2000 Chevy S10 Custom Paint Job - Prescriptive Painting

After a few more rounds of sanding and final preparation, it was clear to see that the many stages of prep work and the hours upon hours of masterfully molding and crafting the tailgate, roll pan, and tonneau cover were time well spent. The pre-paint results were absolutely impressive.

With the truck inside the paint booth, Matt began the masking process, which reveals the rear portions of the truck that will be painted - the complete rear end makeover was nearing its final stages.

The primered parts were given a final tacking in the booth before the House of Kolor products were to be sorted, mixed and poured into the spray gun.

Tom suited up and grabbed his trusty DeVilbiss CVI spray gun to fan on a few coats of sealer onto the parts.

Since the state of California has been cracking down on solvent-based paints, House of Kolor KV1 VOC converter had to be mixed into the base color for a completely law abiding paint session. The base and clearcoat were sprayed and left to dry overnight.

Bright and early the next morning, the truck was backed out of the paint booth and was buffed and polished using System One's polishing compound.

Tom polished the area where the new paint met the nine-year-old factory color to blend the two hues together.

With the new paint sprayed and polished to a blinding bright finish, there was nothing else left to do except some final reassembly. The tailgate handle assembly was reconnected, placed into the Sir Michaels bracket, and secured into place behind the tailgate.

The final piece of the puzzle was a simple connection of the license plate light housing, which was included with the roll pan. With a few turns of a screwdriver, the S-10's back-end Botox treatment was complete.