M35 Paint Question, ok Questions!!

Well, I have read all the posts about paint in the restoration section and now I am really confused.

Here is what I have been doing. I was planning on painting with Aerove Semi Gloss OD (Vietnam stuff) I have been wire wheeling and bloc sanding all the surfaces and going to bare metal where there is rust. Any place that has been taken to bare metal has been hit with black Rustolium Primer. I was planning on doing the whole truck this way and painting when the weather gets better.

As I read all the posts, I am concerned with the Aerove paint fading. I noticed that some members were using Sherman Williams Industrial, my question is does anyone know if they could mix to match the Aerove OD Semi color?

Also, am I going about the sanding in the right way? (not looking for a perfect off frame restoration)

Finally, would I be better off to hit the whole truck with red oxide prior to final painting or is the rustolium good enough?

Thanks for any help

Tom

Painting MVs is alot like painting a house, give it a good scraping, clean er up and spray or brush away. It will look 100% military.

If its flat you will not notice all the uneveness . If its glossy it will take more prep work.Sounds like you are doing a great job prepping it. Hope to see some pictures soon.My truck has 6 coats of paint on it, and its going to take alot of work to do.Sorry I dont have much experience with the Aervoe paint. but if it did fade it would still look army drab.

Old Aervoe faded to pink. Dunno if they have reformulated it to fix that.

Remember that if the paint is all one color it won't look authentic as a user...even out of the factory there were variances from different suppliers...some bolts shiny, some not, some cushions different color canvas etc...do the job like a 18 year old grunt with a hangover and it will be just right... ACE (make sure you have overspray on your stencils and so forth..)

Consider the xm757 as a test for the Aervoe 997B (24084), Vietnam era Semi Gloss O.D.
I love the color, it matches old paint almost perfectly and has a hard finish. It also looks different when the light changes, from more green to more black (the steering gear below the lights in the image is also painted with the same color).