Best way to paint my box...ideas

[simpsonbuck 10+ year member]

One can of roll on will do a six foot truck bed.

It says to use a light coat of the roll on as a primer and then add two top coats.

Looks easy enough.....messy and time consuming, but easy.

I bet the box will turn out rock solid.

 

[simpsonbuck 10+ year member]

MDF doesn't soak up bedliner. Usually 1 can ($7) will cover a 1.0 cu ft box nice and thick.

I know it drinks up spray paint. I figured that out the hard way

 

[ls2poweredgoat 5,000+ posts]

Just use the spray on, no mess involved and the shit goes on THICK and quick. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[simpsonbuck 10+ year member]

It looks like the roll on would be easier. The spray on has to have a gun attached to the can.

I think rolling it on would give more control and less of a mess.

 

[simpsonbuck 10+ year member]

Just use the spray on, no mess involved and the shit goes on THICK and quick. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

It comes aerosol?

 

[ls2poweredgoat 5,000+ posts]

It comes aerosol?

Yes, they sell it at Wal-Mart in the automotive isle. $7 a can.

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

want it to look like its made of concrete?

2 cans of primer, and 2 cans of "granite" spray paint. this paint is about $8-$9 a bottle. it'll shoot out slightly chunky, but when it dries your box looks like concrete.

this guy did it with his box at the bottom of this craigslist post.

http://orlando.craigslist.org/ele/856904318.html

i did it with my old ti pro top, the silver ti cone with this color box looked sweet as hell.

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

no mess involved and the shit goes on THICK and quick. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

sounds like faulkton's mom.....oooohhh too soon?

 

[rumblebee2 10+ year member]

link doesn't work bassaddictj

 

[simpsonbuck 10+ year member]

sounds like faulkton's mom.....oooohhh too soon?

Zing!

 

[simpsonbuck 10+ year member]

Yes, they sell it at Wal-Mart in the automotive isle. $7 a can.

Is it made by plasti-kote? I picked up a can last night.

 

[spencer321 10+ year member]

what i used to do that always worked and was a little less time consuming than fiberglass n bondo but worked GREAT(mirror finish) was sand the box down to like a 220 or something, smooth but not glass, take a wood sealer in an aerosol can and wood seal the box (now it won't absorb the paint) you cannot sand the wood sealer (which is why the box has to be fairly smooth to begin with) take some high build primer and do 2 coats, hit it with 220, do a 3rd coat and hit it with 400, do a 4th and final coat and wet sand 600-800. Then 2 coats of color, wetsand at 1000grit, 1 final coat of color wetsand at 1500, and then 2-3 layers of clear, wetsand at 1500-2000.

yes its ALOT of sanding but its worth it, box will look like a mirror finish on a 5000$ paint job lol and you get to skip the bondo and fiberglass part

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

I was thinking about coverage. The price of the spray can is ~$9. Price of roll on gallon is about $30.

a quart of roll on will go a whole hell of a lot further than even 6 cans most likely.

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

talking about primer.

 

[simpsonbuck 10+ year member]

It's gonna take 6 cans of this crap?

****...If that is the case I'm going back and getting the roll on.