Rusted hood
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Rusted hood
My 79 F-250 has the factory paint (or what's left of it) on it and there is a significant amount of surface rust on the top of the hood which I can deal with.
The problem I have is that I can see that the inside of the hood is also rusting between the outside metal and the stiffening metal that helps the hood keep it's shape. It's impossible to get to this area with any tools without cutting the inside portion of the hood. Any brilliant solutions to getting this rust neutralized/removed and how would I paint it once I get the rust handled?
The problem I have is that I can see that the inside of the hood is also rusting between the outside metal and the stiffening metal that helps the hood keep it's shape. It's impossible to get to this area with any tools without cutting the inside portion of the hood. Any brilliant solutions to getting this rust neutralized/removed and how would I paint it once I get the rust handled?
Cargo Master
Joined: Jul 2000
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From: Northern California
Rusted hood
I just did this to my 68. The hood was pretty bad from a fire and had waves in the metal and rust everywhere.
I used a sand blaster and removed everything down to bare metal then used phosporic acid (Prime and Prep from home depot for $6/qt) It's a light green liquid like water and I sprayed it EVERYWHERE with several coats.
I then scuffed and cleaned it and primered it.
I wouldn't have done this much work on such a crappy hood but I couldn't find any better.
I got a cherry hood from a junk yard for $75 that I used on my 73, you should be able to find one for about that price and it'll be a lot less work.
If you have any surface rust, you should strip the whole thing, I found quite a few rust spots BELOW the paint.
I used a sand blaster and removed everything down to bare metal then used phosporic acid (Prime and Prep from home depot for $6/qt) It's a light green liquid like water and I sprayed it EVERYWHERE with several coats.
I then scuffed and cleaned it and primered it.
I wouldn't have done this much work on such a crappy hood but I couldn't find any better.
I got a cherry hood from a junk yard for $75 that I used on my 73, you should be able to find one for about that price and it'll be a lot less work.
If you have any surface rust, you should strip the whole thing, I found quite a few rust spots BELOW the paint.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Jan 2003
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From: Georgetown, Ky
Rusted hood
My thoughts would be to remove the hood and media blast it. Using Bead, Baking soda, Ice chips something, then coat the underside in POR 15 and paint over that. You can grind the rust off the top of the hood with a 8" or similar grinder, until you find only shinny metal. Would reccomend using nothing harsher than 80 grit for that ( the scratches are hard to remove )
