Truck Painting, Rawalpindi

Ornately painted trucks are more than common here. You see them regularly on the road. Much of that painting happens here in Rawalpindi. The 1st picture is an example.
This post is about a visit to one of the areas where trucks are painted (along with maintenance and repair work). The next 4 pictures give a sense of process, from stripping to bare metal, priming, preliminary design and a final paint job.
The creative art isn't just about painting. The next picture is one of the more ornate "front bumpers" I've seen here.
They even get creative with their doors. The next picture shows a carved wooden door for access to the truck cab.
And the cabs themselves can be rather heavily decorated, as evidenced in the next picture. Yes, that really is the driver's seat in the foreground: a seriously personalized work space.
Truck decoration is not only to paint. Stickers are individually cut to be added to the decor. The next picture is in a business the creates and cuts the stickers. And it doesn't end there. Pretty much any kind of trinket, tassel, fabric, bangle, you can imagine might be added as a finishing touch. The next picture is a shop with a small selection.
The remaing pictures except the last one are several examples of these trucks. While the last photo looks like the others, it is actually a model kept at the site.Read more