Painting The Jeep

Getting close to painting the Jeep. Have a few questions for any one that has been through this. Please comment if there is a better way to do this or what to watch out for.

The tub is in a rotisserie, was going to paint firewall, coat underside and paint interior. Next install the the tub on the frame and paint. Paint fenders, grill, tailgate and hood then install these parts

 

This sounds like a good plan. What color? You might want to paint the exterior of the hood, fenders and grille after assembly to the body, to ensure a good color match. I expect this is more of a concern with metallic colors.

 

Mine was painted with the tub on saw horses (after the underside was undercoated and cured) and everything else hanging from a makeshift rack. Worked okay for us, using a non metallic color but, as Tim says, it does not work with metallic colors because of how the metallic flakes lay down in the paint. Used to be much worse when the flakes were square but, most are now round so, it's not as much of a problem.......so says the experienced painter I work with.

 

I painted mine like wheelie did-with metallic. It was all done within a few hours, with the coats alternating between the loose pieces and the tub. No problem with the color match.

 

if you choose to paint in pieces, set everything as it would be when on the jeep, gravity affects paint. metallic worse than solid colors,also affects finish as horizontal surfaces will dry smoother.

 

I painted the firewall, underside and tub interior, hood inside, fender inside and grill. Then assembled it and painted the exterior. Masking was a chore and still some paint found it's way onto the frame and grill.


Color match was not a problem since I used the same can of paint. Also non-metallic.

 

Glad I posted this, never though of metallic entering in the equation. Will have to check with the paint store. The color is Light Khaki Silver or Tan, it is a Chrysler color 02-09 per the label/mixing formula. I am doing a copy of Matt's Jeep from the site, color, tires, rims etc., he goes by mdmeltdown on the site. Will post a picture tonight, overtime starting at work, this is getting into Jeep work time.

Was hoping to paint pieces as time passes, garage is small. It is going to take a lot of time to paint all the small stuff, hinges, trans. cover, bolts etc. I figure I will be spraying for a month.

 

I painted my tub with a bush and Chassis Coat, Chassis Coat is a very hard coating that wears like iron. I had my tub sandblasted, after all the welding was done, there was no coating left on it inside and out. By using Chassis Coat and a brush I was able to paint under the cowl, inside the tub, and the underside of the tube, and rear fenders, all that was left to finish paint was the outside of the cowl and both sides. Chassis Coat is like Pour 15, it gets real hard when it dries, after nine years I have still not worn through on the bare floors where I sit. It is hard to spray the underside and inside of the cowl and kick panels. After I finished painting the inside of the fenders I taped off the underside of the fenders that were visible, and spayed the area where gravel hits from the tires with spray undercoat to keep from chipping through to bare metal. It has worked for over nine years, on Northern Lower Michigan dirt and sand roads. I hope this helps, Good Luck what ever you do.
Another note, I painted my Tux Black, so it all matches, the Chassis Coat and the Finish coat.