good thread.

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Re: Desert Tan vs Olive Drab vs other flat color
« Reply #32 on: July 27, 2009, 07:43:29 AM »

Walmart typically carries $1 a can spray paint

But it's bloody expensive to travel to the US to be able to buy them ;)

Don't think I have ever seen any type of rattle can for less than $4 here in sweden  >:(

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Re: Desert Tan vs Olive Drab vs other flat color
« Reply #33 on: July 27, 2009, 11:12:39 AM »

Walmart typically carries $1 a can spray paint

But it's bloody expensive to travel to the US to be able to buy them ;)

Don't think I have ever seen any type of rattle can for less than $4 here in sweden  >:(


you make a good point  ;D

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Re: Desert Tan vs Olive Drab vs other flat color
« Reply #34 on: July 27, 2009, 06:28:03 PM »
I went with a gloss enamel in charcoal gray for a "utilitarian" look.  It is a Rustoleum color that nobody carries anymore.  I painted the trailer first, and them couldn't find the paint.  I found the last five cans I needed for the Zuk in Florence, KY and haven't seen any on the shelves since.


Looks great; rattle can?
Did you prep/prime?
Clearcoat?
How many cans?

I'm thinking same color; like a gun metal grey with wheels and accents a shade or two darker or black.


Yes it is a rattle can job.  The results depend heavily on the prep.  Take as much "stuff" off the truck as possible (grill, tail lights, marker lights, bumper covers, trim, top, mirrors...)   The original paint was in pretty good shape, so we wet sanded with 320, primed any spots that showed bare metal, then wet sanded again with 400.

Treat the can the same as you do a gun.  In other words, don't start or stop the spray over the work surface, and get a feel for the proper distance to cover the surface wet, but without running.

It took 5 or 6 cans to do the 2dr.  Buy a couple extra for covering trail rash.    

It was an enamel paint, so no clearcoat.

The main thing to remember is that 99% of the people who see your truck see it from more than 10 ft away.

I started with the lighter gray, like the car that Gen-Erix posted.  It was OK, but to me, it looked like shiny primer.
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Re: Desert Tan vs Olive Drab vs other flat color
« Reply #35 on: July 28, 2009, 03:12:42 AM »
The main thing to remember is that 99% of the people who see your truck see it from more than 10 ft away.
Thats called a "ten footer" paint job, and yes if it is a trail rig it will get scratched and/or bashed in, so as long as you do a good prep job, rattle can is fine! I do like the grey or DT.
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Re: Desert Tan vs Olive Drab vs other flat color
« Reply #36 on: July 31, 2009, 12:39:32 AM »
I went with a gloss enamel in charcoal gray for a "utilitarian" look.  It is a Rustoleum color that nobody carries anymore.  I painted the trailer first, and them couldn't find the paint.  I found the last five cans I needed for the Zuk in Florence, KY and haven't seen any on the shelves since.


Looks great; rattle can?
Did you prep/prime?
Clearcoat?
How many cans?

I'm thinking same color; like a gun metal grey with wheels and accents a shade or two darker or black.



The main thing to remember is that 99% of the people who see your truck see it from more than 10 ft away.

I started with the lighter gray, like the car that Gen-Erix posted.  It was OK, but to me, it looked like shiny primer.


Rustoleum comes in 2 basic greys:  (gloss) Primer Grey & Smoke Grey (darker)

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Re: Desert Tan vs Olive Drab vs other flat color
« Reply #37 on: August 01, 2009, 08:33:37 PM »
I saw in Menard's today that Rustoleum rattle cans have a flat red, burgundy, a couple greens, of course, and a few shades of blue.  It looks like it may be exactly what this thread was originally describing.
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Re: Desert Tan vs Olive Drab vs other flat color
« Reply #38 on: August 01, 2009, 09:27:10 PM »
Rustoleum has a flat red? Do you happen to know where I can buy this stuff at? You definitely sparked my interest if it doesn't look like red primer.

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Re: Desert Tan vs Olive Drab vs other flat color
« Reply #40 on: August 02, 2009, 08:21:04 PM »
Rustoleum has a flat red? Do you happen to know where I can buy this stuff at? You definitely sparked my interest if it doesn't look like red primer.


If I remember correctly, this is what Menard's had.  I have seen it at other places like Meijer and Walmart (smaller selection carried).

http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=143&sid=240262
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