Update 07/19/2016
Took a vacation day from work today and just went for it.
Used my roll cage as a makeshift spray booth. Used a big 24" fan and a couple furnace filters to clean the air going into the fan. The intent was not to seal the surfaces from paint, but keep a nice current of air over them to help prevent bugs and dust from settling on it. Sprayed down the driveway and surrounding areas with water to help keep dust at bay as well.
First coat of PPG envirobase HP "hugger orange". This is a water based paint and is a little tougher to spray, but it drys fast and is super easy on my delicate skin. It's also what a lot of auto manufacturers are using now so I figured it should be good enough for me.
I spent days wet sanding everything that would be visible with 400 and 600 grit paper. The water base paint ends up being very thin mil thickness so it really shows any scratches that are in the primer coat. First coat drys out very matte and covers really well even with this orange. You can see what looks like a run, but isn't, but is. That's the seam sealer that I missed smoothing out. It's covered by the cowl so not too concerned.
And first coat of PPG EC530 clear. Goes down fairly nice. I was fully suited up for this stuff as its traditional solvent based clear. I also get allergic reaction to urethane so got new carbon filters for my respirator as well. No selfies of that though.
And final coat of clear.
All in all came out pretty good. I did find one run on the dash. I think it can be buffed out fairly easily after it drys. Other problem was caused by having to go from outside the truck to inside while spraying. You can see this wooden frame I used to keep the hose from running the rockers in the fresh paint, but I forgot about dust on my feet and so there's some lint and dust on the rocker on the passenger side. I'll buff that and reclear if needed.
But this gets me back to where I can reinstall the windshield and get it back into running condition for the rest of the summer.
