Thin paint and surface rust
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Thin paint and surface rust
Hello all;
This is my first post so please be patient with me. I have a '66 F250 with what seems to be the original paint. As you can well imagine the paint has gotten pretty thin, particularly on the hood and roof. What is the best way to deal with surface rust? I read a couple of posts after doing a search but they were talking about fixing holes and replacing panels. My truck isn't that bad off (yet). What I would like to do is "patch" the problem areas now, then have the entire truck painted in the next 6-8 months. I'd like the patches to not cause a problem when I have the whole thing painted.
Thanks for your help.
Gary
Washington State
This is my first post so please be patient with me. I have a '66 F250 with what seems to be the original paint. As you can well imagine the paint has gotten pretty thin, particularly on the hood and roof. What is the best way to deal with surface rust? I read a couple of posts after doing a search but they were talking about fixing holes and replacing panels. My truck isn't that bad off (yet). What I would like to do is "patch" the problem areas now, then have the entire truck painted in the next 6-8 months. I'd like the patches to not cause a problem when I have the whole thing painted.
Thanks for your help.
Gary
Washington State
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Welcome to the forum!
great bunch of people and experience in here.
Im sure the people with the answers will be in here soon, if not tonight, then tomorrow.
they will help you make it into whatever you want..
have a great night.
great bunch of people and experience in here.
Im sure the people with the answers will be in here soon, if not tonight, then tomorrow.
they will help you make it into whatever you want..
have a great night.
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Best advice I can give is to sand the rust and thin paint to have a surface for some primer or paint to stick to until you are done patching then prep it for the paint job you want.
Welcome to the board. You'll find a lot of useful info all over the place.
Welcome to the board. You'll find a lot of useful info all over the place.
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For an example my Parklane had a large scuff mark from the previous owners wife who couldn't make turns in a big car. Through my Cougar forum I found out about "paintscratch.com" which can supply color matched paints for any car. I got a can of seafoam green and a can of their primer to handle an area of about 1 sq. ft. The cans were 24.95 each and they did a damn good job as I am not ready to paint the whole big boat just yet. Still have plenty left so there is one way to match your color in a more professional way to hold you over.
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Gary, Welcome to the Nations Truck Stop 
I doubt anything that you do will make a lot of difference for 6-8 months. My suggestion is find the paint shop that you plan on using and talk to them. They may let you work on it or tell you to not bugger up what they will be working on.
just a thought
John
I doubt anything that you do will make a lot of difference for 6-8 months. My suggestion is find the paint shop that you plan on using and talk to them. They may let you work on it or tell you to not bugger up what they will be working on.
just a thought
John
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