I used a preasurized sand blater with 40-60 Black Diamond blasting media on parts that were badly rusted then treated with Jensco metal prep rust neutralizer. Then block sanded the part after the rust neutralizer dried. On parts that were rusted but not as bad. I used a 4 1/2" electric grinder with a flap disc or wire btush. And treated the part again with Jensco and block sanded. the sand blasting will tell you the truth about how bad the rusted part really is. here is a pic of part of the cab floor on my 55 2nd series truck after a sand blasting
[IMG]http://inlinethumb15.webshots.com/50638/2411304260107361323S600x600Q85.jpg[/IMG] And here is a pic of the whole cab before i sand blasted it
[IMG]http://inlinethumb22.webshots.com/51093/2352216930107361323S600x600Q85.jpg[/IMG] Here is the cab after I and blasted and treated with Jensco and then primed
[IMG]http://inlinethumb26.webshots.com/48857/2884341530107361323S600x600Q85.jpg[/IMG] here is a pic of the truck before blasting and sanding
[IMG]http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/49335/2188604530107361323S600x600Q85.jpg[/IMG] here is one of it before the paint and bed was put on.
[IMG]http://inlinethumb32.webshots.com/49375/2052370630107361323S600x600Q85.jpg[/IMG] some folks will tell you that the preasurized sand blaster that you can buy from Tractor Supply is to small to do the job. Well as you can see by the pictures it does the job well. And for $140 it is well worth getting. The Black Diamond blasting media runs $7.99 a bag. But if you put a thick tarp under what you are blasting you can use the sand twice. To do all the sand blasting on the 55 2nd series project. I used 10 bags total. The flap disc you can pick up on Ebay by the 10 pack for around $12.00.
