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| | | | Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 9 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 9 | I am finally beginning to restore the bed on my 1950 1/2 ton. I like the looks of the bed strips that do not have the bolts showing but they are polished stainless steel and I had planned to paint my strips to match the truck color. Can you paint polished stainless? If so, how?
Has anyone taken standard steel bed strips with no holes and welded bolts on the bottom to achieve the no bolt look? I am concerned that due to heat the strip ends up looking like a pretzel.
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Nick | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 709 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2001 Posts: 709 | Nick,
I used stainless steel carriage bolts to secure my bumpers, they weren't polished. Prior to prime and paint I lightly sandblasted them to "rough" them up a bit.
Bruce
Bruce
Old Toy: Ol' Betsy stock 59 Apache SB Stepside (Gone but not Forgotten)
New Toy: 1962 Impala SS Coupe
The Driver: 1990 Toyota truck
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