Painting trucks

[ducaticorse]

Finally put together my small (4 piece), but in great shape fleet. Now I'd like to make them all uniform as to show some semblance of conformity, and to establish and promote my brand in my area.

Long story short, what are your thoughts on roll on paint? We fit all the trucks into spaces that have the potential to scratch the crap out of a nice paint job. I'm willing to spend the money on the cabs to be sprayed, but not so much on the chip boxes, and log bunks.

If the area is prepped and primed well, will roll on be a good compromise to a spray on? I'm looking for durability, and ease of repair.

 

[Blakesmaster]

Finally put together my small (4 piece), but in great shape fleet. Now I'd like to make them all uniform as to show some semblance of conformity, and to establish and promote my brand in my area.

Long story short, what are your thoughts on roll on paint? We fit all the trucks into spaces that have the potential to scratch the crap out of a nice paint job. I'm willing to spend the money on the cabs to be sprayed, but not so much on the chip boxes, and log bunks.

If the area is prepped and primed well, will roll on be a good compromise to a spray on? I'm looking for durability, and ease of repair.

If you have several trucks to do why don't you just buy a spray gun and DIY? They're pretty cheap.

 

[ducaticorse]

If you have several trucks to do why don't you just buy a spray gun and DIY? They're pretty cheap.

I don't have a spray booth, and I'm kinda picky. Also, I don't know ####a about spray guns, diluting paint properly, etc.

Maybe I should do some more research

 

[capecodtree]

paint

let me know what you do. my mack log truck is purple. my guys love the truck but hate the color. all i want is to paint the cab. thanks, jim

 

[Blakesmaster]

If you're super picky, pay to have it done professionally. If you're considering roll on though, you're probably not as picky as you think. A hundred dollar spray gun from Lowes will do ten times the job of a roller.

 

[ducaticorse]

If you're super picky, pay to have it done professionally. If you're considering roll on though, you're probably not as picky as you think. A hundred dollar spray gun from Lowes will do ten times the job of a roller.

Agreed. Picky as in if I spent a bunch of money on a nice job on the chip boxes, than scratched the crap out of it, I'd be pissed. An easy roll on, not so much.

 

[daddy]

I rolled a trailer that I built with paint from sherwin williams. Red oxide primer, and industrial urethane alkyd enamel paint. I used black, and don't know about availability of other colors, but this paint is able to be rolled on.

I used foam rollers, and strongly reccommend them. A guy who does some spraying actually asked me if I'd sprayed it.

Ask the paint supplier you will get it from, they will know what to use.

The trailer gets used, and has held up ok. A spray job is likely to be more able to resist chipping from abuse. I have some spots that could stand some touch up. Of course skid loader forks rubbing on it will probly mess up any paint job.

 

[sgreanbeans]

Do it yurself, spray it. I did mine, had no experience, just asked thos who did, bought industrial container paint, 25 per gal, cut it with xylonel, paint is super tough, very hard to scratch. 16FT 2X4 and some fine mil plastic, instant paint booth.Took me a week to prep and paint. now i have all the stuff to do my others.

 

[ducaticorse]

Do it yurself, spray it. I did mine, had no experience, just asked thos who did, bought industrial container paint, 25 per gal, cut it with xylonel, paint is super tough, very hard to scratch. 16FT 2X4 and some fine mil plastic, instant paint booth.Took me a week to prep and paint. now i have all the stuff to do my others.

I really like that paint. It's almost olive drab. And you have the same line truck I do. Different boom though.

 

[arbor pro]

The chip truck in the photos cost about $500 in materials to paint. The chipper cost nearly the same so about $1k between the two. I did elect to hire someone to do them both and that labor cost another $2750 for the truck and $1150 for the chipper.

I have painted equipment myself in the past and it really isn't that hard if you have a good sprayer and some place to do the work. You don't need a paint booth - just some plastic and a good charcoal filter spray mask which you can get at any automotive paint supply store.

My 'amateur' paint jobs on both a dump truck and a bucket truck have held up for about 8 years now without any signs of peeling or significant fading. The paint did 'eggshell' on my a bit but you can't see it unless you're right up close and I don't care so long as it looks good.

If you do roll-on paint, you're going to have to also brush on paint in the tight areas and I would think those brush lines will show. I would go with a sprayer. it will also go faster. Once the priming and first paint coat are on, it doesn't take long to add a couple more coats. I can paint a truck in about 2-3 days including prep time but I don't wait very long inbetween cure times as I don't usually have a week to tie up shop space with one truck.

good luck

 

[arbor pro]

Do it yurself, spray it. I did mine, had no experience, just asked thos who did, bought industrial container paint, 25 per gal, cut it with xylonel, paint is super tough, very hard to scratch. 16FT 2X4 and some fine mil plastic, instant paint booth.Took me a week to prep and paint. now i have all the stuff to do my others.

looks real nice and very professional looking.

AP

 

[kugss]

Ive painted some stuff with rustoleumthined with naptha and the out come was better than i thought it would have been. Buy some different paints and rollers and try it out on some junk stuff first.