Paint it black!

I see a white pin and i want to turn it black
No colors anymore, i want them to turn black

Maybe we've listened to much to rolling stones songs, but now our cab is entirely black!

As this was our first time painting it was a lot of trial error. We tried to gather some information about how to paint in the internet, but again we stumbled upon a lot of contradictory information and tips. We started off at our local hardware store, asking for help and we ended up buying a 1K water based paint can and some more foam rollers. We applied the primer the same way and it worked great, so we thought it would be the same with the black paint. WRONG! When we tried to apply the paint it had no grip at all and it looked horrible! We were so upset we didn't even take pictures, but removed everything as quickly and thoroughly as possible.
A few days later we coincidentally talked to a friend about our paint experience and he asked us why we don't use spray cans for painting. We had our (unjustified) doubts about this painting technique and we've tried it on a leftover piece of primed wood that was cut out from our cab. The result was amazing! Exactly what we were looking for.

So we started painting our cab with 1K high gloss black spray paint.

The spray paint we used

Our friend told us to start painting the edges first and then paint the rest. We painted everything outside so we had to wait for windless days. Before the painting we used window cleaner to degrease the surface and get it ready for painting.

We applied a very thin first coating, waited for 10minutes then applied another coating.
Here are some pictures to show you the very satisfying result.

Applying the paint

After the paint was dry, we used 400 grain sandpaper cleaned the surface again with window cleaner and sanded the surface wet, gave it another 2 coatings of black paint and used transparent varnish.

Now we're ready for the decals, which arrived last friday.

Here are some impressions of the painted cab.