Depending on your geographical location, you might call them campers, toppers, or caps.
... but "cap" is the right term and you're allowed to be hideously wrong. :mwink:
Long story short... the truck is a kinda dusty forest green. The used cap I just bought is bright friggin red. So I'm going to buy a quart and shoot it myself with my fancy, high-quality yard sale paint guns. It doesn't need to look perfect (the truck has a crappy re-shoot on it anyway) but I'm not much of a body guy.
The top of the cap has some peeling clearcoat, so lots of sanding will be in order, and I'm sure I'll break through to bare aluminum in spots.
- what paint type should I buy? I see the wide array of urethanes, epoxies, enamels, and such and other than knowing that urethane is a little more flexible, I know very little about paint.
- will I need to phosphate-treat any bare spots, or is modern paint pretty good at sticking to aluminum?
- Is aircraft stripper a decent option for the top where its peeling? Not sure how to do that without partially destroying the rest of the paint.
emphasis should be on:
- user friendly
- good (not amazing) finish that scores high on durability. I don't want it to chalk up in a year or scrape through to red every time I brush past a branch.
... but "cap" is the right term and you're allowed to be hideously wrong. :mwink:
Long story short... the truck is a kinda dusty forest green. The used cap I just bought is bright friggin red. So I'm going to buy a quart and shoot it myself with my fancy, high-quality yard sale paint guns. It doesn't need to look perfect (the truck has a crappy re-shoot on it anyway) but I'm not much of a body guy.
The top of the cap has some peeling clearcoat, so lots of sanding will be in order, and I'm sure I'll break through to bare aluminum in spots.
- what paint type should I buy? I see the wide array of urethanes, epoxies, enamels, and such and other than knowing that urethane is a little more flexible, I know very little about paint.
- will I need to phosphate-treat any bare spots, or is modern paint pretty good at sticking to aluminum?
- Is aircraft stripper a decent option for the top where its peeling? Not sure how to do that without partially destroying the rest of the paint.
emphasis should be on:
- user friendly
- good (not amazing) finish that scores high on durability. I don't want it to chalk up in a year or scrape through to red every time I brush past a branch.