nerdwrench87
Active Member
Hi all, so I decided to fix the cracked paint on my 01 expy, I took the paint to bare metal on half of the decklid because I'm lazy and underestimated how much work it would take. I primered it myself and it turned out GREAT. It shocked me the quality of it out of a spraycan.
but the auto paint in a can..... tsk that's a different story. I am going to have it professionally sprayed, since I don't have the correct tools to spray basecoat. The roof came out GREAT, but this...not so much. however, I do have questions
do I have to take the entire panel down to bare metal, or can I fill the "ridge" with extra coats of primer filler and blend it in?
How long do I have between primer and actually spraying the basecoat?
how many coats of primer is too much?
granted its an old truck, I don't need it perfect. I just want it to look pretty good and not like a POS.
heres a pic of it right now.
but the auto paint in a can..... tsk that's a different story. I am going to have it professionally sprayed, since I don't have the correct tools to spray basecoat. The roof came out GREAT, but this...not so much. however, I do have questions
do I have to take the entire panel down to bare metal, or can I fill the "ridge" with extra coats of primer filler and blend it in?
How long do I have between primer and actually spraying the basecoat?
how many coats of primer is too much?
granted its an old truck, I don't need it perfect. I just want it to look pretty good and not like a POS.
heres a pic of it right now.
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