I have a black 97 F150 and the paint on the hood and roof is oxidizing. I do not want to paint the whole truck as it does spend some time offroad (4x4). I thought about line x on the whole truck but the cost was too much. I want to paint the hood and roof only. I thought about sanding these areas, priming and painting them with a satin black to match the luster of the rest of the truck. I will be doing this work myself. Any thoughts or advice?
I repainted my 1998 K3500 2 summers back. Hood and drivers fender top was loosing the clear coat due to an earlier repair job. I was going to only repaint those panels.
Then I changed my mind and did the entire truck.
I did base coat clear coat because the truck is still 99% rust free.
My time and about $1000 including new grill, headlights, tail lights, turn sinals, and spray in bed liner.
I painted inside doors and behind dually fenders.
The cost for the extra paint was not bad considering the truck was still in good shape.
I plan on driving the truck for many more years.
You can save time and money and repaint your entire with a single stage paint.
this is what i did for my dads 1986 F-150
His hood and roof was badly faded and the hood was cracking.
after sanding down and priming the hood of his truck I sanded the rest of the truck and removed paint close to the original primer. I sprayed primer where i sanded thru and feathered it out.
Then taped the truck off and did the whole truck at once. 4 coats on the truck
1 Gallon of single stage (no clear) covered the truck with about 1/3 of a the gallon left over.
Single stage will oxidze faster because there is no clear.
But for a quick one paint job single stage paint is fast and inexpensive.
you can buy all the paint at once and have no worries about color match. and do panel by panel as you have time also.
8 years later this summer I just buffed out the paint on my dads 1986 and shined it up for him.
Its not perfect but nice for a woods beater.
Sanding and taping off is the time consuming part of the job. spraying only takes a short time.
might want to consider panel by panel as time permits if you really like the truck.
Tom