how much paint is needed?

[319cssb]

I want to paint my M819 in Woodland and was wondering how many gallons of paint I'll need?

 

[Coffey1]

4 gals

 

[319cssb]

Is that 4 gallons of OD green or how does it tally up?

 

[98G]

I had an M923A2 sandblasted to bare steel and repainted solid 383 green. It took 4 gallons of CARC.

if I were doing an entire truck 3 color camo, I'd start by doing the whole truck in green and then floating the brown and black on top of it via rattlecans.

So figure 4 gallons plus some black and brown rattlecans....

 

[Bill W]

Wow
I used 7 gals of paint to do my Deuce but I had mine down to cab & chassis when I started painting.

 

[319cssb]

Wow
I used 7 gals of paint to do my Deuce but I had mine down to cab & chassis when I started painting.

Did you paint the undercarriage od green as well?

 

[Bill W]

Yes everything I could reach plus all the wood for troop seats and bed top.

 

[Anvilface]

We completely painted one of our 939s all black, undercarriage, and everything we could get to. It took 4 gallons of Rustoleum professional with an HVLP sprayer. I used the non air compressor type with the attached turbine. It covered pretty well.

I agree with the plan of all green and then rattle can the other colors. That seems like the best way to control the pattern.

 

[Bill W]

It will also depend on how many coats you put on, I did a tack coat and two top coats ( three on some area's ).