sumguy67 Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 (edited) Just thought I would share my experience with the old paint trick of using rust paint. Although the colours are limited, for a grocery getter and occasional bounce through the back 40 I'm not picky. The truck was originally tan so to not have to make a colour change on the ownership I chose "Sand". It turned out looking like a sand coloured military vehicle. I really like it. HA! I thinned out Tremclad with lacquer thinner. It took a little trial and error to get the right consistency but it sprayed on nice and turned out great. It's been about 6 months now and it is still holding up well. The nice part is that I can just use the matching spray paint off of the shelf for touch ups. http://picasaweb.google.ca/106952140359333266362/Pathfinder# Edited April 26, 2010 by sumguy67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edicer2 Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 looks good! i like the beefy bumpers too. i have never heard of the special edition though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headpeace Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 where did the front beefy bumper go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernpathy Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Nice work. You did a great job bringing her back to life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Looks like the front was cut and flipped for the rear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj big shoe Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 I just finished a Rustoleum paint job on mine, too but I used a foam roller. Took a while and a whole lot of sanding but it looks pretty good. I haven't popped a lot of pics of it yet, but here's one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 I want farm plates on mine! So no emissions checks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9sar Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 There is an easy solution to any bad paint job... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 I'll be doing a roller paint job on mine pretty soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumguy67 Posted April 27, 2010 Author Share Posted April 27, 2010 I built both of the bumpers and looked forward to using them again BUT the wife didn't like the look of the front one??? But that is ok, I have another Pathfinder project for it in the works..... :-) I've read about the roller job with the same paint, sounds like a lot of work but I hear the results can be amazing. I sprayed mine with a cheap Princess Auto sprayer and a cheap Canadian Tire compressor. I just had to take my time so the compressor could keep up. Oh ya, and I used a water separator inline too. I wasn't too worried about the quality of the paint job because I agree with k9sar, the mud would cover it!!! But it did turn out really nice. I doubt I will be spending $300 on paint products ever again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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