help with interior prep please.

[el_guapo]

Hey there. My name is Anthony and I recently picked up a 61 shortbed fleet side big window.
The truck needs allot of love but am starting with the interior. The inside is plain nasty as its scratched up and about 4 different colors inside haha.
My questiion is am I ok prepping the interior with cheap flat black spray paint? My fear is that down the road when im ready to paint the truck that this cheap paint would not allow a real automotive paint or primer to cure.
I would like to get the interior at least uniform for the moment and hoping I can get away with it.
This would not act as a primer down the road, just a way to help make the interior half presentable.

Thanks guys.
Anthony
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[markeb01]

Your fear is well founded. Most hardened automotive paints cannot be applied over cheap spray paint. The rattle can paint won’t prevent the hardened paint from curing, more likely the catalyzed paint will lift the cheap paint similar to paint remover.

The quick cheap job might be nice for now, but pretty much it will all have to come off before good paint can be applied, and sanding down one of these cabs is a lot of work. A better long term solution would be to prep the cab and shoot it with epoxy primer in a color of your choice, which will last indefinitely and provide a great base for future quality paint.

[el_guapo]

Thank you for the reply, what about a aerosol "automotive" primer? http://www.rustoleum.com/cbgproduct.asp?pid=37
Also here is an epoxy areosol http://m.grainger.com/mobile/details/?R=3ZHX9
I ask because I am not able to spray with a compressor in the garage that im in, if this isnt a good idea either I will simply sand off the nasty stuff even to remove scratches and help prep this way. I plan on painting in 1 year btw. Thank you again for the guidance
Anthony
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[el_guapo]

After more research I understand I need to be patient and do this the right way. Rattle can primer wont cut it. Thanks again.
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[theastronaut]

The two part epoxy aerosol would work but it wouldn't be much more to pay someone to shoot a real epoxy vs buying enough of those $37 buck spray cans to cover the entire interior. That also isn't high build so it won't fill in the scratches you have. Ideally, it would be best to get the cab completely prepped- cleaned, sanded to an appropriate substrate (like the OG paint or bare metal), any filler work done and feather edged, then a coat of epoxy followed by atleast 2-3 coats of high build. Wetsand the high build with 500-600 grit and you're ready to paint. You'll also gain a new appreciation for body men and have a better understanding of why paint jobs cost so much.

If you can get the interior sanded down and prepped for primer it shouldn't cost an arm and leg to have someone to spray the epoxy and high build. Those epoxy spray cans are $37 each plus shipping and I bet you'd need atleast five of them to get full coverage. That puts you at around $200 by time it's shipped to you and that's only for epoxy- not high build. That $200 would go a long way in paying someone to spray both epoxy and high build.
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[pdxhall]

Eastwood has the rattle can epoxy for a little cheaper than was mentioned but still spendy. If you had a small project or just some bare metal spots you needed to get covered it will work, but for a big job I would agree that you should get it all prepped how you want it and then hire somebody to spray it for you if you don't have the means.