16. The last bit of primer to be sprayed on the truck was a gray sealer primer, which Josh laid a very light and smooth layer over the whole truck. | 
17 and 18. Now, our truck was ready for paint. Josh had this blue Velspar paint he was going to use on a Cadillac. Because we were on a budget, we decided to use it now. It's a custom color, but was based on a 72 Cadillac color, and was two parts paint, to one part reducer. |
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19. Josh is applying the paint to the truck. Josh recommends applying medium to light coats of paint, and it should be cross-hatched. |
20 and 21. Midway through the paintjob, it's still very lightly coated. We needed another coat to take away the transparency. | 
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22-25. Our last step was the most crucial, so as to ensure a "suede" paint look. Josh mixed our clear as before, four parts clear to one part hardener. Once this was mixed, he re-mixed it as one part already mixed clear to one part mating agent. This gave us a dull-paint look. This is great because you can wash it just like paint and it won't dull like primer. It will also give that cool hot-rod look. Just make sure you don't ever buff this, because if you do, it will bring the shine out of it. | 
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26. Josh applied clearcoat over the entire body and made sure not to miss any spots. | 
27 and 28. Once the truck was dry, Josh came back to remove the tape. The blue candy pops just the right amount against the flat blue. We still have a noticeable tape line, as could be expected, but it's not nearly so bad as it would have if we hadn't sprayed it first. |
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29. Here's the finished project. Once the truck is put back together, we'll return to Josh to have him stripe the hood, tailgate, and the graphics in silver. |