paint prep question
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Racer
Joined: Jul 2000
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From: Arlington Wa
paint prep question
I am doing a color change on an 86. The interior and doors have been gutted. I would like to paint the interior floorboards, rear hatch area and inside the doors with a SS. What is the minimum prep work I should need to do before painting these areas?
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it depends on what is already there? why paint the floorboards?
they will be covered by carpet,
spend your time installing heat/sound deadner instead.
they will be covered by carpet,
spend your time installing heat/sound deadner instead.
Instructor
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Beaumont TX
I just replaced the carpet in my '80. As I knew the carpet had gotten wet from time to time I was prepared to find rust. Surprisingly I found nothing but a little surface rust. We first washed the area with some detergent to remove any grease. After that I removed all the loose rust with a wire brush wheel on a drill. The final step was to cover those spots with Eastwood's Rust Encapsulator which is essentially a spray pint that kills rust. Check their anti-rust products out here: http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?i...ORY&itemID=372
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
