Its finaly time for me to strip and paint the old bird... waited quite awhile for this. The first on many questions im sure ill have is how exactly, after i strip the paint off of, do i prevent it from rusting? I know this might kinda be a simple answer of "dont let any moisture get on it" but, its going to be sitting in a shed until the time comes to have it painted. So, is there anything i should put on it? Like maybe oil or some kind of rust preventor?
One more thing... how do you get the interior door panels off???
Don't put oil on the body!!! You'll have a tough time getting it out of the pores prior to painting. How long will the body sit before paint hits it?
If it's just a few days Eastwood sells a product called "Metal Prep" that inhibits flash rust for a couple of weeks. It works really well and requires no clean-up prior to painting.
If it's going to sit for a month or two and the garage is dry you can use an etching primer on it. Sherwin Williams makes a great one - check with your painter to make sure he has no problems with it. He shouldn't.
If it's going to sit for a month or two and the garage is damp, you'll have to spray primer and a sealer coat. Get some ventilation in that garage.
If it's going to sit for more than a few months I'd just wait and perform the chemical stripper closer to the paint date. Hope this helps.
I second the etching primer by Sherwin Williams it great stuff. My car was worked on in the bottom of our barn wich gets very damp. It went a whole year with just the etching primer and had very little to no rust. Bare metal in my barn would normaly rust in a few day. Be sure to mix it really well or it will come out like silly string.
so is this epoxy primer the actual primer that the paint will go on or is it only a temporary thing? I was gonna have it painted by a pro because id hate to screw something that important up. If the primers something i cant screw up, then i might try it... other than that the metal prep stuff is sounding pretty good.
Just go to www.sherwin-automotive.com and pull up the product data sheets for the primer. It tells the mix ratio's and the time between priming and top coat. You will typically use an etching primer on bare metal and then primer over that. You will not have any problems with recoating after sitting - you will just need to scuff the primer and shoot one more coat and then go back over with your basecoat/clearcoat.
If you need to find an S-W Automotive Finishes store close to you then send me a private message and I will get a contact in your area. I should also be able to find a reputable S-W shop close to you that will do the final painting for you.
