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Thanks fellas.

I moved out the black pieces and then resprayed the inner fender that had a run in it. All went smoothly. I then began masking off the exterior jambs, windows, holes, etc on the cab in prep for painting the interior. Today I shot the underside of the cab floor in black, sprayed the cab back wall, and inner firewall under the dash black as well. Then, I went and weeded, rooted, and tilled my mom's garden for her so she could plant her veggies. Went home had some supper, played with kids, put them to bed, and then went back for more. I painted the cab interior and a big pile of doodads with the green. I was nervous at first, but I think I will be very pleased with the final colour. I really like it in the booth, under a bright light, the flop of colour, and how sweet I think it looks. As Kermit the Frog says, "It isn't easy being green..." I really like it.

I did have some issues. I had to respray quite of few of the doodads, as the paint wasn't thick enough in some places. The next issue was an overhead screw up in the cab. Painting upside down sucks. I used a siphon gun with the pot on the bottom, which helped immensely, but I accidentally have a couple stripes where the paint is slightly thicker than the previous pass. One is on the inner cab brow behind the sun visor (thankfully... hopefully you never see it), and the second one is below the rear window near the driver position. Hopefully the rear seat and window rubber hide this decently.

The pictures really don't seem to do the paint justice. The best representation is the intake tube, I think. 🤤

All in all, tonight seemed to have gone well.

Hours: 630