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| | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 181 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 181 | I know virtually zero about paint and painting and even less about prep work. Myabe someday when I'm retired and have the time I will think about making my baby into a show truck, but for right now I just want to make her a sharp looking daily driver. I have the bed wood stripped off right now and noticed there is a lot of surface rust on the bed frame and in some places there are some pretty large chunks of 'flake' that need to be chipped off. I've been wire brushing and chipping away at it and painting it with OSPHO. I'm thinking for now I will just use some farm implement paint on the bed frame. I've known some cat skinners that used it on their equipment and they didn't prep anything, just sprayed it right over the sand, mud, pitch, dead bugs, whatever happened to be there and it lasted for years. I'll do a little more prepping than that, but I don't have the luxury of time to do much. Any of you have any thoughts/experience with this stuff? :confused:  :confused: :confused:
The only thing more amazing than my ability to cram 60 minutes of work into a 9 hour day is my talent for making it look effortless! My 1962 Chevy C-30 | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 13 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 13 | Why not use something like Eastwood's Rust Encapsulator? If you are wanting to just paint the frame for now this will go a long way in protecting the metal. Eastwood Rust Encapsulator | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 888 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 888 | I used a white gloss with catalyst from a Central Farm and Tractor that went out of business locally cost me $20 for the gallon.
I painted a winter rat Isuzu Trooper body work
and paint over a weekend and it looked good and lasted a couple winters............Well it looked good from the road. Paint was Quality Store brand.
Dan | | | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 181 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 181 | That's funny, I have a white Trooper also. But the implement paint I have is just some brick red rattle can stuff. Where I'm going to be using it won't show anyhow. I just want to protect the metal until I can do a frame off resto maybe five or ten years down the road.
The only thing more amazing than my ability to cram 60 minutes of work into a 9 hour day is my talent for making it look effortless! My 1962 Chevy C-30 | | | | | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 619 "MONGO" | | "MONGO" Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 619 | Dusty,
My father in law uses the implement paint from our local Oschelins on his tractors and it seems to hold up really well, Last weekend, I picked up a couple cans to hit some bad spots on my new big bolt to hopefully slow down the decay till I get the opportunity to spend real time on it.
I say go for it, if your gonna redo it in a few years anyway, having something other than exposed rusty metal rotting away should help.
Look forward to hearing how it works out for you.
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