A local Ford dealer had an auction Sunday, selling the left overs in his old building before they tore it down. I bought a fiberglas bed cover from an '01 Ranger for my '99. The price was right ($10.00), but the color is wrong. My color is Autumn Orange metallic. What is the best type paint to use, and would I have to add a flex agent? Thanks in advance.
phil
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RE: Painting a pickup bed cover
by Tinbender
Posted: 05/20/2002 23:19 EST
Any good brand of urethane. No flex needed
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RE: Painting a pickup bed cover
by 58 Yeoman
Posted: 05/21/2002 17:54 EST
Thanks Eric.
phil
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RE: Painting a pickup bed cover
by Beaumont
Posted: 05/22/2002 18:58 EST
I agree with Eric, urathane is the best paint for this application.
Phil, while you have a color picked out I will still add to your post. Four years ago I was selling a 1980 Chev. pickup that I restored 5 years earlier. While it had minimum wear I wanted to add to it for a quicker sale and hopefully raise the asking price. Then one day I bought a $25 Lear cap that was painted a most horrible blue and a tab rough. How to put a good paint on it, low luster like most older original caps?
What I did was paint it grey urethane high build primer with no top coat. It looked super for $50 worth of materials and the truck sold shortly after.
Had it been more solid and I was keeping it, I would start with the same primer and topcoat it with 2 part urethane. Some of the metallic colors are super to use.
Your car budy from Ontario...LARRY
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RE: Painting a pickup bed cover
by 58 Yeoman
Posted: 05/22/2002 21:21 EST
Thanks for the info Larry. I've got next week off, and will see if I can fit it in for a paint job. Will have to go see a friend of mine that works for a paint store, and see what he can dig up for me.
phil
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RE: Painting a pickup bed cover
by digger
Posted: 05/22/2002 23:35 EST
Just another thought Phil, You may want to try and find out what color primer they used on your Ranger, I think the color you are describing is one of the ones they reccomend tinting the primer on. The top coat is semi transparent. Also I imagine the color on the bed cover is the gelcoat, make sure you have it all sanded till dull or it will peel on you.
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I threw it away yesterday, now I have to go buy one
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