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Hello,
I hope this topic hasn't already been beaten to death, but I'm pretty new to this whole painting business and I could use some advice. Actually, a lot of advice.
Basically, my dad and I have had a 1950 Chevy 3100 pickup for 19 years (He bought it when I was born, hoping to have it on the road so I could have it as my first car. That didn't quite work out). Right now, I'm getting ready to prime the frame. We had it sandblasted about 4 months ago, but I have been working on it in the meantime. It has some penetration oil (Kroil) and surface rust on it now. I just got done grinding the rivets out yesterday (I bought a TCI rear leaf spring kit to replace the old ones), so there is also some 60-year old rust where the brackets used to be. How clean does the frame need to be to spray the SPI Epoxy primer on it? Can I just use the solvent and water-based cleaners, wipe it off, sand it with an 80 grit DA, and clean it again before I spray? Or should I sandblast it again to get rid of the grease?
Second, I'm going for a show truck look with this project. I plan on using body filler on any imperfections in the frame and boxing it. Does this plan sound reasonable? Clean and sand the frame, epoxy it, sand the edges of the frame rails so I can weld the boxing plates on, weld the plates in, re-prime with more epoxy, body filler, and two final coats of epoxy.
I'm going to a university out of town, so I only drive back home to work on the frame on the weekends and I would like to have a plan before I get back home. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
-Chris
I hope this topic hasn't already been beaten to death, but I'm pretty new to this whole painting business and I could use some advice. Actually, a lot of advice.
Basically, my dad and I have had a 1950 Chevy 3100 pickup for 19 years (He bought it when I was born, hoping to have it on the road so I could have it as my first car. That didn't quite work out). Right now, I'm getting ready to prime the frame. We had it sandblasted about 4 months ago, but I have been working on it in the meantime. It has some penetration oil (Kroil) and surface rust on it now. I just got done grinding the rivets out yesterday (I bought a TCI rear leaf spring kit to replace the old ones), so there is also some 60-year old rust where the brackets used to be. How clean does the frame need to be to spray the SPI Epoxy primer on it? Can I just use the solvent and water-based cleaners, wipe it off, sand it with an 80 grit DA, and clean it again before I spray? Or should I sandblast it again to get rid of the grease?
Second, I'm going for a show truck look with this project. I plan on using body filler on any imperfections in the frame and boxing it. Does this plan sound reasonable? Clean and sand the frame, epoxy it, sand the edges of the frame rails so I can weld the boxing plates on, weld the plates in, re-prime with more epoxy, body filler, and two final coats of epoxy.
I'm going to a university out of town, so I only drive back home to work on the frame on the weekends and I would like to have a plan before I get back home. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
-Chris