need help.surface rust temp. spot repainting.

[Bill K.]

If you're going to shoot epoxy, I'd skip the rust encapsulator as long as you have the rust sandblasted. For a crappy paint job, getting it down to bare metal with a quality blast job is the way to go. Don't let just anyone blast the body as they can warp panels. Get referances and talk to the guy doing the blasting to remind him how important it is to take it easy. Epoxy sealers are the way to go after blasting, then high build primer followed by color/clear.

I had my body sand blasted and then epoxy primered. For my chassis, I had it sand blasted and then I brushed on rust encapsulator. For my chassis and suspension, I used rust encapsulator as a primer and then top coated with Eastwoods Chassis Black (all aerosol or brush on). For a complete restoration, a few cans of rust encapsulator and chassis black came in very handy.