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9/28/24 I’ve been stripping the cab in preparation of applying epoxy primer. I have an Eastwood Surface Conditioning tool with stripping drums and it’s working great, but going real slow (3 days and counting). In addition, I bought 4-1/2” stripping disks for my side grinder and 3” stripping disks for my 90° die grinder to help with the smaller sections the drum couldn’t reach. I’ve removed a few dents along the way and discovered a bigger concern, additional rust found under the paint on the roof. The rust is surface rust with some pock marks the drum just won’t take out. I would use a rust treatment, but it isn’t compatible with the epoxy primer.

I have a portable sand blaster that I have been using to get into the deepest of the pock marks but l would spend days getting it all. By that time I would have flash rust all over the truck.

My thoughts are to get as much of the rust out that I can and hopefully the epoxy will seal the moisture out stopping any additional rusting. I’m going to grind the affected areas with a 36 grit disk to give the epoxy some tooth to grip on.

The weather has been good with most days near 70° but I can’t count on that lasting much more. I need to get the epoxy primer on ASAP.