Trunk Paint

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gerahead

gerahead

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I have completed the stripping and priming of the passenger compartment and am ready to start on the trunk area. I have pressure washed the trunk with a degreaser. I intend to wire wheel the whole works and media blast the areas where there is surface rust. What do I do to clean the drop off areas so that I can (epoxy) paint? My initial plan was to clean as best I can the areas that I can reach with a scratch pad, squirt it and hope for the best.

What has worked for you guys? Thanks.

Jim
 
The best results I've had in a trunk was to cover it with carpet, using mastic, the kind of glue you use to hold down linolium tiles. Sounds kind of cheezy, but I used some left-over house carpet that was the exact color of the exterior of the car. The carpet was just deep enough to hide all the seams and looked really good when done. I've tried roll-on truck bed coating - sucked. I've tried "speckled" trunk paint - sucked. I think almost anything will work if you take your time (I didn't), do the prep work (I didn't) and buy good materials (I didn't). If you do all that and it still looks like crap, cover it with mastic and stick on some carpet.
 
These tips will be helpful if the paint doesn't work out, but I want to paint it and get the best quality job that I can.

Jim
 
I had an automotive paint supply order the correct zolatone (sp?) paint then I had a body shop spray the trunk for me, didn't cost much and came out good.
 
I had my trunk coated with truck bed liner tinted the color of the. It matches the paint very nicely.

Good luck with your decision.

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gerahead said:
I have completed the stripping and priming of the passenger compartment and am ready to start on the trunk area. I have pressure washed the trunk with a degreaser. I intend to wire wheel the whole works and media blast the areas where there is surface rust. What do I do to clean the drop off areas so that I can (epoxy) paint? My initial plan was to clean as best I can the areas that I can reach with a scratch pad, squirt it and hope for the best.

What has worked for you guys? Thanks.

Jim
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The turned down areas from outer wheel lip down to the rear quater are nearly impossible to clean or paint. You can flush it out with soap and water , then let it dry and blow it out good with comressed air too.
Finally you can put a rust converter like One Step or Neutral-Rust in a trigger spray bottle to apply in all those unseen areas. Or a small sponge on a long handle will work. The pump spray works great on the rearward underside of the trunk lid. I'll climb in the trunk and lower the lid when nessesary.
Anything you do will be better than what the factory id in some unseen places, which was nothing. have fun.
 
scuba0331 said:
I had my trunk coated with truck bed liner tinted the color of the. It matches the paint very nicely.

Good luck with your decision.
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I too am thinking of either painting, truck bedliner'ng, or carpeting my trunk. Scuba...if you don't mind me asking, how much did the bedliner spray cost you to have put in?
 
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