Truck Restoration question

[justjeepin86]

I have a pretty specific question about how a cab should be handled after blasting.

My cab was blasted and immediately epoxy primed. It went to my body guy a while back. The first time i stopped by the cab was in the shop corner. I could tell it had sat outside in the rain. Fast forward weeks later it had stayed inside to the best of my knowledge. I stopped back by Friday afternoon and it was sitting outside with his shop full. He wasn't there. I could tell it's been there for a bit. He works on anything old auto related, so the expectation was that this would take a while with him fitting work on my truck in here and there. So this isn't about time.

Is it OK for my cab to sit in the weather? I can see some streaks coming from in between panels whe water has been in between. Do i have too much of an expectation for my stuff to not be in the weather?

 

[YotaOnRocks]

From my understanding epoxy primer has to be resprayed with epoxy primer after sitting for a while before coating with something else but it is an excellent coating and should have your cab well protected

 

[R Q]

Primer is primer, It's not a in a final coat and we live in the South. It will rust again.

 

[justjeepin86]

Yeah, most everything i have read says that epoxy holds up to water intrusion. But, the rust stains coming out from where panels fit together can't be denied. What a pisser.