Painting when snow is gone.

[|SkidRow|]

Well, I have a '92 4 door XL and I will be painting (with rattle cans, or I might get a spray gun, in time) Currently, the X is "sun treated red" as I like to call it and it is starting to chip and is faded all around, mostly the hood and was wondering what the best way to go about it, would be. Should I sand to bare metal, or would I be able to get away with going over the old paint, it will be the same color, just better looking, hopefully. Any helpful tips would be appreciated; I have a lot of time to come to a conclusion as to what I will be doing. I was going to camouflage the vehicle and sell it as a trail rig, but I thought I'd keep it, until some type of catastrophic failure happens, that is way out of my budget to fix. It is my DD and it has really grown on me and will be looking for another X after this one is done for, but with less body work or rust repair needed.

Thanks in advance!



|SkidRow|

 

[little x]

You can scuff up the old paint and spray right on top of it.

 

[unclemeat]

I painted mine a few years ago with auto paint and spray gun. The prep is the hard part. We stripped it down to primer, reprimed, then base and clear.

 

[hotkarl]

Are you absolutely sure it needs a paint job?
You'd be amazed at what can be done with some professional detailing, especially with reds, they fade different than most colors, but with a good detailing, can be brought back to almost new condition. I've saved tons of paint jobs over the years with a buffer and some wetsanding. It's worth a try, I've had customers flat out tell me I don't know what I'm talking about and the paint is absolutely shot, until they actually see the results. Just something to think about...

 

[|SkidRow|]

Are you absolutely sure it needs a paint job?
You'd be amazed at what can be done with some professional detailing, especially with reds, they fade different than most colors, but with a good detailing, can be brought back to almost new condition. I've saved tons of paint jobs over the years with a buffer and some wetsanding. It's worth a try, I've had customers flat out tell me I don't know what I'm talking about and the paint is absolutely shot, until they actually see the results. Just something to think about...

Here is a pic around the area that I had to fiberglass my gas cap area and you can see how faded it is.

I would say that it needs a paint job, although, I could try to buffer it and see if that works first, thanks for the tip.

 

[unclemeat]

Lol

 

[|SkidRow|]

Lol

Thanks lol.

Well, I picked up some Cut Polish since it was nice and sunny out and it was like magic. Nice and shiny, but still have some tiny rock chips. Now that it is in good order, I was thinking of putting some box liner on the bottom half (Where my Rock Panels used to be) and where the rust shows a lot. Can I just spray right over the old paint? I didn't polish it and it's a PITA to clean, since any cloth or sponge will get caught on the metal and paint.

This is before:

and here is After:

I will also be spraying my grille to a flat black, maybe. Still thinking and a lot of options are out there. I'd like to line the whole under side of the X, below the trim and all around; sound like a good idea?

 

[hotkarl]

It needs to be prepped before painting for the best adhesion. Sand it well, and make sure it is free of any grime, grease, etc...