I plan to start doing some paint prep this weekend on both the console skins and the gunnels. I am looking for some critique on my ideal method of painting them.
For the console skins, which are previously painted very nicely, I plan to:
1: Scuff the existing paint, sand with a 120 grit on my DA, then hit it a few times more with 160 on the DA, ending up with 220 on the DA.
2: After sanding, a wipe down with some Acetone, to take off any residue or dust left from sanding.
3: Since there will be paint remaining on the console, I plan to be able to jump right into spraying the new paint on the consoles with a spray gun.
4: After a few light coats with the gun, I will let it tack up and then slowly get to full coverage, while learning how the paint likes to be sprayed.
5: Hang the skins in front of the heater to help cure the paint.
Now for what I have came up with for the gunnels:
Since posting about the gunnels earlier, I have scraped them with a sharpened 2" scraper to get the remaining carpet and adhesive to come off. This worked well, but I did not remove ALL of the adhesive, as the scraper wouldt allow me to do so. I plan to use some sort of stripper to remove all of the remaining adhesive and then I can start from scratch. BUT I had thought of seeing if the paint would stick well to the adhesive that is still on the gunnels, as it is adhered VERY well... Thoughts???
With starting from scratch, bare metal, I have come up with the following:
1: Wipe down with acetone, fill any voids or damaged areas (Previous owners attachment holes), finish the repairs, and wipe those down with acetone as well.
2: Light spraying of the SE spray can primer. (Can I buy this in quarts???) Followed with multiple light coats of the standard gray primer.
3: Start laying down the base coat of gunnel paint, thin coat, let tack, thin coat, and let tack, progressively until fully covered.
4: Let sit for 2 days in heated shop, (come back and rough up paint with 160?), in order to prep for final coat and texturing beads.
5: lay on Nice coat of top coat, sprinkle with texture beads, and put final light coat on top of beads, add remaining beads over that.
6: Let dry for a school week and come back and start re-assembly of rub rail & gunnel accessories.
I plan to use these materials:
Rustoleum Professional Enamel (Spray gun) in Gloss Sand-Color Coat for everything
Majic Self Etching Primer (spray can)
Rustoleum Gray Primer (Spray gun)
For any holes that need patching, I plan to use JB weld to fill them with a backing plate of some sort.
Non decided on what anti-skid grit to use yet. (All the options I have found are pretty pricy...)
If you see something that doesnt make sense or seems wrong, please let me know. This will be the first time I am painting something of this scale, and I do not really want to have to strip paint off something I freshly painted.
Thanks for the help so far guys! I appreciate it all!