2025 Project Post Ho Thread

Got he last 2 cans of clear at another walmart and sprayed the dakotas roof and last coat on the doors last night ,, humidity and all ,, damn ,,, roof start to get the milky look again so I strated the truck and put the hearted on full blast in a attempt to stop the milkyness .. seemed to slightly help ,, but in the morning it was milky more ! Well, used scotchbright pad and then wet sanded with 1200 grit to see if it would lesson .. It lessend and then was hopeing the hot sun would pull the moisture out of the clear .. Bingo! The roof is shinning great now !
The doors are a different story ... It did the wrinkle crap agian ( worse than it was previosly ) also got got a couple runs on the passenger side .. I started to scuff the areas with the scotch bright pad and will wait till the paint sets up more to try and fix it or I may have to redo the doors again :mad: ( I wish I knew why its doing that ??? ).
Now I need more clearcoat for the bed sides, tailgate and rear bumper ..Im debating on painting the mirrors and front windshield cowl and will do the wiper arms ..
I still need to get the flaking old clearcoat removed from the lower doors and bed sides ...Then the buffing in a few weeks or a month lol .. In the mean time I think ill be good to coat the bed liner in .. Weather is going to be to hot and rainy season stinks ..

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Hmmm , debating on the 10 o try and prep for painting .. How to got about it with the HOA dingbats not allowing sanding , or using a rotary grinder . Im thinking paint stripper lol one panel at a time hahaha !
Have no doubt that all the paint needs to be stripped bare metal as the crappy improperly done factory painting s worthless to the substrate ! Always looking to ad more multi tasking hahahaha ! Im on verload now !
 
VIPR PWR said:
Got he last 2 cans of clear at another walmart and sprayed the dakotas roof and last coat on the doors last night ,, humidity and all ,, damn ,,, roof start to get the milky look again so I strated the truck and put the hearted on full blast in a attempt to stop the milkyness .. seemed to slightly help ,, but in the morning it was milky more ! Well, used scotchbright pad and then wet sanded with 1200 grit to see if it would lesson .. It lessend and then was hopeing the hot sun would pull the moisture out of the clear .. Bingo! The roof is shinning great now !
The doors are a different story ... It did the wrinkle crap agian ( worse than it was previosly ) also got got a couple runs on the passenger side .. I started to scuff the areas with the scotch bright pad and will wait till the paint sets up more to try and fix it or I may have to redo the doors again :mad: ( I wish I knew why its doing that ??? ).
Now I need more clearcoat for the bed sides, tailgate and rear bumper ..Im debating on painting the mirrors and front windshield cowl and will do the wiper arms ..
I still need to get the flaking old clearcoat removed from the lower doors and bed sides ...Then the buffing in a few weeks or a month lol .. In the mean time I think ill be good to coat the bed liner in .. Weather is going to be to hot and rainy season stinks ..

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Dang that sure looks like the acrylic/enamel effect but all priducts claim Enamel - i think? Sure Sucks!!

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The run on the passenger side was a heavy spray goof up as i was trying to hurry is was getting to dark to see lol ... but I already saw the wrinkle crap .. happens immediatly and i was intentionally doing a very light coat .. doesnt make sense as to why it happend and on both doors just past the fenders .. the rest of the doors came out fine ...
 
I should have used acylic laquer like in the old days ... and wet sanded between all coats .. laquer is way more forgiving and easier to blend and fix screw ups ..but either way using a real sprayer would have made for a much more proffessional and easir task , less time consuming Job .. I could have done the job in around 3 days with my real tools instead of rattle cans .. stinking HOA asshates ..
 
VIPR PWR said:
The run on the passenger side was a heavy spray goof up as i was trying to hurry is was getting to dark to see lol ... but I already saw the wrinkle crap .. happens immediatly and i was intentionally doing a very light coat .. doesnt make sense as to why it happend and on both doors just past the fenders .. the rest of the doors came out fine ...
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That is strange!
 
VIPR PWR said:
I should have used acylic laquer like in the old days ... and wet sanded between all coats .. laquer is way more forgiving and easier to blend and fix screw ups ..but either way using a real sprayer would have made for a much more proffessional and easir task , less time consuming Job .. I could have done the job in around 3 days with my real tools instead of rattle cans .. stinking HOA asshates ..
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Yes for sure! So much easier
 
Did some wet sanding on the wrinkles and the runs .. I am attempting to not sand through the clear to the base coat again .. this is where it is right now but I dont think ill be able to not go into the base coat ... :mad: which means more sanding and more clear or possibly base coat touch up ..
The roof just needs fine wet sanding to be ready for polishing ..

Pick of the front of the truck waiting for the polishing later .. I cleaned up the hood badge and set it on to se if it would look decent ( still need to find the sticky backing and its on perminatly..

Damn if the doors worked out then the entire cab would be ready , UGH !

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Wally has me on hold again .. No clearcoat !
 
Wally sneaky raising and shuffling price up ... Eggs drop and chicken rises hahahaha .. Avacados up about $1.50 more than a few weeks ago .. Most of the produce at wally's and Publix are on the verge of rotting .. Their going to make people sick !
 
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Wally sneaky raising and shuffling price up ... Eggs drop and chicken rises hahahaha .. Avacados up about $1.50 more than a few weeks ago .. Most of the produce at wally's and Publix are on the verge of rotting .. Their going to make people sick !
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I only buy non perishable at Wally and we don't have publix lol
 
I liked Alberstons ,, but they all shut down in at least my area ..
Use to shop there in Vegas and in Texas...
is Skags or Skag alphabeta still in business ?
 
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