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House paint.. not a 1/2 bad idea...
Post by socal715 on May 1, 2006, 5:33pm
I grinded off the layers of old crap .... and painted my bed this weekend over at pabst place... i thought it didn't turn out 1/2 bad.. considering i brushed it on like the olden days... ill take a pic tonight.. and get the paint type. I had Home Depot match 24087 rapco paint that i had a can of. Came out close enough for government work.
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Post by marknessmonster on May 1, 2006, 6:47pm
I used latex house paint on my dual metal tool boxes five years ago and the finish turned out nice. Brushed on also, and it leveled itself nice. Still holding on too and it's outside in the Colorado climate year round.
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Post by socal715 on May 1, 2006, 9:02pm
here's a before pic..(all i had)
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/544/p31801263im.jpg
and here's what it looks like now...
http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/1586/imga13073zg.jpg
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Post by compexp on May 1, 2006, 11:03pm
looks pretty good.
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Post by binfordm715 on May 1, 2006, 11:26pm
That's housepaint?! Heh, heh, heh.... You're really something, Socal! Pretty cool....
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Post by fsjguy on May 1, 2006, 11:34pm
That's not bad looking, at all. I wonder how it would wear with a tire sliding around the bed....
(I know, you're supposed to have the tire strapped/bolted to the bed, but.....)
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Post by socal715 on May 2, 2006, 12:05am
well its industrial, metal, non rust type paint... so we'll see how it takes abuse.... the $20.00 price tag was the best part;)
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Post by elwenil on May 2, 2006, 7:22am
Not bad but sort of glossy, eh?
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Post by socal715 on May 2, 2006, 11:05am
we are hoping it will fade... its a tad shiny right now.... it is semi gloss just like the rapco... so we'll see.
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Post by kwai on May 2, 2006, 1:03pm
Fill it with dirt, drive it for 20 miles and then dump the dirt. Glossy problem solved.
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Post by oilcan on May 3, 2006, 12:32am
This reminds me of an article I read in an '80's-era Four Wheeler mag about using house paint on a truck. I almost did it once.