Correcting this advanced Florida sun fade...

[bradleyheathhays]

Hey good ppl. I'm on the search for a used truck, and I'm finding that if I don't mind doing some paint work I can stand to get a good deal. My searches have been further down south to avoid the frame rust that's common in these trucks, but that means I'm running into some with advanced sun damage. But that's ok, because I can sand and fix peeled paint (novice), but I can't do a thing about frame rot.

This is a 2006 Silverado I'm thinking about driving to see, and I'd like to get an idea of what it's gonna take to fix the paint. You can see the entire hood and probably roof are faded/oxidized(?), as well as almost the entire passenger side bed panel. I am not a perfectionist at all compared to the usual auto body paint perfectionism standard. I just want everything to look good from ~20-30 ft away.

So, taking this restoration one section at a time, what's the process gonna look like to sand and re-coat all these panels? Orange peel is something I'd really like to avoid.

Thanks.

 

[BLM]

Looks to me like the clear coat is shot on that truck. Don't know a lot about the process but think at very least would have to wet sand the whole truck, reshoot it with clear, then cut and buff. That's a lot of work.
Think I'd rather find one that was parked in the garage so not all sun damaged. With a 20 year old truck I doubt there would be that much difference in price between a sun faded and garage kept.