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I have painted a few tractors. Allis Chalmers WD, a D14 and a Farmall Super A. I am happy with the results using my 30 gallon air compressor and an hvlp gun. But this is my truck. I am thinking of investing in a 5 stage turbine (Eastwood or some other). How do I prep a truck for paint? How far do I need to go? Right down to bare metal everywhere? I know I need to remove all rust. But does all paint need to be removed on painted areas? If not removing paint, do I need to rough it up so new paint will stick? Outside looks decent as it was painted 20 some years ago. Inside cab is rusty on floor ceiling and behind seat, dash looks good. All paint has faded. Probably never had a clear coat. Attached are some pictures of what I will be dealing with
Many years ago I painted my '63 Fairlane 500 in my garage. Since it had 7 layers of paint, I went down to bare metal. I bought primer, paint, sticks and hats from the same place to avoid nay conflict with the paint. I used an HVLP gun I bought at Eastwood but it clogged immediately so I pulled out the $19.95 Puma gun from H.O.W. What a great finish I got on the car. I primed on Saturday and put the color on, on Sunday. Oh, I used acrylic enamel. Here are few shots of the finished car.
There are thousands of answers first you need to decide what quality of finish you will be happy with and budget . You can easily spend $1,000 + just on material .
Evey situation is different. I media blasted my entire truck down to bare metal.
did the body work, primed, base coat, clear coat. It just depends on your time, experience, budget, level of commitment.
If you are thinking about painting your self, go on you tube and the net. there are hours and hours of instruction. Go to body shop web sites, paint web sites. It would be to difficult to explain every thing here. Then PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. I used 60 gal Quincy comp., Starting line guns from Eastwood. A paint line from NAPA. And as mentioned before, expect to spend some bucks. This stuff in not cheap. I made a paint booth. Incoming air on top, exhaust air on bottom. Stick to paint and primmer materials from the same mfg. Follow their directions
That’s a nice paint booth. I made mine out of pvc pipe and plastic sheeting. It worked well. But had issues with sagging plastic as I just tossed plastic that I duct tapped together over the pvc frame. I put a box fan in a cut out close to the floor and a furnace filter on the opposite side close to the ceiling. The booth was easy to disassemble/ reassemble. It could put together in different sizes depending on what I was painting. (I need to take more pictures of things I do) If I do decide to paint truck myself, I think will build something like yours though.
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