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  1. 10-11-2009 05:49 PM #1
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    Did anyone ever get their truck painted before. If you did how much did you pay. I'm not talking about a crazy ass trick my truck paint job. Just a normal change the color of the truck paint job. Thanks.
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    First time I had the truck painted, it was around $1800. Second time (which was done much better) was around $3500.
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    Thanks Rev.

    a daycab will be a little cheaper. I would think. So around 2,000 give or take for a good paint job.
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    changing the color always costs more if they do it right, I would figure 35 to 4500
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    When I had my own trucks I used to paint them myself.

    Usually about $500.00 worth of materials and a couple weeks of my own labor.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kranky View Post
    When I had my own trucks I used to paint them myself.

    Usually about $500.00 worth of materials and a couple weeks of my own labor.

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    yep, you can get a lot of spray paint at Walmart for 500 bucks

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fredog View Post
    yep, you can get a lot of spray paint at Walmart for 500 bucks

    Actually I did it the right way with proper preparation, a coat of primer, lightly sand the primer, blow off all the sanding dust, tack rag the entire surface, then shoot 1 tack coat and 1 full wet coat of #40496 Mack green PPG acrylic enamel & hardener, applied with a Binks model 7 spray gun in the shop I had at the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kranky View Post
    Actually I did it the right way with proper preparation, a coat of primer, lightly sand the primer, blow off all the sanding dust, tack rag the entire surface, then shoot 1 tack coat and 1 full wet coat of #40496 Mack green PPG acrylic enamel & hardener, applied with a Binks model 7 spray gun in the shop I had at the time.

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    I painted my car with acrylic enamel. I used a 15year old gun from NAPA lol. It didn't turn out to bad for the 1st time doing it i had one bad run i have to use thiner to whipe off and re-spray. But it was a beater car so it was no big deal. I would never try to paint something real nice and put on clear coat too. Thats above my skill level. Unless maybe the REV would let me practice on his truck
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mackman View Post
    Unless maybe the REV would let me practice on his truck
    Yes you can. All you have to do is buy it first.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kranky View Post
    Actually I did it the right way with proper preparation, a coat of primer, lightly sand the primer, blow off all the sanding dust, tack rag the entire surface, then shoot 1 tack coat and 1 full wet coat of #40496 Mack green PPG acrylic enamel & hardener, applied with a Binks model 7 spray gun in the shop I had at the time.

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    My dad talk to a O/O today that has an older Pete 379 daycab. Got it painted real nice cost him 4,100. I didnt think it would be that much. But i guess it is one of those things you get what you pay for.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mackman View Post
    My dad talk to a O/O today that has an older Pete 379 daycab. Got it painted real nice cost him 4,100. I didnt think it would be that much. But i guess it is one of those things you get what you pay for.

    I didn't think it would be that cheap! Really, I thought a paint job (done right) was around $8000.00. Guess I was asking the wrong people. hmmmm....... Now I'm thinking.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago View Post
    First time I had the truck painted, it was around $1800. Second time (which was done much better) was around $3500.
    Is that for the colors you have now? Can you give a little detail of what the shop did when they painted it? ex.... prep, how many coats, how many clear coats. Anything you can think of really.

    I'm really stunned at the prices I'm seeing in this thread. Maybe a paint job isn't as far off as I thought for my truck.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RostyC View Post
    Maybe a paint job isn't as far off as I thought for my truck.
    Well if you got that NEW truck you were looking at you wouldnt have to worry about a paint job. just sayin lol
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    mechanical sanding, hand sanding, masking off twice (once for each color), wet sand. not sure on number of coats. im sure it was cheaper because i got a ton of other stuff done too.

    the first place that painted it did a ****ty job.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mackman View Post
    Well if you got that NEW truck you were looking at you wouldnt have to worry about a paint job. just sayin lol
    I dunno. I got mine painted a week after I bought it new....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago View Post
    mechanical sanding, hand sanding, masking off twice (once for each color), wet sand. not sure on number of coats. im sure it was cheaper because i got a ton of other stuff done too.

    the first place that painted it did a ****ty job.

    They do inside the door jams???
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    The inside of mine are black. Always have been. The did do the underside of the hood. The only part they didn't do was the firewall.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mackman View Post
    Well if you got that NEW truck you were looking at you wouldnt have to worry about a paint job. just sayin lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago View Post
    mechanical sanding, hand sanding, masking off twice (once for each color), wet sand. not sure on number of coats. im sure it was cheaper because i got a ton of other stuff done too.

    the first place that painted it did a ****ty job.
    Do you know if they used a truck durable paint. I can't remember the name of the kind of paint off hand but I know Peterbilt (and probably others) use it. It's harder than most paints.

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