Spraying a truck box, inside and out

[Lizer]

I'm going to be painting an 8' box to the 70 F250 I've been slogging through, inside and out, red SS. I did not think I'd be able to paint the entire thing in one shot without getting too much overspray on the first areas I started painting.

The box is on a rotisserie. I was going to paint the inside, then after a few days in the sun, mask it off and paint the outside.

On the other hand it would be nice to just get it all done at once.

Has anybody ever painted an entire truck box inside and out in a single session? I mainly didn't like swinging a wet side that close to the floor when I need to swing it on the rotisserie to change positions. Was originally thinking I could start on say, the passenger side outside, paint the front, then swing it up, move to the other side and paint the inside of the passenger side (which will now be above my head), then the floor, then inside of driver side, then swing it to level out and paint the outside of the drivers side.

The problem is when I go to swing it up again for coat 2, the wet driver side will be close to the floor and don't want to get a lot of crap kick up on it. I also only want 3 coats on the inside and 4 on the outside.

 

[MJM]

I'd mask off the outside and spray the inside. Then mask off the inside and spray the outside. This way I can utilize the rotisserie for ease of spraying the inside. I don't see a need to rotate the rotisserie for spraying the outside which would help eliminate attracting foreign particles on panels that matter most for appearance.

 

[JimKueneman]

I may get flack for this but starting with the Valiant I tried something new and I am going to do the same for the A100 (including the box). I always cut and buff the exterior so on the Valiant I shot the exterior first. Since my "booth" is rather dirty there will be junk in the paint anyway. A few days later I went back and painted the other things like in the trunk, under hood etc and did not care about the overspray on the outside, I am going to sand it anyway. That is my plan for the truck. Shoot the exterior, then go back and shoot inside the box and sand off any overspray on the outside when I cut and buff it.

 

[shine]

Jim's doing it right. your gonna buff it anyway.

 

[dhutton01]

I may get flack for this but starting with the Valiant I tried something new and I am going to do the same for the A100 (including the box). I always cut and buff the exterior so on the Valiant I shot the exterior first. Since my "booth" is rather dirty there will be junk in the paint anyway. A few days later I went back and painted the other things like in the trunk, under hood etc and did not care about the overspray on the outside, I am going to sand it anyway. That is my plan for the truck. Shoot the exterior, then go back and shoot inside the box and sand off any overspray on the outside when I cut and buff it.

I think that method MIGHT get you in trouble with metallics because the second pass metallics will lay down funny on the overspray….

Don

 

[elwood]

I do the flat floor first leaning over the sides. When it's dry I cover it up and get inside and spray inside the bed as well as the outside. I don't have rotisserie tho so things might be little different.

 

[Lizer]

I do the flat floor first leaning over the sides. When it's dry I cover it up and get inside and spray inside the bed as well as the outside. I don't have rotisserie tho so things might be little different.

I don’t hate this idea…

 

[shine]

I don’t hate this idea…

if your gonna do this paint and clear the outside and after it dries turn it up to paint the inside.

 

[Treeslayer]

you dont have to tilt that much, think of us with out a rotisserie lol. i believe id do the floor first and then mask it. im not painting the inside on this one so its a non issue here this time.
btw, did you get your skin sorted?

 

[UAmember]

I have one to paint soon, I was planning on doing a Lizer inspired method from the camper painting. I was thinking climbing inside, paint the sides, then work my way out on the floor. Then paint the bedsides the following day.

 

[shine]

stand the thing on end and paint it. you're making this way too difficult. yall are making me tired just reading about it.

 

[Lizer]

you dont have to tilt that much, think of us with out a rotisserie lol. i believe id do the floor first and then mask it. im not painting the inside on this one so its a non issue here this time.
btw, did you get your skin sorted?

Yeah, I don’t associate myself with you peasants lol.

I have not done anything with the skin yet. I will have to fix that over the winter and not paint until spring. I think I am going to just get a bigger skin and weld it in at a better spot using the advice provided to me.

 

[MJM]

stand the thing on end and paint it. you're making this way too difficult. yall are making me tired just reading about it.

That never occurred me. Damn good suggestion.

Payment is in the mail.

 

[MJM]

Yeah, I don’t associate myself with you peasants lol.

I have not done anything with the skin yet. I will have to fix that over the winter and not paint until spring. I think I am going to just get a bigger skin and weld it in at a better spot using the advice provided to me.

You don't learn anything by giving up. Looking forward to your 2nd attempt at success.

 

[Lizer]

I have one to paint soon, I was planning on doing a Lizer inspired method from the camper painting. I was thinking climbing inside, paint the sides, then work my way out on the floor. Then paint the bedsides the following day.

The problem is you need several coats on the floor, so you'll only be able to work your way out for the first coat. I wouldn't paint a car like I did the camper, the camper was an extreme measure. My sole goal was to get paint on the thing. It wasn't mine and I wasn't being paid for it.

 

[elwood]

I have one to paint soon, I was planning on doing a Lizer inspired method from the camper painting. I was thinking climbing inside, paint the sides, then work my way out on the floor. Then paint the bedsides the following day.

I did that once and never again. Had to do middle of floor last reaching over bedside. Cuz you got to get inside to do the insides around inner fenders etc. It was more difficult than I thought.

 

[shine]

set it on some blocks ( cab side ) . put paper down first. you can walk around and shoot everything standing up.
one guy i worked for in the 70's hung the bed upside down. sat on a shop stool to paint the inside.

 

[Lizer]

set it on some blocks ( cab side ) . put paper down first. you can walk around and shoot everything standing up.
one guy i worked for in the 70's hung the bed upside down. sat on a shop stool to paint the inside.

My question ultimately revolves around if the entire thing can be shot in one go. If it can then I can still easily shoot it on the rotisserie standing up. I just have to spray the outside first as suggested, then tilt it and spray the entire inside. Then any overspray getting on the outside gets cut and buffed off.

This would be great and all if I wasn’t running dangerously low on epoxy activator.

 

[Chris_Hamilton]

My question ultimately revolves around if the entire thing can be shot in one go. If it can then I can still easily shoot it on the rotisserie standing up. I just have to spray the outside first, then tilt it and spray the entire inside. Then any overspray getting on the outside gets cut and buffed off.

Even when doing collision where time was always the main factor, we never did them all at once. Bed first, then mask and do the outside the next day. I guess the overspray issue would be solved by sanding but I sure don't like the idea of getting base overspray on really fresh clear. Might be different if you waited a couple of days and did that, but then masking would be possible and not that difficult.

Me, I would shoot the bed, three coats(clear/SS), wait a couple of days, mask and do the exterior.

 

[Lizer]

This is single stage.