Paint job Options

[partwerks]

My car is on it's second color already, and I would like to change it from the previous owner.

I'm wondering how the body shop goes about painting over existing colors to get it to stick??

[partwerks]

Are you saying the baking soda would remove just the last layer?

Can't say at this point, but haven't heard of baking soda blasting, much less anyone in this area who would have it, but I don't know that for a fact. Sandblasting would be more readily available. Would be nice to keep the mechanical, and body side of things in close proximity to one another if I were to do it.

Would be nice to try and do everything except the cab. The only rust spot I have on it is on the passenger sail panel the size of a .50 cent piece.

[saigon71]

Are you saying the baking soda would remove just the last layer?

Can't say at this point, but haven't heard of baking soda blasting, much less anyone in this area who would have it, but I don't know that for a fact. Sandblasting would be more readily available. Would be nice to keep the mechanical, and body side of things in close proximity to one another if I were to do it.

Would be nice to try and do everything except the cab. The only rust spot I have on it is on the passenger sail panel the size of a .50 cent piece.

Man, if you're sure you only have a .50 cent piece of rust on the sail panel, blasting of any type may be overkill, but that depends on what the purpose of the car will be. I'm not sure it is necessary for a regular driver.

Same goes for the paint itself...certainly stripping it to bare metal is the best approach. But I ended up hiring a guy to spray over the factory paint and a respray. I spent some time filling and sanding imperfections out of the last layer of paint, but it turned out very nice for a 9 month daily driver.

Supplies, primer, paint and paying the guy to spray it cost me about $800.

[Evil914]

Are you saying the baking soda would remove just the last layer?

Can't say at this point, but haven't heard of baking soda blasting, much less anyone in this area who would have it, but I don't know that for a fact. Sandblasting would be more readily available. Would be nice to keep the mechanical, and body side of things in close proximity to one another if I were to do it.

Would be nice to try and do everything except the cab. The only rust spot I have on it is on the passenger sail panel the size of a .50 cent piece.

Man, if you're sure you only have a .50 cent piece of rust on the sail panel, blasting of any type may be overkill, but that depends on what the purpose of the car will be. I'm not sure it is necessary for a regular driver.

Same goes for the paint itself...certainly stripping it to bare metal is the best approach. But I ended up hiring a guy to spray over the factory paint and a respray. I spent some time filling and sanding imperfections out of the last layer of paint, but it turned out very nice for a 9 month daily driver.

Supplies, primer, paint and paying the guy to spray it cost me about $800.

I bought a small blaster that looks and works kinda like a gravity feed paint gun.Gets those crusty spots clean fast.Less than $30.Works great just make sure you don't blow any moisture out of your airlines.wet sand won't come out.