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Stevie, as someone who has gone through this, you will find many opinions on how the best way to go is. This is just another opinion. There are two major schools of thought out there on painting the frame. There are the many coats of primer and paint folks and there are the newer encapsulating folks. The latter being ZeroRust, POR15, Eastwood Encapsulating, etc. If you are heading for show truck, sandblast, epoxy primer, paint is the route to go. This will look the best, but is most time comsuming and expensive. If driver, like my fifty, then I would look at Zero Rust. I only say this because I did my research and went with it. Prep can be as minimal as wire brush and prep wash. It can be applied with a brush or sprayed. Two coats and you are done, unless you want to add clear coat. Recent survey I saw on this site showed Zero Rust favored over POR15, but it is a matter of preference. Zero Rust is certainly cheaper and less nasty to work with. I can buy Zero Rust at a local auto paint store. I will tell you if I made the right decision in about 5 to 10 years. Good luck,
Steve O

Oops, I forgot about the powdercoat folks. I did my wheels in powdercoat and certainly like the results. I assumed, without checking, that the cost of powdercoating frame was out of my budget. (Ha, it makes me laugh to think that the term "budget" still applies to this resto.)