Went with 75/25 ratio instead of 60/40 because I didn't want to paint it that many times. Went over the truck 3 times with the 75/25 ratio. Has some orange peel but I can go back and fix that any time. Didn't wet sand between coats, just wanted something other than that horrible blue. It's actually a 4 foot paint job, looks good standing 4 feet away. Wasn't trying to be perfect with it. Winter would have made the rust even worse. Had to drive it a few days to work, the Escort was frozen in ice and then covered with snow.
Wasn't going to put a new door on so I devised some cheap patch panels. Bought some furnace pipe (galvonized steel) for $7 and hammered out some flat panels. Cut them to size. Sanded the piece rough and the area on the truck I was sticking it on. Got some bondo and mixed some up. Spread the bondo on the cut piece and held it to the truck for a few minutes. Does it work? Oh yeah! Real well. I've tried to see if they would come off by pulling at it. No, not coming off unless you hit it with a hammer....hard.
You can get a real nice paint job this way, do it yourself and save big $. Just takes time to do it right. My goal was just make it look better and stop the rust. Turned a truck I had just $1300 in and added a $100 paint job to it. Should have no problem flippin' it for $2200-$2500
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Originally Posted by d0sitmatr
can I ask why you went with that blend ? (75/25)
doing some research on it a year ago, I read many people doing a 60/40.
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