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Old 09-30-2012, 03:28 PM
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So my trucks out of Wisconsin and it was FULL of rust when I got it.So me being 16 and no job or money to have it sand blasted, decided it was a good idea to go at it with a wired brush on an industrial grade sander . Think it came out pretty well, what do you guys think? Anything else I could do to it? I painted it as well to stop the rust but that's drying now, pictures to come.

This was drivers side before sanding-

https://www.f150forum.com/attachment...1&d=1349033203

After sanding-

https://www.f150forum.com/attachment...1&d=1349033241

And here's the passenger side, forgot to take a picture before.But here's what it came out as.

https://www.f150forum.com/attachment...1&d=1349033287

after paint-

http://imgur.com/wFtyY (passenger side)

http://imgur.com/QiHaz (Driver side)
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I hope you are going to paint the bare metal after the rust removal. If not, what you did is for nothing and it will come back much worse, as there is no metal conditioner left with all the grinding.

Oops, I didn't see where you painted afterward. Good call
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Added pictures of after paint.Check them out, links at very top post.Any feedback?

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Heres with paint.
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Been wanting to do this; how long did it take?
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Like 6 hours with painting.
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Much nicer. Mucho better. That was worth the effort. If you have any good undercoating, use some to protect it longer and better. You have a lot more perseverance than I ever could come up with.
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That came out really good, another project I need to tackle
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What did you use to paint it


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