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Applying primer & paint ... sprayer? roll? brush? Prod and Cons please

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AMDman13:

I have to agree painting was the hardest for me when it came to my cab.

Make sure you use a good HIGH DENSITY foam roller. High density is the key! If it's to spongy you will end up with a really rough paint with tiny bubbles all over! Trust me I learned this the hard way! Look for the the white stiff foam rollers! Not pink or yellow. Those are crap! 
If you are planning on using an oil based enamel with rollers (after primer) then I would also recommend a paint additive called Penetrol it makes oil paint work much better and longer. In other words it prolongs the drying time and allows more time to make sure the coats are even.

ARTIFACT:

I believe I'm going with water-based black (matte)

After applying my matte coats  ... IF I want to make it shiny, is there "gloss" available by itself?

AMDman13:

I'm sure there is a gloss somewhere..

I just got to say that is one sweet cab!

RyoriNoTetsujin:


--- Quote from: ARTIFACT on August 11, 2007, 11:08:13 am ---After applying my matte coats  ... IF I want to make it shiny, is there "gloss" available by itself?

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I can vouch for using a semi-gloss polyurethane after using matte paint.  I was NOT happy with the matte black that I had used... it looked dull and grey.  I bought a quart of "fast-drying" Minwax polyurethane (you should be able to find this at any paint store,) and was quite pleased with the results, even after only one coat.  If you use a roller with the poly, it will bubble and you will need to sand a little to get rid of the bubble remains when it has dried.  If I had done several coats and sanded in between, I'm sure it would've been even better, but I'm not that particular yet!

After covering all the painted surfaces of my cab with one good coat, I still ended up with about a quarter of the can left over.  My cab is huge, so that should give you an idea of how much you'll need.  And make sure you do it somewhere WELL ventilated... this stuff is seriously not fun to breathe.

If you like, see the (admittedly not great) pics here; quarterheaven.livejournal.com



GameOver:

Can't speak to other methods, but I used brush/foam roller to apply primer & paint to my cab.  It did take several coats with sanding inbetween but the results were VERY good using this approach. 

My cab is MDF so there wasn't any grain to hide, I believe painting any type of wood with grain can be a beast trying to hide the grain.  I guess it'll take several additional coats if you want to completely hide it not really sure.

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