Painting my truck, got a few questions

Since I work at a bodyshop I figure I'll throw my two cents in.

If you are just using rattle can paint, then I wouldnt worry bout a clear coat. There are matte finish clears available, but if your painting over rattle can than I am guessing you are probably looking to do it as cheap as possible and the clear aint worth the effort. I would just buy a case or two of the same paint at one time to be able to touch up later. Believe it or not even mass produced rattle can colors can vary greatly of production times and different lot numbers and so on.

Wash the truck first with just soap and water, scuff it with the 400, then wipe down with Wax and Grease remover(should be able to find at any auto paint supply store). Wipe down with a tack rag and you are ready to paint. Like others said if painting in a garage or something, wetting the floor will help greatly with keeping the dust down.

As for the bedliner, I have done those too. A roll on will NEVER look as good or be as durable as a spray on. Any roll on I have ever seen is solvent based. Which means it just relies on the solvent evaporating to cure. Spray ons are a catalytic 2part product that are hard to the touch within a few seconds, and fully cured shortly after. No comparison between the two. And as with a paint job, the prep is the big part of a bedliner as well. But we use some serious abrasive to prep for bedliners.

Let me know if you have any other questions and I will try and help out. Shoot, offer me a good weekend of hunting and a yeller pup or two and I'll make the trip down from OK and paint it for you!!!

Like we tell people at the shop, you can have it 2 of 3 ways. Right, Fast, or Cheap...pick two cuz you can't gonna get all 3!!