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9/17/24 Last week I picked up the bed parts from the sand blaster and sprayed them with epoxy primer.

My job today was to reattach the stake pockets back on the bed sides. The blasting revealed another rust hole under one of the stake pockets. I clamped a piece of copper under it, then welded it back to solid metal. Once that repair was made, I plug welded the stake pocket back on. The next three went on with no issues. Once I ground the welds flat and sanded the surrounding area, I used a paint brush to reapply epoxy primer to the exposed metal.