question Painting a gmc

[warrior]

Does anybody know the quantity of paint needed to spray a lwb GMC chassis cab and body?? depends on how many coats i suppose, but how much roughly to do a good job.

Cheers All.:nut:

[alant]

Depends on the paint and how you thin it plus the finish required. I used over 10 litres of Firwoods paint on my 353.

 

Alan

[deadline]

About 5 gallons (appox 10l) sounds right to start with. 2 gallons for primer and the rest OD.

 

I would expect to have a gallon or two left over. Typically I thin 25-40% with xylene (depending how fast I want it to dry) so you are really going to have more paint than you start with).

 

A jeep uses less than a gallon.

 

Two coats of primer (I used red oxide enamel, some folks go for epoxy based) and 2-3 coats of OD and thin the last one out really good for a flat finish.

[N.O.S.]

Given the problems sometimes encountered matching extra tins up, best to keep a few areas like inside of body until last - that way hopefully all the visible area outside will be from one tin or batch, any variation inside body etc will not be noticed.

[deadline]

While the factory may have made batches of 100+ gallons at a time, I see absolutely no need for 'matched' paint.

 

There are plenty of factory pics of just off (and many still on) the assembly line with runs, sags and variations.

 

While today many go overboard with epoxy paint, and trying to match tints and shades, the reality was that most opened the can(s) and started spraying.

 

Army Motors (the real one, not the MVPA one) had extensive painting and prep articles (as well as paint care) to address these issues.

 

I have several issues of Army Motors available for download at http://www.tm9-801.com/ArmyMotors/index.php