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adams77
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 Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:44 am Post subject: Adams77 Baja build |
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Another one of these things followed me home..... This one will be a 50/50 on road / off road build on a budget.
Notice the nice paint job
And the deep dish chrome wheels!
Decent interior, at least to start with. I threw in a set of old jeep seats just to see.
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jeffsbugs
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Nice. I like the paint job.
What are your plans for it?
Jeff
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adams77
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:58 am Post subject: |
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| jeffsbugs wrote: | Nice. I like the paint job.
What are your plans for it?
Jeff |
Patch holes
cut-n-turn
squirt tractor enamel over the camo
thrash the guts out of it
in that order
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adams77
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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Beginning of the new look
Not bad for $35 worth of tractor paint and about 2 hours start to finish. I will have to sand out the bugs that got stuck in the paint though 
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larryvance66
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| Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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Nice!  You make it look so easy. Will you paint mine? 
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adams77
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| larryvance66 wrote: | | Nice! You make it look so easy. Will you paint mine? |
It is easy, I am no painter by far. But in this case anything would have been better.
Tractor paint wont win any shows but it is easy to use. Here is another one that I painted with tractor paint.
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pafree
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 11:56 am Post subject: |
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| adams77 wrote: |
Tractor paint wont win any shows but it is easy to use. |
great job. i like the ease of the tractor paint. i bet if you (if you wanted) sanded it smooth and then put on a clear coat then you would have a show contender. i rattle can (Krylon) camo'd over the tractor paint on my truggy and the camo is wearing off and the tractor paint is holding strong.
what did you use to thin it to spray it? i know it asked for naptha but i had better luck with auto enamel paint reducer.
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adams77
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I used Valspar, no thinner and 8 oz hardner per the gallon.
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pafree
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| adams77 wrote: | | I used Valspar, no thinner and 8 oz hardner per the gallon. |
which tip were you using on your spray gun? the 2.0?
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adams77
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My gun had a 1.4, like I said....I am far from a painter but it worked!
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| adams77 wrote: | | like I said....I am far from a painter but it worked! |
you did a great job in my book. just looking for new or better ideals for using the valspar paint.
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larryvance66
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 What's hardner??
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adams77
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| larryvance66 wrote: | | What's hardner?? |
It is a chemical that makes the paint hard, but only in the south. LOL at my spellin.
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