Recommendation on Body Prep 2002 Dodge Truck

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Julian

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I have a daily driver that I bought originally, 2002 Dodge 1500 pickup White, the clear coat has been flaking off the roof and top of doors and top of bed rails. I plan to repaint the entire truck and looking for recommendation on how far should I remove the old paint where it hasnt been damaged. Should I try to sand to Bare metal everwhere or to what extent. All the panels are strait and need no body work.
My plan was to remove truck bed and tackle the bed before the main cab of the truck. The process was to 1st sand necessary panels and apply Epoxy primer 2 coats, next is where Im not sure if necessary is to apply a 2k primer and block. If panels are strait prior to Epoxy should I skip this step. If Primer and blocking necessary I would seal everything with reduced epoxy. Next would be to apply 2 or 3 coats of SPI base white same as original color and epoxy primer. Finishing with 3 coats of SPI UC with posible sanding and appying 2 to 3 more coats of UC.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as Im a hobbyist. I currently have a 24 cfm compressor and air dryer. I have a garage where I will painting once the weather warms this spring.
Thanks in advance.
 
If you have clear delamming then I would DA sand everything with 150-180grt removing the clear, if it is delamming already in spots then you can expect it to do the same later in other areas regardless of what you put over top. With that I would then spray Epoxy on and block that to remove any unseen DA sanding issues that might have turned up that you might not be able to see at the moment. I would then spray Epoxy in the color that would best resemble the color you are going to paint it with. You can either (If you layed it down smooth enough with no trash in it) go straight to paint or sand that down with 600grt prepping for paint paint.
 
DATEC said:
If you have clear delamming then I would DA sand everything with 150-180grt removing the clear, if it is delamming already in spots then you can expect it to do the same later in other areas regardless of what you put over top. With that I would then spray Epoxy on and block that to remove any unseen DA sanding issues that might have turned up that you might not be able to see at the moment. I would then spray Epoxy in the color that would best resemble the color you are going to paint it with. You can either (If you layed it down smooth enough with no trash in it) go straight to paint or sand that down with 600grt prepping for paint paint.
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The Clear thats flaking off seems to have the base attached to it as it snows white pieces whenever I open the door, most the roof is nearly down to the primer where the rest doesnt seem to be nearly as bad. This is the original paint Dodge 2002 white and been in the sun all these years. The area where the clear hasnt come off is where i didnt know how much I should sand off, down to metal, or primer etc.
 
I would go down to the lowest layer. If it stops at the primer then sand it all to the primer and start from there.
 
I have not had any luck stripping the white vehicles down to primer. For some reason half the paint blows off while the other half is really stuck. My suggestion is to strip to metal as it ends up being quicker than fighting the stuck spots. 80# 8" on a rotary buffer will work fairly quickly. Finish with 80# DA, epoxy and paint. No need for 2K if your panels are straight.
 
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