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Greetings body and paint gurus. I'm in the process of restoring my 1961 f100 flareside. The truck was originally white but has been repainted resale red. The bed/box needed quite a bit of work so I'm planning on media blasting, epoxy priming to seal and then redoing body work before having it painted a new color. The cab is in great shape, with only a few spots of peeling paint and only two of those are located where they are visible. I'm tempted to scuff and re-shoot even though it would be a third layer of paint. It would be a no brainer if the second layer wasn't adhering so well. What do you recommend I do. Any and all opinions would be appreciated. Tim
[qote] It would be a no brainer if the second layer wasn't adhering so well. What do you recommend I do. Any and all opinions would be appreciated. Tim[/quote]
You have it right.
Only time I would strip to bare metal is if what you are painting over is not sticking to it's base, have rust marks starting to come thru and a lot of coats of paint and want to get back to crisp body lines.
On my 81 F100 flare side it had a few paint jobs in the factory colors and then a flat black over them.
When I got into it I found that rust was under old body filler making it check so it had to go to bare metal then treat the rust with an acid to kill it.
I then did what was needed for the body work up to painting.
Went from this
to this in 4 years
I did all the work myself
Dave ----
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