I need some help with working out the most efficient way to get the original paint back. When I bought this 71 40 last year I knew it had paint issues, but that didn't worry me so much as the body/frame was in good shape:
After working on it and addressing the major issues I decided to try and find out what was under the paint. The seller admitted it was a hunting truck and his father went in the garage weekend and came up with rattle can brown, but there were some hints of blue, so I wasn't sure.
Tonight I took the kick vent and went at it with some 800/1500 and then some cutting compound by hand.
The top right shows some of the top coat darker brown, then there is a layer of blue under that, then there is a very thin brown followed by a lighter tan layer (Coronado Beige?). By accident I went too hard with the 800 and went through to the under coat (yellow) and hit bare metal. (bottom right)
Right now my approach would be to use 800 to take it down to the blue and then perhaps get a DA polisher and use a heavy cutting compound to take out the blue back down to the base beige. The top layer is pretty thick orange peel at this point, hence the thought of using wet and dry 800 to try and get the bulk of the spray paint off and then slow down to something more gentle to take out the blue without damaging the lower level too much.
Thoughts/ideas?
After working on it and addressing the major issues I decided to try and find out what was under the paint. The seller admitted it was a hunting truck and his father went in the garage weekend and came up with rattle can brown, but there were some hints of blue, so I wasn't sure.
Tonight I took the kick vent and went at it with some 800/1500 and then some cutting compound by hand.
The top right shows some of the top coat darker brown, then there is a layer of blue under that, then there is a very thin brown followed by a lighter tan layer (Coronado Beige?). By accident I went too hard with the 800 and went through to the under coat (yellow) and hit bare metal. (bottom right)
Right now my approach would be to use 800 to take it down to the blue and then perhaps get a DA polisher and use a heavy cutting compound to take out the blue back down to the base beige. The top layer is pretty thick orange peel at this point, hence the thought of using wet and dry 800 to try and get the bulk of the spray paint off and then slow down to something more gentle to take out the blue without damaging the lower level too much.
Thoughts/ideas?
