paint question(s)

[meatloaf]

I was getting ready to paint my truck in the next few weeks. Since I am going to give it to my 15yr old son next year when he is able to drive it, he decided to get a head start and help me... He poured some paint stripper on the hood & pass. fender. This truck had been painted once before but the stripper worked itself all the way down to the metal on certain parts of the hood. I sprayed some primer to keep it from rusting. Should I go ahead and strip the whole truck to the metal and re-prime, then paint? Or should I just sand the rest of the truck and repaint? Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Meatloaf

 

[WristPin]

youl have better luck in the painting section of the forum

this is how i was taught to paint cars:

from bare metal, is best.

use surface etcher,
primer surfacer,
primer sealer,
guide coat, ,
wet sand,
basecoat,
wet sand,
clear coat,
wet sand,
buff,
polish.

use wax cloth to remove dust just prior to base and clear

you can opt to use single stage which eliminates base and clear, but is much thinner and runs easier

 

[WarDamnEagle]

I doubt that many cars are ever stripped to bare metal. If it were me, I would just sand. (What am I saying? If it were me I would just drive it to a body shop! )

 

[meatloaf]

(What am I saying? If it were me I would just drive it to a body shop! )

I agree, but, aside from cost, this would take the fun out of a father/son project, especially since the truck is going to be his...

 

[pappy]

A few things to consider. Is this a trail truck, a show truck, or something in between? How much effort and cost you put into this project will depend on the final use. That said ...

I stripped my FJ40 down to bare metal and will start over. It had several coats of PO paint. Plus, I needed to find the rust. Mine will be a trail truck. I used various wheels on a grinder to take the paint off instead of chemicals. Plus, several parts were sand blasted, and the body will be too before paint.

I also recommend the Paint & Body section here at MUD.

 

[Tools R Us]

It depends, if it only has the original paint and it's not pealing etc, it best to sand and paint. The original paint is great filler for small waves, most cant do as good of a job at prepping the metal and bonding primer to as the factory did, so use the primer prep that you have. If it has lots of coats, is peeling, etc, probably best off stripping.

Stripper can soak into seams, gaps, etc, then later seep out lifting the new paint. One of my body buddies always taped the edges of the panels about an inch in from the edges, seams, etc, stripped the center, then sanded the edges. The narrow band of paint is easy to sand and makes great filler for panel matching, edge imperfections, etc.

 

[NorCalBorn]

Sorry all I caught was this part..

..before but the stripper worked itself all the way down...

*Never publicly put that phrase with passing something down to the boy child.

**Ditto the prep/sand/feather vs. stripping the finish. Only under extreme circumstances like a complete incompatability with the paints if redone before would I do this, even then better to pay for a media blast then use sealer and buildable primer first.

 

[NorCalBorn]

I doubt that many cars are ever stripped to bare metal. If it were me, I would just sand. (What am I saying? If it were me I would just drive it to a body shop! )

*Saving that quote for future measure.

 

[meatloaf]

Sorry all I caught was this part..




*Never publicly put that phrase with passing something down to the boy child.

**Ditto the prep/sand/feather vs. stripping the finish. Only under extreme circumstances like a complete incompatability with the paints if redone before would I do this, even then better to pay for a media blast then use sealer and buildable primer first.

This is funny...