Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Primer & Paint

I have finally reached a point where I can primer and paint the main body of the cab. I sanded each layer of paint with very fine paper before putting on the next coat. One coat of primer and two coats of color was the final count. I just used an acrylic based paint and applied it with a foam roller (works awesome) and a foam sponge on a stick thingy. I would defiantly recommend the foam roller as it leaves the smoothest, most consistent finish next to spraying the thing. The black paint is a satin gloss and the green is a high gloss paint. The high gloss really reflects light so you better wear your Mavericks while applying this stuff! As you can see in some of the upclose photos it kinda plays with the light a bit and makes it appear dimpled or bendy (throught the plexiglas on the sub window for example), but it seems perfectly smooth in real life. I painted the entire inside of the cab black because I plan on lighting it up inside a bit and thought it'll look cool.

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