3 thoughts on “Painting my Midwest Military Humvee X Doors”
That’s one nice paint job! I have been using a clone of a Binks touch up gun for years with no issues other than the reservoir holds only half a pint of paint. I am surprised that you went with the nickel finish on the latches, was there an option for flat black? Any plans on adding a sound deadening mats to the doors? We recently painted a steel diamond plate ramp that goes to one of the doors to a military ISO comms trailer. It took about four days to dry outside in 50-68° weather. Even painted the trailer several months earlier when the temps were about 10° warmer. In hind site I should have went with a Matt finish instead of gloss. BTW a hint at cleaning aluminum, use a rag soaked with acetone instead of a tack cloth. Acetone leaves no residue while a tack cloth might.
That’s one nice paint job! I have been using a clone of a Binks touch up gun for years with no issues other than the reservoir holds only half a pint of paint. I am surprised that you went with the nickel finish on the latches, was there an option for flat black? Any plans on adding a sound deadening mats to the doors? We recently painted a steel diamond plate ramp that goes to one of the doors to a military ISO comms trailer. It took about four days to dry outside in 50-68° weather. Even painted the trailer several months earlier when the temps were about 10° warmer. In hind site I should have went with a Matt finish instead of gloss. BTW a hint at cleaning aluminum, use a rag soaked with acetone instead of a tack cloth. Acetone leaves no residue while a tack cloth might.
Doors look great but the hinges being shiny looks weird. I'd paint the hinges black or green
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