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My 78 was originally yellow. I know this because of many obvious clues.
Somewhere down the road they painted it red, and did a horrible job.
some areas I can just rubb the red off and expose the yellow.

My question is: How can I continue to rubb this red paint off to expose the original yellow? Would I just use some kind of compound on an electric buffer?

Has anyone done this before?

thanks

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78' LUV Mikado, Old

Wet sanding???

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Maybe A Little Thinner and A Rag or A Scotch Bright Pad, I Dunno I Have Been Dealing With Paint For Years And Never Tried Only Removing One Layer Of Paint. Most Of The Time You Either Sand It Down To Blend Or Down To The Metal. So I Don't Really Know....Thinner Should Help If Its Really That Bad. Wet Sanding Would Require Either Buffing After You Got It Down To Yellow or Most Likely Respraying. If The Yellow Is In Real Good Condition You May Can Just Shoot A Coat Of Clear. But I Would Suggest Either Trying Thinner To Save It...Or Down To Metal To Repaint. You Will Also See How Solid A Truck You Really Have This Way.

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Just a thought, I never met anyone who has repainted thier vehicle just because they wanted it a different color, esp if ALL the original paint was in good shape. I have a feeling you will be spending A LOT of work trying to get the red paint off (which will be near impossible) to find out the yellow underneath looks even worse then the red did. (bondo spots and who knows what else will be under the red, esp if you said they did a horrible job on the paint, usually the body work is even worse)

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I think any body work was done

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78' LUV Mikado, Old

I agree...I think if you use paint thinner it will take all the paint off..if nothing else will curdle under the first layer. I say just take it down to bare metal and start over.

I Figured That Aswell....But I Was Saying It Would Be Worth A Try...But I Too Doubt It Would Work

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if you're willing to do alot of work... a buffer, some rubbing compound, and alot of elbow grease will probly do the trick. but it will be dull and you'll have to shoot it clear to get any kind of a shine out of it. plus as the other guys said you're probly gonna find some body work or surface rust under it. you're saving grace here is that the red is probly rattle canned on and therefore is much thinner than the factory paint so you'll get it off with some paint under it remaining. good luck if you try it

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I was thinking of the deoxidizing compound and a buffer. Im not expecting to get a quality out of this. Mostly just curious and hoping it will look better than the thin red.

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78' LUV Mikado, Old

stubble.. i had a '68 GTO that someone had primered over the factory red and it was wearing through.. i went to a auto paint supplier and got some very, very fine grit wet/dry paper and basically wet sanded the car until just a hint of the black primer remained. Then I got a buffer and some rubbing compound and buffed the whole car and followed that with a lot of polishing... it looked pretty good considering where i started at, but you need to take into consideration the amount of time involved, the labor and the fact the yellow underneath may be crappy or like others on here have said.. there may be some hidden repairs under the red...

So true about the hidden repairs. I will keep my fingers crossed for you.