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Originally Posted by john hall
You guys really put some time in on those. Tell us about the graphics, is it painted on or decals? Were you guys doing the graphic work? Personally I have never liked anything more than pin stripes, just not my style. But you have to respect the guys putting them on and not making a mess!
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Every year my dad would get a new truck and drive it home from the dealer and pull it straight in the shop, from there it was torn apart and wetsanded down for paint. Paint day would start at about 6am and wouldn't be done until 8 or 9 at night. The graphics we're layed out by a guy named Thad Cunningham, the day we were painting he would show up with 5 or 6 drawingsand we would pick the one we liked and he would start laying it out. All the painting besides any airbrush work was done by my dad, I didn't paint back then but I was involved in all the taping every time we went from one color to another. Once the graphics we're done the truck would get 6 coats of clear, once the clear dried it was wetsanded smooth and 6 more coats were applied and they were also wetsanded once dry. Once the truck was buffed and done you could run your finger down the side and not feel any of the paint edges. We no longer do this because the dealers would never give my dad any extra on trade in but then they would turn around and sell the trucks for top buck.