how much paint

[loudnlow87]

gonna strip my truck down to bare metal soon, epoxy prime it, do bodywork and paint it soon. need to know if anyones sprayed their entire truck, and how much material did they use. fenders, hood, doors, bedsides, headgate, tailgate, cab and back of cab. im thinkin a gallon of epoxy primer and 1.5-1.75 gallons of paint.

[Blazin]

Depends on brand, single stage, or base clear? Depends on painting experience too.
 You say a gallon of epoxy primer, what about your filling primer? Is the finish fill primer going to be tinted similar color to the paint?  I have used as much as a gallon of epoxy primer, and two gallons of high build urethane primer on a truck and two or more gallons of paint or clear.
 

[loudnlow87]

i just wanted an idea of how much material it will take to cover the sheetmetal. prob 1 heavy coat of epoxy, the normal 2 or 3 coats of 2k primer and hot rod flatz single stage urethane.

[Skunksmash]

i just wanted an idea of how much material it will take to cover the sheetmetal. prob 1 heavy coat of epoxy, the normal 2 or 3 coats of 2k primer and hot rod flatz single stage urethane.

What did you do to that poor tuck on the left in your sig?   LOL

[loudnlow87]

used to be my bosses, chopped 9" and slammed about 10. 350/4 on the floor

[86 chevy silverado]

Here is a formula that was given to me a while back that seems to work well;
7 oz mixed paint x # of panels x # of coats