Hello,my daughters truck is a 89 silverado,and she wants to paint it hot pink ,it preasently a 2 tone burgendy on top of cab hood lower doors and thesame with the bed top & Bottom the rest is like a tan color is there anyway i can sand this truck and repaint over it without a primer or do you think i will have problems like bleed thru and lifting,just trying to find the cheapest and fastest way to do this being on disibility money is limited,it's going to just be an everyday driver not a show truck.Thank You Jim

hot pink will probably end up somewhat transparent... just get a good 1k or 2k grey primer from 1 of the economy paint companies ( Trinity 1945, Kirker ect... ) it will work fine

For a simple "repaint" on a late model truck, there is no way I would prime it and sand it again.

Sand it, seal it and shoot color wet on wet without sanding between sealer and paint, done deal. That is how it would be done at 99% of shops in America.

And I would use a "discount" 2K urethane sealer or epoxy sealer.

Brian

since your painting this your self you dont need to sand it down. Just get some finer grit sand paper and scuff the hell out of it so that you get through the clear. Not through the paint. Do that until the paint on the entire truck just looks dull. Then lay on about 2 or 3 thin coats besure to let them get REALLY REALLY tacky inbetween coats. Then on your last coats LAY IT ON AND ON HARD. If you get a run its ok just make it run to the bottom where it drips onto the floor and the when its dry cut it off with a razor blade. But you sshould turn out with a nice looking paint job even if its HOT PINK

If it is a two tone with a break that shows a paint line you will most certainly have to sand and prime that area for blocking or you will see where the colors were broke off if you are going single tone. Tim

Shouldn't that be cleared over from the factory? If there is a bit of a hardline, wetsand it with a firm block a bit.

" money is limited,it's going to just be an everyday driver not a show truck"

This is what I am going with. A combination of a few posts here is the way to go in my opinion. "Scuff" yeah, ok, it doesn't need to be SANDED flat or anything like that, a nice scuff with 500 and then block sand the paint line at the break of the two colors if it is going to be seen (a lot of times it is under mouldings). Just sand that area flat, no need to go too far, just flat. No need to prime it, even if you go thru, the sealer will take care of it for a "daily driver". Then seal the car, and paint the color without sanding the sealer, right there in the garage or booth "wet on wet" leaving just flash time between the two.

A few coats of base following the tech sheet application (usually three med wet coats) and a few coats of clear following the tech sheet application (usually two or three med wet coats) and you are done.

Bc/cc is the easiest in my opinion, but a SS urethane could be fine as well.

Brian

I really think it takes a little more than letting a run get chased down to the bottom and trimming it with a razor blade

Kevin.... I totally agree with you on that. Also am amazed how many inexperienced people think that you have to sand thru the clear to shoot over an original paint job.

Aaron