Presure washer killed my paint

[1LoC10]

made a little progress today... im not building a show stopper, just a nice driver... so its good enough for me

[1LoC10]

one more side to go... and i can be a ratrod...lol

[Chevyholic]

1LoC10, what are you using to strip the paint? I need to do this project as well, but have never attempted any bodywork. Are you using a particular coarseness of sandpaper?

Thanks!

[benoit454]

I hope you are using some self etching primer or epoxy, because if not that whole truck is gonna rust and rust FAST!!!!!!

I had some sanded down to metal spots on my monte carlo, drove it for about 3 months and it started rusting everywhere that went to bare metal, any place that was primer over paint was fine. I just used regular old spray gun primer, same as rattle can.

Epoxy primer protects the metal and so does self etching primer I'm told.

[1LoC10]

I just went to auto zone and bought a gallon of paint stripper... its like a gel, you put on with a paint brush.. waited till it bubled up and scraped it with a plastic scraper..... the primer is self etching and yes it is just a spray can...... i plan on having the truck paint this summer, and they will bring it back down to bare metal anyways

[1LoC10]

oh and after i scraped it off, i washed it off and sanded it with 280, wiped it all dry and sanded it again with 280 then sprayed it with primer.... im sure im doing something wrong, but its just a truck, im not building a show stopper

[1LoC10]

good enough for now... I should be getting the body work done in a few months and get a nice "real" prime and paint job

[1LoC10]

Whatever that is on my lower door in the pic is not really there...lol, I dont know what that is

[clay68c10]

Looks pretty good for a rattle-can job. One color of primer looks better than 4 colors of actual paint.

[sjarrett71]

Just think of the people's faces that saw the truck go into the car wash nice and shiney and then come out like that . I wonder if the car wash lost any business?