what grit of sand paper?
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DA sander works good. You could start off with an aggressive grit like a 60 or 80 to take off most of the stuff if the paint is real thick(had to do this on a 57 chevy with about 6 coats of paint on it). I usually just use some 100 or 120 though. Takes a little longer, but wont leave a bunch of scratches or remove metal around the small curves or bends.
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over 50% of the truck is covered in surface rust.....if you can find my garage theres pictures of it. I'd like to do it right but I don't have the money for paint yet so I was going to have someone primer it and paint it flat black for now until next summer unless I win the lotto!
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outlawz2004 said he used a DA sander.He used an aggressive grit like 80# & it'll take it off fast, but as he said, & I will, it's aggressive. Those aggessive scratches will need to be followed up by finer less coarse scratches. 180# will take longer but if ya miss some of those scratches it'll be easier to remove w/. yet finer scratches. So it's 80 for speed, but be warned or 180. If going coarse, use a DA or try to get your hands on a 8" DA. I call that a bondo hog.
If u have primed & only primed, moisture is attracted to that. So know u at least should go beyond that stage to prevent surface oxidizing on primer. I see round here all the time, but IDK how long before that takes to occur. Again, in TX, you're prolly drier than here. If u can't figure it out, I hate doin things twice.
U live in TX, so that surface rust could sit on there doing lil harm IMO & is only an eyesore. U don't leave in a rustbelt state where u have to worry bout rustout/ rusting thru. If u can wait, I'd do it when u have the $ the following summer like u stated.
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I watched a thing on Youtube from a show about the guys that build the GT500 eleanor for people. They find old beat up mustangs and sand them down with a Baking soda blaster. It would rip the paint right off and was soft enough to not damage the metal any.
You can check out clips of soda blasting on Youtube. very fast process. Wouldn't mind picking up a blaster one day just to have it.
You can check out clips of soda blasting on Youtube. very fast process. Wouldn't mind picking up a blaster one day just to have it.
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I'm not sure what it would cost to have the truck blasted. I live in a small town and i'm sure that there is noone here doing it. I have thought about it though... I know normal sandblasting will most likely warp the panels that's why I was curious to see what grit of sand paper to use even though it's going to be more labor intensive. not to worried about the labor part. If I use the 180 and primer the truck and leave it in my garage until I have the money for paint will it still surface rust in about a years time? Oh and thanks for all the help guys I knew someone on here would have the correct info.
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If you're in texas I'd leave it til your're ready. There's paint striping discs out there that will do a decent job on rust . I would get it as clean as possible absolutely no moisture then epoxy prime it. Keep in mind you will have to sand that epoxy thoughly and recoat before you paint it.