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OK, you folks that have more experience than me, here is what I have: a cab with rusty floorboards and bondoed corners, I want to have the cab soda blasted, rusted/bondoed sheet metal cut out and new panels welded in, and cab primed and painted. My question is, in what order should all this be accomplished? Should I cut and weld first then soda blasted, or the opposite? If the opposite, I will need to transport from the blaster to the welder, should I be concerned over the bare metal being exposed to the elements and forming rust? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

I like to do as much of the cutting and welding mounted on the frame before the body is blasted.The way you should be doing the body work now you could have it blasted first and then selfetch primer it.All your bodyfiller should be put on over the etch primer NOT to the bare metal as was thought years ago.So.....its up to you if you get it blasted it must be primed pronto(like the day its blasted).

I heard you can't put filler over etch primer. It may depend on the manufacturer but that is the consensus. It seems epoxy primer would be better.