Thoroughly read all the Painting and Prep 101 threads. Great stuff.
Off road trailer, a CDNM101 so a picture perfect shine isn't necessary. No paint booth, yada, yada, yada. ABSOLUTE NEWBIE to this!!!
I've pressure washed the tub inside and out as well a the underbody to remove all road grime, dirt, etc. I've wire wheeled and sanded what rust there was. Not much since these were built in '92 and never saw much. PO rattle canned the tub green.
So far I've sprayed the inside of the tub with a little exposed slightly rusty metal with Rustoleum Rusty Primer (considered Rust Bullet or POR-15, but budget constraints - just fixed a blown head gasket!). Did the same with the tongue, axle, springs and underbody. There appeared to be some sort of underbody coating on it and I just painted over that. So far on the underbody, I've followed up the Rusty Primer (2 coats) with several coats of Rustoleum Gloss Black. This covers the metal frame and bottom as well as the axle and springs.
I've done the underbody with the trailer flipped on it's top so anything I'm missing before I gather the manpower (4 guys) to carry it out of the garage flip it back over on it's wheels and begin working on the inside/outside of the tub? BTW - sprayed the underside of the fenders with the rubberized Duplicolor product an have left over Durabak for the fender tops to match what I did on the cruiser flares a couple of years ago. Yes - I've read that the rubberized stuff can and does peel after a few years, but it's easily accessible and I'm not too worried about that small area.
Best advice for at least making the interior/exterior of the tub presentable if I rattle can it? I seems from reading that wet sanding is probably best - before or after a coat of primer or top coats? Will a polishing compound do? When/if should clear coat be applied? I do not own a buffer so elbow grease is all I've got.
As of now just plan on using Duplicolor professional rattle can for the tub - white to match the cruiser, but I do own an older Craftsman air spray gun hand me down from my FIL. Would that be sufficient in an outdoor environment on a windless day to spray on OEM color? Local auto paint store gets $25 a rattle can for OEM paint compared to $5-6 for Duplicolor so if the air gun will work, it'd be cheaper than OEM in the rattle can.
Total Total newbie to this so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Off road trailer, a CDNM101 so a picture perfect shine isn't necessary. No paint booth, yada, yada, yada. ABSOLUTE NEWBIE to this!!!
I've pressure washed the tub inside and out as well a the underbody to remove all road grime, dirt, etc. I've wire wheeled and sanded what rust there was. Not much since these were built in '92 and never saw much. PO rattle canned the tub green.
So far I've sprayed the inside of the tub with a little exposed slightly rusty metal with Rustoleum Rusty Primer (considered Rust Bullet or POR-15, but budget constraints - just fixed a blown head gasket!). Did the same with the tongue, axle, springs and underbody. There appeared to be some sort of underbody coating on it and I just painted over that. So far on the underbody, I've followed up the Rusty Primer (2 coats) with several coats of Rustoleum Gloss Black. This covers the metal frame and bottom as well as the axle and springs.
I've done the underbody with the trailer flipped on it's top so anything I'm missing before I gather the manpower (4 guys) to carry it out of the garage flip it back over on it's wheels and begin working on the inside/outside of the tub? BTW - sprayed the underside of the fenders with the rubberized Duplicolor product an have left over Durabak for the fender tops to match what I did on the cruiser flares a couple of years ago. Yes - I've read that the rubberized stuff can and does peel after a few years, but it's easily accessible and I'm not too worried about that small area.
Best advice for at least making the interior/exterior of the tub presentable if I rattle can it? I seems from reading that wet sanding is probably best - before or after a coat of primer or top coats? Will a polishing compound do? When/if should clear coat be applied? I do not own a buffer so elbow grease is all I've got.
As of now just plan on using Duplicolor professional rattle can for the tub - white to match the cruiser, but I do own an older Craftsman air spray gun hand me down from my FIL. Would that be sufficient in an outdoor environment on a windless day to spray on OEM color? Local auto paint store gets $25 a rattle can for OEM paint compared to $5-6 for Duplicolor so if the air gun will work, it'd be cheaper than OEM in the rattle can.
Total Total newbie to this so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
