epitomeofme
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Thanks Cruizer...the hardest part was waiting for the weather to cooperate.
Louie the Laramie (aka..Misfit)
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epitomeofme
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@ Cruizer...finally found the paint code for the lower tone (Gold Rush Pearl code yk/jyk)...might have to get some mixed up and play with it a bit.
atticusfaul
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I've been toying with the idea of doing my grille and bumpers with color matched raptor liner since I bought my truck. Looks awesome! Thanks for helping me make up my mind. Any tips on shooting it?
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epitomeofme
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Thanks for the kind words, atticusfaul. Two of the more interesting things to play with are psi and spray distance. On the first two passes I would lower the psi to around 80-85 and spray from about 2 feet away or so...I was going for bigger chunks for a base. The next few passes, I would turn the psi up to about 110-ish and then spray from about a foot away. This would lay in the smoother texture on top. I would give it about 5-10 minutes between passes so the air compressor didn't blow the texture around. Other than that, I would recommend putting your prep time in...I probably went a little overboard on the sanding, but I just wanted to be thorough. Most of the research I did talked about lightly scuffing the surface with scratch pads...I used 80 grid sandpaper and a hand sander. Once I went over the entire surface, I would clean with denatured alcohol and then go back over with 120 grit by hand.
Give me a shout when you knock yours out, I would really like to see your end result.
Give me a shout when you knock yours out, I would really like to see your end result.
MoparMulisha
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Looks great! Keep up the good work!
epitomeofme
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Thanks man...do you have any closeups of your Headlight Bezels?
epitomeofme
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So...I stopped in to the local dealer today because they finally got the parts for the rear diff recall and I ended up selling Louie. One of the sales guys and I got to talking while I was waiting and they offered a price that I just couldn't refuse. Traded him for Louie 2.0, a 2014 Laramie Longhorn....I have never seen so many dang buttons in my life!!!!
