I used Guru. Two step processes and well worth the cost.

 

Turbo86 - Wow, that Guru paint looks great! Thanks for the pics. Any tips or advice to prep my trunk area? I have had some metal replaced and primed. Not everything is the same paint color / tone. Should prime before using the Guru paint kit? Thanks again.

 

I would defiantly prime the trunk before the Guru. I actually have zolatone under my coating. It was not on purpose, since I chose zolatone first since its a tough paint, but was not factory spec. It worked out great since it has a tough undercoat with the factory speckle paint on top. I did a video of my painting, so take a look. Hope it helps.

 

I bought some gm stuff, it came in spray can.

 

I did not want something that needed to be clear coated like some aerosol trunk paints but also did not have a large enough compressor to shoot anything that needed a professional gun.

I ended up using two shades of Rustoleum aerosol. Dark paint for the dark gray background and a light paint for the dots. For the dots, I let the pressure out of the aerosol can, opened up the can, and poured the paint into a little cheapie paint gun attached to my small compressor. After a lot of experimenting with the settings, I got the gun to spit the dots like you see in the pictures.

Before I did this, I sprayed a test panel with the dark background and the dots, let it dry, then submerged it in a bucket of water for a week to make sure it would be waterproof. A week underwater did not phase it at all.

Dave

 

Heck of a job Dave! Looks great. Can you explain the paint gun and technique (pressure) you used for the spatter (dot) spray? I have a pancake compressor. Never used a spray gun but would buy one to experiment. Thanks!

 

It was a little cheap paint gun from Lowes. $39 I think. It's been seven years since I did that
so I don't remember any exact settings. It was just trial and error playing with the gun settings and the compressor pressure. You had to get it just right. A bit too much pressure and the spray was too fine. Not enough and the paint would dribble out of the gun.

I must have went through 20 sheets of black poster board experimenting with the spray pattern for the dots. Every time I passed a Dollar General or Dollar Tree store, I would stop in for a couple more sheets.

You had to be careful not to overlap the passes or you would get a double density of dots where they overlapped.

Dave