Advice from the Tribe--Order of Ops Options

[bkrantz]

Please weigh in with advice and suggestions. I need to make some decisions and then organize my procedures and materials.

If you have been following my restoration thread, you know I have been cutting out rust and welding in new and used sections. With some luck, I may get to the end of this in another month.

Then here are the remaining steps (suggest any I have forgotten), but not necessarily in this order:

Paint stripping from all or most surfaces inside and out (contemplating dustless blasting by a reputable local vendor). The stripping should also remove any remaining bondo.

Treatment of freshly-stripped metal.

Treatment of any external panels that still show surface rust.

Treatment of internal cavities for rust.

Metal work to straighten external panels (right rear fender, front left fender, rear panel) as much as possible.

Body filler and filing.

Primers (assuming at least epoxy primer and high-build primer).

Seam sealant, both spray-on and brush-on.

Final surface prep and primer/sealer.

Color paint (probably single stage).


Besides the final paint, which obviously comes last, I have read conflicting ideas about what goes under or over what, and especially what goes on top of raw metal.