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| | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 204 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 204 | Here is a link to some photos of the cab with paint on it. What a long strange trip it's been. Painted Cab Pic's
My old truck's still running good, my ticker's ticking like they say it should, I got supper in the oven, a good woman's loving, and even my bad days aint that bad...Yeah, I'm a lucky man! 1953 Chevy 3100 Shortbed1965 C-30 Panel Truck 1963 C-20 Long/Fleet Pick-up California Black Plate
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 684 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 684 | It looks beautiful. Now you can come down to Texas and paint mine | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 78 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 78 | It looks GREAT! It also helps to keep my dream alive.
Thanks for sharing
Steve | | | | | Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 130 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 130 | was that enamel or is that a two part paint? What primer did you use?--looks good --dave--ps i am doing the same soon | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Looks great from here Mike. Yes, why don't ya give us a little back ground on the paint your using?
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 204 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 204 | Thanks for the compliments, I am happy with the work the painter is doing. It is PPG DAR 3280, Burgundy Maroon, I got the color code from Tim Lederman, and spoke with Bob Adler and got confirmation, and a couple of other offsets. The paint is acrylic enamel with a urethane hardener, the painter spec'd out what he wanted to shoot. The color is deep and the shine will be nice. Next step is color sanding, and buffing it out. I think it will look great. As far as primer it is PPG DP90LF. As an FYI for budget I will end up with about $1,500 in materials and $4,000 in labor for the paint job, when I look at the hours spent, the hourly rate is not bad. It is really tough to find someone to do the job, too much time for a production shop, and the shops that do restoration around here want a check for $20K and see you in a year, and they are all busy.
Regards,
Mike
My old truck's still running good, my ticker's ticking like they say it should, I got supper in the oven, a good woman's loving, and even my bad days aint that bad...Yeah, I'm a lucky man! 1953 Chevy 3100 Shortbed1965 C-30 Panel Truck 1963 C-20 Long/Fleet Pick-up California Black Plate
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 684 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 684 | Mike I see the seat frame is painted in one of the pictures.
Can you tell me what the paint code is one it?
Cleon | | | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 204 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 204 | Cleon,
That is the same color as the interior, it is PPG 27467, this is the color that has had so much discussion on the forum. I found it to be an excellent match.
Mike
My old truck's still running good, my ticker's ticking like they say it should, I got supper in the oven, a good woman's loving, and even my bad days aint that bad...Yeah, I'm a lucky man! 1953 Chevy 3100 Shortbed1965 C-30 Panel Truck 1963 C-20 Long/Fleet Pick-up California Black Plate
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 684 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 684 | Yea that looks good. I have to find a dealer in my area that can mix it. I tried my usual PPG supplier and they can't pull the formula up on the computer. Your trucks going to be a beauty.
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