Preparation for painting

When I purchased the 1955. It was already primer gray. So I just did the body work and paint it red. But the 1963 has a professional gray gloss paint job. And I am not looking forward to wet sanding the entire Jeep. I plan on painting it drab olive, and I was wondering if there was any liquid solution that would knock off the gloss suitable for painting
Doug/Tucson

 

Just rough up the existing surface and paint over it, if it's in good shape. There's no need to remove all of the old paint unless it's just wasted. You can smooth it up and patch with Bondo and glazing putty, primer it, and paint it. You'll still have to wet-sand it, but nothing like sanding the paint clear off.

I wouldn't be using any funky chemicals on it, and then trying to paint over that. That's just asking for trouble. Even chemically stripping the entire tub isn't a good idea, because the stripper gets into places where you can't get it out, and it'll attack the new paint.

 

da sander with something like 180 grit?

 

Da answer to my question is. There is no shortcut to preparation prior to painting, di is what I was afraid of!
Doug/Tucson

 

Not if you want a good-looking paint job!

 

320-400

x2

 

:iagree:

 

I have a lot of 220 wet&dry hopefully, one primer and two color coats won't show any scratch marks since it will be a flat, not gloss paint
I still wish there was a magical solution to avoid the labor of wet sanding8)
Doug