My '04 SCAB is starting to show it's age with rust on the frame. Most likely this is being caused by living on a gravel road, and the frame being sandblasted every time I drive (no salt....farm country).

What is the best/easiest way to remediate this rust? Would it just be easiest to remove the bed and attack everything with a wire brush & flapper wheel on a grinder? What should I re-paint with? I can probably only afford a rattle-can or brush on finish and not a professional job (although I will get quotes if that is a highly recommended solution).

At this point, I believe the rust is entirely superficial and not structural.

 

POR 15 is expensive but one of the best paints around. Knock the lose stuff off and brush it on nice and thick.

 

Damn. I would have thought that truck was from the 80's if you had not mentioned the year. Good luck at getting it fixed. I want to find something I can preserve my frame with. Lots of salt where I live.

 

I was born and raised in Ill. and I can tell you for a fact, BEFORE they started salting the roads you DID NOT have that kind of rust problem. They used cinders from the power plants (They pretty much all used coal) or wherever else they might use large amounts of coal for commercial fuel. They saved the ash (cinders) all year around and then used a spreader in the winter to cover the roads for traction. (only hard top roads, not gravel) That kind of rust simply didn't exsist then. You may not think you're getting winter salt, but you are somewhere.

 

I agree with a.desisto. POR15 is a great product for rusted surfaces. Just clean off the loose rust and paint over it. I had an old corvette a few years ago and POR15 was used by many other owners on rusted frames. It's not as cheap as spray cans, but it will stand up much better.

 

I haven't seen any 04+ 150's that bad!

POR15 is good stuff if applied correctly.

 

Mine's not quite that bad but it's close. I'll be using POR 15 this spring, (Probably in May).

I POR15ed the frame on my Monte Carlo. It went on very well. I bought a kit that included the cleaner and surface prep from Eastwood Company.

It's pretty expensive but you can't beat the quality when prepped and applied correctly. I highly recommend investing in a good mask when you're using these products. I know it's worse if you use the spray vs. brush on, but either way, you don't want this crap in your lungs lol.

Here's what I bought:
Marine Clean: http://www.ebay.com/itm/POR-15-Marin...item35c50af141
Metal Ready Prep: http://www.ebay.com/itm/POR-15-Metal...item56537a31f6
Por15 Black: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-POR-15-B...item56538540f7

This stuff is really awesome. On the areas of the frame that I did on my Monte Carlo, it cleans up really easily and dried on really, really hard, which is exactly what you want to prevent further rusting. If you don't use eBay, you can also purchase it directly from: Eastwood.com

Check out Por15's site if you get a chance, a lot of good information there. http://www.por15.com/faq.asp

 

POR-15 in BLACK, there is a grey version so beware! Its also a 3 step process so study up on it.

Chassis Saver also looks pretty good, a more affordable POR-15.


Go get it sprayed with Fluid Film.

 

Thanks guys. I had forgotten about POR-15, but that is an excellent suggestion. Should I go through the trouble of removing the bed? I'm assuming I just need to remove all the loose rust scale before coating? (Obviously the directions trump everything).

 

If you are capable of doing so, as in a cherry picker and some hooks/chains to lift it off, or a couple strong trusting friends, definitely do it. Getting the frame 100% is best, along with making it worlds easier for coating the axle and suspension. If not, pretending its an SUV and dealing with reaching difficult areas is just fine .

 

Where are the pics? I want to see.

 

In the first post.

 

It's not showing up. Anyone else having issues viewing it?

 

whole underside of the truck is getting rusty. Someones not rinsing the salt off...

 

Op says "no salt". I say he doesn't know what salt looks like,.... But his truck does!