Miss Kitten's debut of the "Dark Horse" inspired me to spruce up the 78 Bronco. I never have cleaned it up, much less washed & waxed it in the 3 years I've had it. But I've had an issue with surface rust on the roof, and wanted to address it before it ate thru and ended up being a problem. Last year, I sanded down the rust and applied a coat of primer to the roof. that has long since been erased from weather. so I tackled it again a few weeks ago. I tried a can of the Permatex rust inhibitor in a can, that's supposed to turn black after a few coats. I tried it in the bed on a small area, and it didn't do squat. I took some 220-grit sandpaper, then 400-grit, and worked over the rusted areas on the roof. After a final wet-sanding, I tried some cheap NAPA brand primer. IT had way too much particulates in it, and I ended up wetsanding most of it off with 400-grit to get it smooth again. I switched to Dupli-Color sandable primer, and got two good, smooth coats on last week. I then applied a thin coat of the cheap NAPA gloss black, and followed up today with two coats of Dupli-Color gloss black. my question is what to do now to even out the finish and shine it up. There's no way to get an even coat of rattlecan spray paint in a barn, and it looks like crap right now. My thoughts are to wetsand with some 1000grit and then apply two coats of clear. granted this is only a trail rig, so a show-quality paint job is not what I'm after. I just want it to look a little better, JSM84
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