Applying pressure pak paints (rainbow industries)

[MustangMedic]

Fellas,

After a number of years and finally enough time, I finally removed my dash to replace some globes, add the cardboard tubes, I didn't realise I needed to when I replaced the facia panel, and apply a metric speedo overlay. So to the point I suppose....I have had a flaked and cracked area of paint below the dash and above and around the column tube, so I rubbed this back today, with varying sizes of "wet n dry", applied some primer undercoat...note pressure pak.
How many coats of acrylic top coat are required to ensure an adequate finish.

If I do the doors....and they need it below the window line, do I...... use steel wool and prepsol and apply a primer undercoat or what should I be looking to do, without damaging the door texture.

Cheers,
Ash.

[Shaunp]

Use scotchbrite on the doors and don't use too much paint to fill up the grain, be sparing with the primer, Thiners will strip the doors but takes some time.

[MustangMedic]

Shaun,
What your saying is, give the affected areas, a number of wipes with the thinners prior to an undercoat, and just a very light application of primer. OK, so when applying the top coats, I just need to make sure I don't start to loose the texture.

Cheers,
Ash

[Nuts]

Remember there's nearly 50 years of grubby fingerprints on these panels. I generally use sugar soap to initially clean up all the surfaces then prepsol, sand, more prepsol, then paint. Thinners will soften the old paint, probably not a good idea unless you're going to remove the paint.