Thread: Ready for paint?

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Hey guys!
i just registered for this forum because i was just doing some random searching on the net for parts/ideas for my 65 ranchero project and i came across this forum. This is a great place for help and advice so i decided to join the community. so here in lies my question...


me and my father have been vigerously working on restoring a 65 ranchero that my grandfather gave to me. so far, we have welded on the tailgate, made a roll pan, shaved the door, removed all chrome, relocated the gas filler behind the driver tailight, removed the bed rail lip that the bed chrome bolts to, ect We have used alot of Metal to Metal body filler instead of Bondo because the man at the paint shop suggested its durability and life to be much more significant that bondo. Before i spray on the primer, i sand the area with 100 grit paper, then 200 grit making sure to get all the scratches off the filler, then prime. Because the filler tends to leave small pits in my finished product, i was wondering if skim filler is the answer so i dont have to reapply more filler to the area and perform more tedios sanding? can skim be applied over primer? does it have a long life? is it durrable? I was also wondering if i should even worry about the tiniest pits, because i do plan on spraying the whole car with a high build primer before applying paint. will this primer fill the spots? and i doing this all right? any suggestions? was this thread way too long???

thank you all for your more experienced responses and suggestions. Im just a 17 year old kid trying to get his truck done before his senior year is over. This is also my first time working with filler....