Painting questions, order of operations for a long restore Options

[obscurity]

I have been looking for the appropriate order fo oprerations to use as I restore my car. It will be a long process of fixing one area priming and moving on. My understanding right now is as follows(I encourage any comments):

These steps are during the fixing process:
1. Rust convertor (Ospho or POR15) (will these work under epoxy primer?)
2. Epoxy Primer (may not go well over ospho - should this be a rattle can of etching primer if so who makes a good one? (A rattle can would make things easier since I am doing small areas and I don't want to load up a paint gun every time I need to spray a few square feet)

Then once every thing is fixed:
3. Sand/media/baking soda blast car (leaning toward baking soda)
4. Etching wash primer (is this necessary if I blast the car)
5. Epoxy Primer
6. Basecoat (thinking of using Deltron 2000 but not really sure if PPG is the right answer)
7. Clearcoat

Does this look overly complicated?
Is PPG a good brand? I have also looked at Sikkens but can't find much about their options on their web page.

I have been reading many of the popular rustorations posts but it is often hard to follow what order they are doing things in.


Any help will be greatly appreciated,

[charliew]

True on the rattle can paint. Just spray a metal prep on the bare metal and rewipe it if a small amount of rust reappears. You could put epoxy primer on it but you will need to scuff it and apply some more when you start the bodywork. DO NOT put por15 on it on the outside where it will be covered with a shiney top coat. Maybe the inside tub after a marine clean type wash and rinse and then some ospho followed by a rinse.

Eastwood just came out with a spray on phosporic coating and they have a video showing it's use. I think it's called After Blast, it comes in gallons. The video is showing it used on a bare frame and thats a good place to use it. I'm not sure about under primers and sealers and top coats but it seems like a good product even for the top side.

Be careful on wiping blasted metal that the rag doesn't hang it's fibers and leave lint on the metal surface and you paint over it.