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Originally Posted by nail pounder
Man, there are so many opinions on do's and don'ts with painting. I am a rookie, but from what I've read, epoxy is best over clean metal. I'm sure you can shoot over all kinds of stuff though. It's pretty tough stuff. I sprayed it over 40 yr old laquer paint just to see if it would react, and nothing happened. Anyhow, I'm slowly stripping my 58 with polycarbide wheels on a air powered die grinder, and spot blasting bad areas. Then when I get a big enough area I hit it real quick with the polycarbide wheel to clean any surface rust, blow it off, wipe it down and spray epoxy. It doesn't take as long as you think to mix up a batch, spray a couple coats and clean up. The poly wheels work good and are relatively fast, better than a DA sander or chemical stripping in my opinion. I wiped it down, sprayed (maybe 20min with flash time) and cleaned up in less than 1 hour for the inside of the bed. I had extra paint mixed up so I shot the front bed panel, totally un-prepped and its on there good, can't even scratch it off unless you really dig with a screwdriver. I'm replacing that panel with a repop anyhow, it is totally hammered. I painted my 66 a couple years ago, at home in the tent/carport with single stage and it came out decent, cost was less than $500.
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Thanks for all the help. I'm stripping mine pretty much the same way. I guess if it sits for a couple days, I can just go over it quickly to clean it up before spraying the epoxy. Like you said.
The plan at this point is to clean up the rust, take most of the original paint off. Then epoxy prime it. Then come back later to do any body work. Ive been told that body fill is ok over the epoxy. Just need to scuff it up.
Mostly small dings to deal with.
I also plan on painting it my self. Its just a driver. Project for my son and I.
Yes, seems to be lots of different thoughts on how to do things. Gets confusing.