For the drip rails, I recommend this... paintable and is UV stable. : 3M Heavy Drip-Chek Sealer 8531

 

I used some stuff about the same set up time on a day that was about 70 degrees that day and 10 minutes is not enough working time.

As you'll need to smooth out with a wet finder if you have any or it become lumpy as your working around the cab.

It would be okay with two guys working together. One applying it and the other working out and uneven areas.
Orich

 

I think you're doing a good job! It's coming along very well.

 

Hey guy's this weekend was pretty event full took advantage of the amazing weather we got in TX. Used a few new toys we got which I'm sure saved me hrs of work!! Can't beat that. We went ahead and bought a blasting cabinet to hit all the small parts after cleaning and got the sand blaster in. So the sandblaster worked great with one down side of burning through the sand faster than the truck drank up gas. That sand is not cheat either I burned through the 50 lbs in a good 15 or 20 min. That's to say I only hit the front end so I could start prepping it for paint.

HIO thanks again your a life saver I spent a good amount of time looking at all kinds of products but couldn't make a choice.

Orich good looking out I'll make sure it's a duo when I start to apply.

Ranger I'm with you if they don't want someone to use the information they provide they shouldn't really be posting it publicly.

Thanks everyone on the great words of wisdom. Your suggestions, and encouragement go a long way. I certainly practiced for hrs this weekend welding different things trying different angles and scenarios.

And here's the snaps I remembered to take

 

Back in the early 90's when, I sand blasted the under side of my truck. I did it on a cement drive way, then sweep up the sand poured it through a screen filter and reuse it over many times over.

May be you could have used a tarp to catch it and reuse it.

I wished, I had known about Por-15 back then and would have used that to cover everything that got blasted then it would have still been on to this day.

Orich

 

Where did you get your blast cabinet? I know that we have Northern Tool here in Tx. As to sand, I have seen people try river bed sand vs beach sand, and if screened well, the river bed sand will work. Beach sand is full of salt, and has had the sharp edges rounded off some. In Baja, we go way up a stream bed, and shovel bucket loads through a fine mesh screen. It works just fine..
Texas connects us amigo...

Baja

 

So someone has been buuuusy for sure! But that didn't keep me from putting in some sweet sweet time with little piggy! Let's see I still haven't finished welding the passenger side floor pan keep having blowing out problems so that one is going to be a little more time consuming. But on the bright side I cut and tacked in the driver side floor pan and that looks like it's going to be easier. I made a little trip out to Texarkana and got me a nice disk brake set up from a 76 f150 going to start to replace all the needed worn out parts then install. I'm still doing a little research on the swap to make sure I dot all my I's and cross my T's. I also picked up a new radiator support with only a little bit of surface rust. Other than that just blasted a few more parts! Here's a few pictures enjoy

 

Baja my bad I have been glued to the truck and haven't hopped back on the forum but we got the blast cabinet at Harbor freight it filters and reuses the sand the blaster I got is what used up all the sand but that's a good idea I might have to try a tarp and reuse because it will get pricey on the big items free river and sounds nice too lol

 

Thanks amigo, I will look at HF when I get back to CA, and my Baja runner. I have a small portable blaster, from Granger, but it makes a way big mess. When the gears in my brain mesh, I remember to do the tarp on the ground thing... Otherwise, its a push broom and shop vac. A blast cabinet will save a lot of clean up time...

Baja

 

I have the same HF blast cabinet , pick up a couple cheap 28 led magnetic lights ($0.99)from HF too , I stick them to the inside roof to light up what i am sand blasting .
you can hook up the shop vac too to suck up the excessive dust .

 

Nice shop tricks '68... I will borrow the ideas, and give you credit...Author, author...light is way important, more so now that I am 70..

Baja

 

For a blast cabinet the longest lasting media I have used is aluminum oxide #36, It can be purchased as a #60 with glass bead mix also. When it impacts it breaks with a sharp edge and has a blast life of 30 compared to sand which is considered to have a life of 1. Garnet media falls somewhere in between but makes a lot of dust and is not expensive. I had a 5'x5' cabinet direct pressure system and dust collector when I had a powder coat shop. Sand of course is still best for non recovery and can be used over a few times.

 

I have a 48" wide 960 Skat Blast cabinet and vacuum unit made by T.P Tools in Ohio. I also use their Skat Magic blast media (finely crushed automotive glass). It's a little more aggressive than regular glass beads. Early on, my gun tips wouldn't last very long before they would be severely worn away. I sprung the $60.00 for one of their carbide tips and I've been running it for several years now (was worth the money).

....just arrived off the freight truck (Spring 2007).


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Now, that is a serious use cabinet amigo... I love it, but sadly, I do not have the space to store it. I am going to look at one of the table top mount units at HF, to see if it will serve my purpose. I have a big outdoors, but not a big indoors. I made an outdoor work bench, from 2 old 10ga. steel sides, from a dump/flatbed. With some welded angle as legs, makes a perfect "Under the palm tree" shaded outdoor work bench. I envy yous Ultra... it must be nice..

Baja

 

Get as big a bead blast cabinet as both finances and space will allow. The other half of the equation is air supply. The blast cabinet is my most demanding tool. When it's operating, it's just like an open air line draining the air compressor.

I got a big enough air compressor (4 months before I bought the cabinet) that even at 90 PSI (or even greater), I don't have to stop and wait for the compressor to catch back up before I can continue on. --I can blast continuously. However, it should be noted that the higher PSI you run your blaster, the faster your media will wear out and have to be replaced with fresh blast media.

My compressor is a Husky 7.5hp, two-stage, 80 gallon tank, 0-175 PSI output and will maintain 23 SCFM @ 90 PSI.