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i am sanding my truck down to bare metal and lemme tell ya its a lot of work jus like i expected. its due for a paint job after 24 years the paint was good til i got the truck i got a few dings here and there and i

bought bondo i know not to use and then i buy some wtf was i thinkin so i think i ll do it right the first time use the good evercoat and some etching primer instead of the duplicolor i bought also

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well i think i jumped into this too fast

thats what i wanna do, sand mine down to bare metal, i know how much work it is but i wanna know whats under there. My bed has quite a bit of bondo on the pass. side and its weird cause the inside of that bed side is perfectly smooth so its uh? have fun!

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Sand Blasting would be faster and a little better in that you get all the crap blasted off it too. Then you can fill in the big holes and sand them down to the same as the truck.

Then prime it in and give it a fine sanding. Then Prime it again. Sand it, whet sand it, and paint it with four coats of Teflon.

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well sandblasting is probably end up doing i got access to one only bad
part i have to watch for is warping the metal while doing so this sand blasting hose is the size of a fire hose it will knock you back to so it has a lot of pressure so i dont know if i will use it the guy uses it for heavy equipment

the walnut shell is one of the best things to blast with
anyways yah thats what i am planning to do then i get it primed with etching primer cause of the lil rust spots i sanded out then after its primed i got a choice of hugger orange its a high quality paint brand name mercedes uses or a corvette orange with pearl either way i want orange

If you are blasting use industrial baking soda. I cant remember the chemical name for it, but Ive researched it recently and its the best way to strip a car/truck. Sand has a tendensy to hide in cracks until you start laying primer and paint. Then it decides to come out and ruin your paint work. This type of soda comes through the blaser as a ball the size of sand and penitrates the surface and brakes into powder when it hits the hard panel. It wont pit or worp and you dont have to prime the metal right away because the powder will deflect moisture up to 30 days. If you have a blaster who already has the equipment, they should be able to get the soda. Theres only one shop so far around here that does it, but I think that will change.

jk I know of one place for sure and possibly more that does soda blasting in medford area.

I heard the latest, greatest thing is PMB. Plastic Media Blasting. No heat, and works better than soda. Don't know of anyone around here who does it though.

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i suggest it man, hell you suggested the stuff to me that company has anything you need i want to try out their kittie hair product to make a fiberglass sub box

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if you really plan on going orange, think about the good ole black chev racing stripes..... good thing about that color is no one can back into you and say they didn't see ya.....

kinda like the fire hydrant i hit in the bi-mart parking lot in the burg back in 1999. never saw a jet of water that big before...the water bill was around 600 bucks for an hour of 10,000 ft2 a minute. picked up my camaro and pushed it forward 10 ft...in reverse.

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I have a 6 inch grinder that I put a wire wheel on, and took off every bit of paint inside and outside of my truck. Even the bottom side went to bare metal. What a long process, but it sure made a nice paint job. It will be worth it. Just do a little each day, and think about that great paint job you'll have.

well i got the bondo on it and lemme tell you its hard to get it perfect the first time

i am learnin when i put too much hardener or too little cause i sand it off if so

i ll have some pics for you tomorrow or next day hopefully one side of the bed will be done soon

you know the bad thing about it is i ve had the paint off the bed for two or three weeks

and the bondo has been on a good week well i am shure i am gonna have trouble down the road later

doh !! i jumped into this to fast it takes time, patience and a good attitude which a couple times i just got mad and left a patch of rubber on the ground behind me

i got a couple other vehicles which are gonna need body work

my jeep and rust bucket 55 ford yay

i did that with my engine bay, it came up a treat

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