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Old 05-20-2010, 12:49 PM
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rust control.. :) pics as allways
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more later

Didnt realize i was outa paint
 
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Old 05-20-2010, 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 05-20-2010, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by tarajerame
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 05-20-2010, 01:29 PM
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i wire brushed the frame and heavy rust just cleaned the well
 
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Old 05-20-2010, 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 05-20-2010, 03:30 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
 
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Old 05-20-2010, 03:33 PM
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What kind of paint did you use?
 
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Old 05-20-2010, 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 05-20-2010, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Dream150
What kind of paint did you use?
rust tough

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all i wanted was a better look
 
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Old 05-20-2010, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by ford4life.
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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

just because you painted over it doesn't mean it's not there
 
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Old 05-20-2010, 04:04 PM
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no that means it was never there ! DUH
 
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Old 05-20-2010, 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 05-20-2010, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by doug435
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 05-20-2010, 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 05-20-2010, 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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