The clear coat was chipping and sections of paint were wearing off of my wife's 89 4.3L S10 Blazer causing rust... so I finally got the OK to paint her up;

BEFORE;







AFTER;







It'll probably fade in a matter of months... and I'll have those fire road "Manzanita pinstripes" before long too!

 

holy ****! thats only spray paint? how did you get it so even?

 

This is full of win is thats a trail rig.... sexcy from a can

 

looks nice especially for a spray paint I wonder how long it would last.

 

Dude awesome. You should go full camo with it, though. It'd be PiMP.

 

Nice paint job for just a rattle can

 

Trust me, this was no small effort.
It took nearly a week and it kept raining on me so I had one hell of a time.
The process went something like this-
-Take removable stuff off- grille, flanges, mirrors, roof rack rails, spoiler, etc.
-80 grit electric sanding until at least the clear coat was off.
-200 grit hand sanding of the exposed metal that had started to rust while I finished the clear coat sanding.
-Thorough wash with soap and water, then thorough dry.
-Tape off windows, etc. with masking tape & plastic & wipe with a fresh cloth (to get the small fibers of towel off from drying).
-Spray 1st coat with Rustoleum Gray Primer (it was striped) & let dry.
-200 grit hand sanding & wipe down with damp cloth, then dry cloth.
-Spray 2nd coat with Primer (no more stripes) & let dry.
-200 grit sanding & wipe down with damp cloth, then dry cloth.
-Spray 1st coat with Rustoleum OD (striped) & let dry.
-200 grit sanding & wipe down with damp cloth, then dry cloth.
-Spray 2nd coat with OD (no more stripes) & let dry.
-400 grit sanding & wipe down with damp cloth, then dry cloth.
-Spray 3rd coat OD & let dry.
-Run 400 grit paper over it lightly because the paint turns out rough and will rip the crap out of any type of towel when you wash it.
-Wash it, paint the accessories & reinstall.
-New tires (nice finishing touch).

I ran it through a car wash the other day and it came out fine!
Also this was all done in my driveway with a total of about 4 cans per coat, for a total of about 30 cans all tolled with accessories, vehicle and a couple extra cans for touch ups. Probably cost about $130 and a week of intense labor, including numb index fingers and thumbs.

I painted an s10 truck like this a year ago and it faded pretty bad, so when you touch up the scratches from 4 wheelin, you can tell the difference from the new paint and the old paint, so I may eventually touch it up with some coyote brown, black and different shades of green to make it camo over the years.

The wife is proud, so...

 

And WD40 takes off the goo left by baked-on masking tape.

 

Wow man, super job, kudos!

 

Wow great job!