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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Re: Stripping Body Panels to Bare Metal
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Where you have multiple layers of "tightly adhered" coatings, you are safe to prime and paint. Where you have repairs to body, grind to bare metal and start there if and where possible. Tightly adhered body filler from an earlier repair is ok to leave it alone unless you think the repairman did a crappy job of it in the first place and you think you can get better metal work done. A good high build urethane primer will help for sure. I won't recommend any brand (as some are on here it seems selling "their" brand) but will leave that to you to decide. There are many good brands and products to choose from. I recommend finding a good body shop paint supply store and getting to know the guys there. They will be far more help to you as you go through your project. The ugly bed onced smoothed out of any paint ridges from painting over damaged areas will turn out nicely if the proper care and products are used. When it comes to grit selection (and other product technical application questions) always refer to the manufacturer's technical data sheet (TDS) as it will tell you exactly what to do. Don't mess with success... follow the TDS! Good luck with your truck... please post pictures.
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