arnswine.. I bought the paint from a local farm store, that has a wide selection of colors available.
The truck had clearly been painted for many years with a brush.. the multiple coats of various color paints were probably one of the reasons it kept in such good condition over the years.. looks like they painted the truck whatever color the barn was that year!
I just thought i'd carry on the tradition!
Here\'s a high res closeup pic I took today of the truck while I was hauling a load of hay to the ring feeder.
Now keep in mind that I didn't wash the truck, or do jack squat with it before I took that picture.. that paint had about a day and a half to dry before the rain/snow/cold weather came around.. and while we've had a mild winter in general, there have been several weeks of sub 0 temps, and up here on the hill, the wind blows a good 20mph just about every day, rain, snow, or shine.. and that truck sits right out in the elements, without so much as a windbreak.
That picture was taken at about 5 feet away from the truck.. not too bad at all for about $30 worth of paint and a $5 paintbrush.. and it clearly holds up pretty well.
I think start to finish I had the fenders painted in about an hour in one shot.. the cab took all of about 30 minutes, then I ran out of paint, and had to paint the bed the following day.. that took about 30 minutes.. total paint time right at two hours.. would have gone much faster had I masked anything off.. I painted that truck just like you'd paint the outside of a house.
She's still bright and shiny.. you can even see the reflection of the windshield chrome center strip in the hood! The truck had been a little dusty, and had the typical cat foot prints all over it.. but we had some rain the other night that appears to have washed away the dust and mud.
Not sure you'd ever get that super high deep gloss shine out of this paint without spraying it with some sort of clear coat or something, but man, it sure is good paint, levels itself real well when applied with a brush, and it holds up to the elements well.
