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I'm thinking about trying my hand at painting this summer. I debadged my tailgate yesterday, and the tailgate really looks like h3ll. Lot's of little scratches and poorly applied touch-up paint. (I bought the truck used.)
So now some questions for the Body Shop guys.
How hard would it be for a newbie to get it to look half-decent the first time out? I painted my TRD grill myself using a spray can of 6Q7 paint from www.PaintScratch.com followed by Duplicolor clearcoat and it didn't turn out half bad. But this was a fairly simple job that would have been easy to do over if I needed to.
If/when I paint the tailgate, I will probably invest in a paint gun. Any recommendations for a good paint sprayer. I ususally buy Craftsman tools (wrenches, sockets, etc.) but I don't know much about their paint equipment.
Any other general pointers anyone care to share?
And on a related note, how heavy is the tailgate? I'd prefer to remove it and paint it on sawhorses rather than on the truck.
Enquiring minds want to know. :ts:
I'm thinking about trying my hand at painting this summer. I debadged my tailgate yesterday, and the tailgate really looks like h3ll. Lot's of little scratches and poorly applied touch-up paint. (I bought the truck used.)
So now some questions for the Body Shop guys.
How hard would it be for a newbie to get it to look half-decent the first time out? I painted my TRD grill myself using a spray can of 6Q7 paint from www.PaintScratch.com followed by Duplicolor clearcoat and it didn't turn out half bad. But this was a fairly simple job that would have been easy to do over if I needed to.
If/when I paint the tailgate, I will probably invest in a paint gun. Any recommendations for a good paint sprayer. I ususally buy Craftsman tools (wrenches, sockets, etc.) but I don't know much about their paint equipment.
Any other general pointers anyone care to share?
And on a related note, how heavy is the tailgate? I'd prefer to remove it and paint it on sawhorses rather than on the truck.
Enquiring minds want to know. :ts: