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Old May 20, 2010 | 12:49 PM
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rust control.. :) pics as allways
before





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more later

Didnt realize i was outa paint
 
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Old May 20, 2010 | 12:57 PM
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did you forget to sand it before you painted it?????



the wheel liners are supposed to be smooth, I wish I had taken pics of my green truck before I left...
 
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Old May 20, 2010 | 01:23 PM
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did you forget to sand it before you painted it?????



the wheel liners are supposed to be smooth, I wish I had taken pics of my green truck before I left...
i wire brushed the frame and heavy rust just cleaned the well
 
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Old May 20, 2010 | 01:29 PM
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i wire brushed the frame and heavy rust just cleaned the well
 
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Old May 20, 2010 | 02:35 PM
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all thats doing is trapping the rust under the paint. whatever is under now it just going to spread.
 
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Old May 20, 2010 | 03:30 PM
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all thats doing is trapping the rust under the paint. whatever is under now it just going to spread.
well good thing theres no rust on my wheel wells
 
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Old May 20, 2010 | 03:33 PM
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What kind of paint did you use?
 
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Old May 20, 2010 | 03:46 PM
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Well you probably wont win any blue ribbons at the truck show but I'm sure it looks damn fine goin' down the road.
 
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Old May 20, 2010 | 03:48 PM
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What kind of paint did you use?
rust tough

johnnyd

all i wanted was a better look
 
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Old May 20, 2010 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by MmmBuckles
all thats doing is trapping the rust under the paint. whatever is under now it just going to spread.
well good thing theres no rust on my wheel wells

just because you painted over it doesn't mean it's not there
 
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Old May 20, 2010 | 04:04 PM
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no that means it was never there ! DUH
 
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Old May 20, 2010 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by ford4life.
rust tough

johnnyd

all i wanted was a better look
Exactly, and you got it
 
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Old May 20, 2010 | 04:13 PM
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no that means it was never there ! DUH

well i did the wells because i was doing the frame.. now it looks better also
 
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Old May 20, 2010 | 06:00 PM
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Next time try some POR-15.

Other than that, looks decent. I need to do this to mine as well.
 
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Old May 20, 2010 | 06:10 PM
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Next time try some POR-15.

Other than that, looks decent. I need to do this to mine as well.
im cheap
 
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