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+1 Very good explanation and advice. As always with painting, whether it be vehicles, houses, furniture..."PREPARATION" is the key. Most any of the top quality paints will look good and last well IF the proper prep work has been done.

Dave, just a thought, but do you remember back when you had it down to bare metal, how long it was before you primed it? Within hours, days, weeks? Although you can't see it, metal starts to rust in the open air almost immediately without primer. Of course, all the other conditions then come...

My thinking would be that that is not going to work well and I'm not understanding why you would want to do that anyway. If you are using house paint and want a shiny look to it, use semi-gloss or even gloss. If you are thinking there is a need for the clear coat for protection like on your civi...

Okay, I FINALLY had the time on a day of good weather and painted my M1009 this morning. I think it turned out pretty decent and it was a blast (and a lot of hours in prep work). I used Behr flat latex in Olive Drab with just a little tan thrown in. It will get stars on the hood and doors...

I must be missing something here. You pulled dents out "AFTER" it was painted?

Well, you will get back what you put into it. Even if it isn't peeling anywhere else, at the very least, you need to go over the entire body with sandpaper (not wet/dry). Something like 220 to "scuff" it. You could paint it without doing anything and it might look good right then, but it...

My opinion would be that "yes, you will need to sand down the entire body", unless you want it to peel again. Think of it this way...if the clear is peeling in some places, it will eventually peel everywhere...it all came out of the same can and it's all exposed to the same elements. If you cut...

That is about all I did to my trailer before spraying it and it dried out just fine. Of course, I think that was in June though. Do you know what the temperature was the day you painted? You are in Kansas also and we haven't had very many days about 55 for a while. What I'm saying is that...

Did you do anything in the way of prep work or just spray directly over the Carc? I'm not sure that it matters either way, but I am curious.

The Graco is an "airless" sprayer, it uses an electric pump so you're not hooked up to an air compressor. There is an adjustment on it that is essentially the same as adjusting the amount of air from a compressor...if you turn it down too low, you get streaks (not good) and if you turn it up too...

#1. Well, the biggest reason there are less brush marks is because you're not using a brush, you're using sponge. That said, the product Floetrol is designed to help the paint "level" out as it cures, hence the fewer or less visible the brush marks. The same thing applies to rolling, less roller...

Sounds a little like UFO's to me...others have seen them but I haven't...lol. Just pullin your chain a little there. I guess my point is, it "may" happen on houses too, but you would think that in 30+ years of painting, that even if I didn't ever see it, one of my observant customers would have...

Yes, that could very well be true about the porosity difference. As for the aluminum, we always use a specialty metal paint. Since I've never seen it happen in 30+ yrs of painting, I 'm not gonna worry about that, but I am getting ready to paint my 1009 and have already purchased the Behr paint...

Sure, if we had stucco houses around here, but most of the homes here are wood or hardboard siding which is a pretty smooth surface. Maybe it's just not as noticable on the houses like it is on a vehicle like you said.

That's all pretty interesting and could very well be true, but can you explain then why you don't get the same streaking on a house paintied with those paints? We are residential/commercial painters and I've never experienced that.

Aren't the Porch & Floor/Patio paints pretty glossy? All of them I've ever used have been and the only ones that have ever held up over any period of time have been the oil based paints. I know there are latex versions out there and they have a much lower sheen to them, but I wouldn't expect...

Haha...you got the wind to die down and now all we have is rain for a week. :(