What To Do?
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Laughing Gas
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What To Do?
Hello
I been working on my 79 for a little while now and some of you may have been following my build here https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...dads-79-a.html .
Anyway I am at the point now where the body is about good enough. My question is what to do about paint. You see this truck has been sitting a few years and I would like to drive it now that the bed will not fall off of it. My concern is if I do not paint the truck will all my work on replacing those panels be in jeapordy due to not being sealed off correctly with paint. I was wanting to get a few miles on the truck to see how the driveline holds up I would hate to paint it and then have to say pull the motor or something due to not driving it the last few years. Is there anything I can put on the bed so I can drive it a bit to get a better feel for how the truck is gonna run.
Thanks
I been working on my 79 for a little while now and some of you may have been following my build here https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...dads-79-a.html .
Anyway I am at the point now where the body is about good enough. My question is what to do about paint. You see this truck has been sitting a few years and I would like to drive it now that the bed will not fall off of it. My concern is if I do not paint the truck will all my work on replacing those panels be in jeapordy due to not being sealed off correctly with paint. I was wanting to get a few miles on the truck to see how the driveline holds up I would hate to paint it and then have to say pull the motor or something due to not driving it the last few years. Is there anything I can put on the bed so I can drive it a bit to get a better feel for how the truck is gonna run.
Thanks
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Farm implement paint works as a low budget permanent or temporary fix. That's what I'm painting my truck with.
Some rustoleum "rusty metal" primer might match the color of your truck close enough so that if you squint real hard from 40' it looks the same. But hey, any paints better than no paint!
Some rustoleum "rusty metal" primer might match the color of your truck close enough so that if you squint real hard from 40' it looks the same. But hey, any paints better than no paint!
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Like the otherts said, regular primer and then coat with a quick coat of paint. Regular primer is porous and will absorb moisture from the atmosphere and cause the panel to rust, paint will seal the surface and keep this from happening.
If you don't want to spray a paint coat, epoxy primer will seal itself and last a long time.
If you don't want to spray a paint coat, epoxy primer will seal itself and last a long time.
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Farm implement paint works as a low budget permanent or temporary fix. That's what I'm painting my truck with.
Some rustoleum "rusty metal" primer might match the color of your truck close enough so that if you squint real hard from 40' it looks the same. But hey, any paints better than no paint!
Some rustoleum "rusty metal" primer might match the color of your truck close enough so that if you squint real hard from 40' it looks the same. But hey, any paints better than no paint!
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Like the otherts said, regular primer and then coat with a quick coat of paint. Regular primer is porous and will absorb moisture from the atmosphere and cause the panel to rust, paint will seal the surface and keep this from happening.
If you don't want to spray a paint coat, epoxy primer will seal itself and last a long time.
If you don't want to spray a paint coat, epoxy primer will seal itself and last a long time.
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