Part Three: Shoot The Paint
Now it's time for the color. In the mixing room, some yellow paint was added to a white sealer. Maaco did this to help cover the dark blue so the yellow wouldn't look blotchy in the end. The paint was also mixed in preparation to spray because it will go on almost immediately after the sealer.
1. As expected, the sealer goes on first. Here, you can see Rafael applying the first coat. Two to three coats of sealer get sprayed- whatever it takes to cover the blue. | 
2. Almost instantly, Rafael swapped guns and started spraying the paint. If you look in the back, you can see the doors. The doorjambs were painted at the same time, along with the inner edge of the hood and fenders. | 
3. The truck was removed from the booth and demasked so the doors could be rehung. Spraying the jambs with the doors off netted us great results. |
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4. The edge of the hood and fenders will also make for a complete job. To save some money, we decided not to have Maaco paint the firewall. We'll come back later and paint it satin black for a muscle-car look. | 
5. The bed was put on a dolly and taken into the booth along with the tailgate, cowl, and valance. These got painted while the doors were being installed and some prep work was done to the back of the cab. |
6. The cab was ready for paint, but before it was pushed in the booth it received a wipe-down and mask job to prevent overspray getting on stuff we didn't want painted. One thing to note is the type of paper Maaco uses: It's a polycoated paper that protects against soak-through much better than the normal green stuff. Once in the booth, it was blown off and wiped with the alcohol pads and then the tack rag. | 
7a. Just like the jambs, the cab was coated in the tinted sealer, then the whole truck was given a few coats of the yellow | 
7b. Right after the final coat was sprayed, the truck was pushed into the oven and baked dry. Once everything was dry, the bed was lifted back on the truck |