Has anyone had any experience painting over a rustoleum paint job? Looking into buying a car that has been painted in it, would like to paint the car at some point in the future if I buy it. Would the paint need to be stripped or will an automotive paint work over it without problems? This will prob decide if I purchase it or not. Thanks, George
it should be stripped... but you might get away with spraying a epoxy sealer to "lock" down the rustoleum, then spray over it.
From my understanding it's a type of akalyd enamel and tricky to paint straight over and would most likely need stripping as the auto paints won't like it.
A catalyzed paint over a non catalyzed paint is just asking for trouble. It could hold, but not likely and not worth the risk. Anyway, the rustoleum should not be too hard to sand off or strip.
Spray it with hot(SLOW DRYING) thinner maybe it will all fall off, it's going to sooner or later the sooner the cheaper!
This may be of interest to you denizens of Rustoleum. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=187515&highlight=rustoleum+corvair
From the stand point of being a painter for a living, dont do it, it will not adhere, strip it first.
I painted my 59 El Camino, first in semi gloss black Rustoleum ( i quart flat, one Quart gloss) and then 6 months later, in a cheap e bay single stage enamel candy apple red pearl. I had no intentions of this being anything more than a shiny red sealer, so i could put the chrome on it, and not look at a flat car, until someday when i might have money to do it right. I didn't have any peeling or lifting issues, but i didn't put anything more than spray bomb primer in a few spots. It is not workable. The Rustoleum is hard as a rock, and hard to work anything more than scuffing the surface. I have a decent looking 20 footer, but even after blocking the first 2 coats, it didn,t get any smoother. Strip It.
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