Paint options for the frame
Posting Guru
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,908
Likes: 2
From: Seattle WA.
Originally Posted by fatfenders
Makes me shivver just thinking about wirebrushing rust. 
Clean & Classy
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,656
Likes: 20
From: Riverside CA..
51ford fan, I had to laugh about your comments regarding big bucks, I've got about 25k invested at this point. Divide that by 7 years? a little 0ver 3500 a year!
Thats not big bucks, thats patience. Wayne
Thats not big bucks, thats patience. Wayne
Posting Guru
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,908
Likes: 2
From: Seattle WA.
Didn't mean to upset anyone, I'm just sitting here listening to news about the people Brian Nichols shot and killed. I have some law enforcement background and I guess that kind of got to me.
FTE Stories
Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
2027 Ford Super Duty Buyer's Guide (Every Model, Engine, & Package)
Brett Foote
Top 10 Ford Truck Tragedies
Joe Kucinski
AEV FXL Super Duty - the Super Duty Raptor Ford Doesn't Make
Brett Foote
Lobo Vs Lobo: Proof the F-150 Lobo Should Be Even Lower!
Michael S. Palmer
Ford's 2001 Explorer Sportsman Concept Looks For a New Home
Verdad Gallardo
10 Best Ford Truck Engines We Miss the Most!
Joe Kucinski
2026 Shelby F-150 Off-Road: Better Than a Raptor R?
Brett Foote
2027 Super Duty Carhartt Package First Look: 12 Things You NEED to Know!
Michael S. Palmer
10 Most Surprising 2026 Ford Truck Features!
Joe Kucinski
Post Fiend
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 6,328
Likes: 124
From: Iowa
51Ford
We all have our own ways of justifying how we build our trucks. For the time it takes to completely remove rust with a wire wheel, I could get a job at McDonalds and pay to have it done more thoroughly. Like BB, I amortize mine out to make it seem better. My truck has cost me about 200 a month average for six years. I financed half of that by polishing S/S bolts. But that's about as much fun as wirewheelin rust. Most of us sacrifice in some way to build these things. My truck has been a better investment than the family car that depreciates 200 a month. That's a certainty. Granted, we drive it to work, but a 78 Granada would have got us there too had we chose that route.
We all have our own ways of justifying how we build our trucks. For the time it takes to completely remove rust with a wire wheel, I could get a job at McDonalds and pay to have it done more thoroughly. Like BB, I amortize mine out to make it seem better. My truck has cost me about 200 a month average for six years. I financed half of that by polishing S/S bolts. But that's about as much fun as wirewheelin rust. Most of us sacrifice in some way to build these things. My truck has been a better investment than the family car that depreciates 200 a month. That's a certainty. Granted, we drive it to work, but a 78 Granada would have got us there too had we chose that route.
Posting Guru
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,908
Likes: 2
From: Seattle WA.
I would have loved to been able to have had my frame sandblasted. I spent a lot of time with the grinder and wire wheel under the truck. Its only half done I still have to do it from the firewall forward this summer. I just didn't have the room, or the help to lift the cab off the truck. Or any way to transport the frame to and from the sandblaster. Guess I'm just a sucker for punshment. But it's back on the road and I'm driving it to work daily, and that's all that matters.
Postmaster
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,688
Likes: 4
From: Southern Oregon
51ford fan, I just finished the body work and first primer on my bed. I stripped it by hand, with every type of rotary tool and sandpaper you can think of. No one will appreciate that bed like me. It took a lonnnngggg time.
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 1,622
Likes: 3
From: okla
I had my frame sandblasted then used Eastwood primer and topcoat. It has held up well during the 4 years in the garage, and probably 300 miles on the road. I had the frame for my 40 Ford coupe powder coated and it turned out great. It was actually less than a "shop" paint job, $150.00 and that included sandblasting. I don't expect any re-do's on it though. I do expect re-do's on my F100, so no pc on it. This makes me think back to my first 40 in 1970, I scraped and wirebrushed on the undercarriage untill I just couldn't anymore, then I borrowed a sandblast bucket and small compressor. I duct taped Visqueen to the body and floor. I then proceeded to lay under it, blasting away, night after night. After I got it "reasonably clean", probably two months later, I swore that I would never do it again. I did what 'fenders said. I worked partime to earn enough to pay someone to do the next one and all since then. Joe
Senior User
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 218
Likes: 0
From: Highwood, Montana
Matermow, I just went through the same decision process 3 weeks ago. Loved the powder coat concept and looks, but my buddy had his frame PC and then realized he forgot to weld on a bracket. He had to re-strip the frame, it was really really ugly. So I was scared off and went with POR-15. I think the Eastwoods and Zero Rust products are probably just as good, but POR-15 supposedly has better dry time and I can get the supplies right downtown at the parts store. Make sure to have a good sanblast job done, then clean and metal prep.
Gary
Gary
