camo31_10.50

ok so since im going to rattle can my truck to decide which color i want to paint it..

would i need to sand through the clear coat completely???? or could i just rough up the surface perty good and start layin coats down???

once i decide which color i want to do...i'll sand the truck down to basecoat..primer it..then bascoat it..then clear coat it!..so i will do it right eventually..but to save on material costs..im going to rattle can it first!..thanks in advance guys!!

MuddinRI

Sand the whole truck with at least 400 wet... then paint... and ya make sure your through the clear or it will peel.

camo31_10.50

on my last truck ('80 4x4) i just roughed up the surface and sprayed..and it didnt ever peel..and it still isnt peeling..and that was 2 years ago

MuddinRI

ok... then do it. you ask how and if you needed to get the clear off which you do. clear does weir off after 29yr lol so that could be why it stuck fine

OrRunner

iTrader: (1)

are you just sanding an painting a part to see what the color would look like on your rig? if so i would just paint a piece of white card board or just sand a single spot down and paint that. when you go to paint the whole truck, bonding the paint to the surface is the very importat, so like stated above i would sand all of the clear off and then rough up the old base pretty good, this should give you a good bonding surface.

camo31_10.50

HAHAHA...took a look at some old pics of when i first got my '80..and realized that it was already rattle-canned camouflage..soooooo..

guess ill get back to takin all the clear coat off my truck..lmao

firsttimer

hi i am a pro painter of 19 yrs get some 600 grit paper or 3m gray scotch brite pad and scuff the clear,you do not have too sand off the clear to the base coat,anything less than 600 you will see all your scuff marks since spray can paint is very thin paint'

camo31_10.50

ok so hold up???..

do i REALLY need to go through the clear or not??..

remember this is only temporary..

im going to be painting it THE RIGHT WAY in like..8 months or so..im just going to paint the whole truck white right now..to get a feel for the color on whether or not i like it..

im also going to paint it black too..again to get a feel for the color..

i think the clear will hold for another 8 months..lol..i'll just rough it up

OrRunner

iTrader: (1)

seems weird that you would not need to take off the clear at all, firttimer, i am not saying that i know for sure, but it seems like it would not be a good bonding surface to paint over the clear even if its roughed up with a 600. can you explain how this would work? would the clear start chipping over time even with the rattle can on top?
Thanks (just painted my first truck and still learning, like to ask q's to understand)

93 runner

you do not need to sand all the clear off to get paint to stick just use 600 like he said make sure everything is sanded and there is no shiny spots . good luck

iamsuperbleeder

yeah I don't see any issues with the rattle can paint sticking to the clear coat, SO LONG AS YOU ROUGH UP THE CLEAR COAT

Trustyrusty

you only need to rough the clear, if anyone tells you any different they're a friggin idiot, kinda like those homo ricers that primer their WHOLE car, you dont need to, primer is only used to give the paint something to hold to other then bare metal or sealer. and to fill small imperfections if yer lazy and hate glazing putty like me...

Trustyrusty

also make sure you do amazing prep work or both your rattle can jobs will peel when you paint over it with actual auto paint and it'll look like SHAT! BEWARE!

highway

as others have said just rough up the clear. I always wipe down the paint before and after sanding with some wax and grease remover.