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Hi fellas, long time user, first time poster in this forum. I have a '79 F100 that I'm in the process of swapping in a newer truck's seat. I'm the third owner and today was the first time I got a good look at my floor boards. I've got some moderate rust damage with an eraser size hole on both sides of the cab through the floor. I'm really limited to tools when it comes to body work and quite honestly, I hope to find a better cab in latter years. My question is this: if I go through the effort of wire brushing all the rust off and appling some rust-o-leum(SP?) over the treater areas will I be doing any good? I'm not going to put the old crap insulation back down that has helped contribute to the problem - so, hopefully water won't be sitting. I figure some minor treatment to the bottom side will help the holes from getting any bigger. Has anyone ever had the spray bedliner stuff applied in their cab before? Sorry for the long post - just curious if I'm going in the right direction.
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Hey tetraruby - Welcome to the Bodywork Forum.
For a quick fix, I don't see why wire brushing & Rustoleum wouldn't work on minor rust areas. I would recommend using something like Ospho or Jasco before applying the Rustoleum. Hopefully that would give the fix some additional life. Also, make sure you do the inner and outer cab areas.
For a quick fix, I don't see why wire brushing & Rustoleum wouldn't work on minor rust areas. I would recommend using something like Ospho or Jasco before applying the Rustoleum. Hopefully that would give the fix some additional life. Also, make sure you do the inner and outer cab areas.
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Ospho or Jasco?
Are these product brands of adhesion promoting chemicals? Is there something that I might find at an auto parts store that might be better than Rustoleum...or might have the adhesion promoter and coating all in one? Thanks for the previous reply
Are these product brands of adhesion promoting chemicals? Is there something that I might find at an auto parts store that might be better than Rustoleum...or might have the adhesion promoter and coating all in one? Thanks for the previous reply
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I'll jump in on this one. I just used about a gallon of jasco and a gallon of rustoleum industrial enamal on an old flatbed frame with an advanced case of rust. The Jasco is a rust treatment/primer similar to duro Extend . They both have the same smell; a vaguely unpleasant rotten meat odor. What all these products do is convert rust(iron oxide) to iron phosfate.This probably explains the foul smell. As far as the rustoleum , I have not found a better product than the industrial enamel. My preference is for the gallon cans and roller. It lays down real nicely with a minimum of runs and you get a nice thick finish. It's kind of slow to fully cure (especially in cooler weather) but when it does dry its very hard and durable.The rattle cans seem to make a much thinner coat even with several layers. Haven't used it in a cup sprayer so I can't say how that would work.As for the holes in the cab I use (after the above) bondo-hair. It has long strands of fiberglass in it and sets up hard in minutes. Slap another layer of the rustoleum over it and put on a new mat or carpet and forget it.
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I to have been searching for Ospho with no luck. The industrial enamel is good stuff. I wire brushed some rusty fence posts and used the primer and paint with a brush. It has been several years and it still looks like new.
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