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Photo Journal
Photos: Camo Truck
photos taken during the process of painting my truck camouflage
September 5, 2004
Blue 1986 Ford Ranger, V6. A little rust is present, and some
of the paint is coming off.
There is also a dent in the fender and the bumper is twisted.
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October 16, 2004
Photo taken at night. The passenger side fender and door have just been finished.
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October 17, 2004
I was doing some sanding.
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October 17, 2004
Thinking about what to do to the front.
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October 17, 2004
Decided to sand and paint the front. Here it is all wrapped up in paper.
That is a flagpole holding up the hood. The arm which holds up the hood
had to come off with the fender. You can see the fender in the background.
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October 18, 2004
There was a threat of rain today. So, no painting today. I decided to
pull the bed off so I could sand and paint the parts between the bed and the cab.
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October 18, 2004
A view from the back.
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October 18, 2004
There are still parts in my bedroom waiting to go onto the
truck. A door and a fender need primer sealer, and a piece of
the front needs to be painted.
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October 19, 2004
The humidity was very high today, and there was some rain. I took
off the pinstriping and crome molding from the bed. I washed
off the dirt and grease so it should be just about ready to sand in the
morning.
I did find a praying mantis on the frame of the truck. It was neat
in that it was somewhat camouflaged where it sat.
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October 20-21, 2004
The humidity is very high today and possibly the rest of the week.
So I guess there will be no work on the truck. I tried to do some
priming yesterday, but the humidity was too high. I will probably have
to sand that off and do it again. I hope I will have no new rust.
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October 25, 2004
I was able to re-sand the back of the truck today. I did not see much
new rust. I got the fender and the door back on. It is not easy getting
the door lined up.
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October 26, 2004
Finally! The bed of the truck is finally sanded and primed.
I was also able to get a little paint on the back of the cab
and the front of the bed. The driver side door needs a little
more adjustment. After that, it is all down hill.
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October 30, 2004
The pattern for the rest of the truck is now layed out in a rough
draft. Here is the passenger side of the truck.
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October 30, 2004
The driver's side is also sketched out. I will need to sand the black lines
a little and put on another coat of black. Then I can tape out the lines.
You can see the tailgate in the back, proped up beside the house. The tailgate
will require some Bondo. I need to get the painting of the truck done first.
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October 31, 2004
The 1/8 inch tape is in place.
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October 31, 2004
The bed has been pulled back again so that I can continue
the pattern on the edges of the bed and the cab.
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November 1, 2004
I crashed on the couch last night; However, I woke up at 4:15 AM. So, I decided to
mask out the brown spots on the truck. I worked about 3 hours on this.
I was able to paint it during lunch.
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November 1, 2004
I don't remember if it was just after 9:00 PM or 10:00 PM. Anyway, I masked off
the sections for the Olive Drab. I finished about 1:30 AM.
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November 6, 2004
I thought I was only three painting days until finished. But, I had a bad surprise
waiting on me. I had masked off the areas for the Olive Drab on Monday night. It
was supposed to be good painting weather on Tuesday. It rained all day. It rained
on Wednesday. It rained on Thursday. I did not want to take the paper off since it
took about four hours to put it on. I thought it would be all-right.
After painting the green on Friday, I took the paper off and found that some of the
paint came off with the tape and that there were bubbles in in some of the paint which
had been covered with the newspaper.
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I assume that the paint soaked up the water from the newspaper. I found that the
little bubbles were full of water. I tried to sand down to the primer, but
figured it would better to just redo it.
So today, I sanded the driver's side of the bed down to the metal and added primer
and primer sealer. I will plan to sand off the other side of the bed, most of the
door and most of the front driver's fender.
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November 9, 2004
The outline is done. Here is the driver's side.
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November 9, 2004
Here is the passenger's side.
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November 10, 2004
Was only able to do one side of the truck today. About, four
painting days until done.
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November 13, 2004
They were calling for the temperature to be about 50 today. Plus, there
was supposed to be a lot of wind. However, it turned out to be good
weather: Almost 60 degrees, low humidity (< 50%) and only a little wind.
Just in case the weather did change, I only masked out one spot at a time.
I worked mostly on the passenger side today.
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November 14, 2004
The back is coming along too. I have three painting days left on the back.
I thought I would have more time today, but the temperature was just not above
50 degrees for very long.
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The front has made some progress, but there are still at least two
painting days left for the front.
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November 17, 2004
I put the front back together.
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November 21, 2004
The truck is now in the driveway.
The touch-up is mostly done. I always
see additional things which I could do, but I need to stop somewhere. The
clear-coat date is around the second week of December. Until then, I will
probably do a little more touch-up and work mainly on the tailgate.
I will also work on the idea of fabricating a 4x6 for the front bumper.
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December 13, 2004
The tailgate is done.
It was not easy, I had to tape over the letters with a plastic
tape and cut out the letters with a razor blade.
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