53 Chevy - Paint Selection

Paint Selection

In keeping with the Do-It-Myself theme, I want to paint the truck myself. But, I also want it to look good. So first I decided to practice a little on my Sea Doo. It was wrecked a few years back at a company lake outing. I repaired the nose some time ago but never got around to painting it.

"Before"

"After"

Turned out pretty good. At least from 8 or more feet away. I did have a few runs and sags, mostly on the lower half of the hull. Since they are below the waterline, I left them alone.

Color selection - I have been worried about this for some time. I want burnt orange but there are so many shades. I decided the safest thing to do is find a car with a color I like and to go with that. The Chevy Colorado pickup comes in a Sunburst Orange metallic that I liked. So, I bought a quart (Dupont ChromaBase) and painted a test piece to see what it it looked like. Here's the driveshaft after some sanding and a coat of self-etching primer.

And here it is finished and installed. I like the color. Time to start on the rest of the truck.

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