painting fender flares

[nvycrmn]

i originally painted mine and the first rock chips screwed that all up. so i sanded them down and used the rustoleum undercoating stuff a couple weeks ago and it seems to be holding up okay. we will see how she does after a couple months of driving on the beach and doing some offroading with panda and talls!

 

[walnuts4x4]

damn I need warm weather to get here.... I wanna paint my flares....

 

[panda24619]

damn I need warm weather to get here.... I wanna paint my flares....

just take them off. 1 every 15 mins so you can heat back up between them. haha and then take the boat out of the garage and work in there. problem solved! and yes nvy. i want to see how well they will hold up after some off roading! haha

 

[jacks3am]

just take them off. 1 every 15 mins so you can heat back up between them. haha and then take the boat out of the garage and work in there. problem solved! and yes nvy. i want to see how well they will hold up after some off roading! haha

we need warmer weather for the paint to even have a prayer of sticking on!

 

[Soldier777]

Hi,

I have been lurking here for a while thought I would finally post.

I have a 2000 expy that got hailed out, used to be silver painted the whole truck with rustoleum top to bottom. It gets pounded with heat and snow. I have had it on there for about 2 years and it holds up great. Just thought you should know. I will post some pics in a few days if you would like?

 

[AaronLG]

Hi,

I have been lurking here for a while thought I would finally post.

I have a 2000 expy that got hailed out, used to be silver painted the whole truck with rustoleum top to bottom. It gets pounded with heat and snow. I have had it on there for about 2 years and it holds up great. Just thought you should know. I will post some pics in a few days if you would like?

Heck yeah!! Let's see some pics. How did you prep it?

 

[Soldier777]

I just used a sanding block and scratched the hell out of the paint rough enough for it to stick. I will get some pics up soon.

 

[Soldier777]

Like I said its pretty tough stuff. Let me know if you have any other questions!

 

[AaronLG]

Looks great. Did you remove anything or just spray it all while on the expy? How many cans did it take? 1 coat or 2?

 

[Soldier777]

I originally taped off the logos and all chrome. After I sprayed it I didn't like the chrome at all so i then sprayed everything except head lights. It took about 9-10 cans to do the whole thing. I am going to put on a coat of semigloss black to give it just a tiny shine. I am just waiting for my light bar before I do. I only did 1 coat, I felt that's all it needed.

 

[AaronLG]

Cool deal. Thanks for all the info. Did it cover all the hail dents? I have a few minor ones and if it doesn't stand out, i'd rather not mess with it.

 

[Soldier777]

Ya you cant really see them at all. The only place I see them is on the plastic also because I know they are there. Even in the sun with the perfect light almost all are hidden by the truck bed liner. To give you an idea how many there were i had $5300 in hail damage no broken windows or anything all trim and metal lol.

 

[AaronLG]

Wow. You can't see it in the pics and with that much damage you would think you definitely would. I'm sooooo going to do this in a few weeks.

 

[Soldier777]

I like it a lot... not everyone does though. Just remember its not black its more of a dark grey. That is why i am going to spray it black. Also that stuff is really messy if you have a respirator I would definitely wear one. The best part about it is if you get runny or mess up a spot you can just wipe it away and respray.

 

[walnuts4x4]

another reason I need warm weather... I am gonna do all my tan and roll pan in it then some gloss black and finally 2-3 coats of clear.... damn spring needs to get here... this week it is highs in the 30s and snow the next 3 days... grrr

 

[Soldier777]

I am in the same boat I need warm weather although today was nice at 74. That Gloss is going to look sharp