started the huge task of prepping for paint, spent 3 hours yesterday with a hotsy hydro-blaster steam cleaner, and a bunch of degreaser, to get the flat black off the deuce. turns out the truck has had 2 coats of paint besides the flat black. it's initial paint was green, then at some point was painted desert storm tan, then the flat black. funny thing Ive noticed, is the inside of the cab has always been green. just the one coat. so today I started the sanding, using 80 grit sandpaper, spent all day sanding on the truck....and I mean all day. it went really well and I was able to get the whole truck done, I planned on using a red donor hard top that I picked up because my original hard top had been jumped on by who knows what, and bent the roof down....as I started sanding on the red hardtop I noticed the rear glass was not centered, so further investigation I found 2 seems where the cut down to make a smaller cab fit a deuce. only problem is, the sliding glass not being in the middle isn't original and would bother me. so I changed my plan I got a 2x4 and a 4 pound sledge and managed to get it almost perfectly smoothed out. I plan on doing some more sanding tomorrow and then shooting a coat of primer, I keep reading on SS PREP IS THE KEY TO A GOOD PAINT JOB!!!!! so that's exactly what im doing. any tips are appreciated. you guys are awesome! anybody looking for a used hard top to fit a!?!?
