Some of you may have seen a post I made about my frustration with a poor paint job which I'm now sanding and priming for repaint. I discovered while working on the bed that the painter made no effort to paint the inside of the bed roll. ( This is a new steel repo bed ) Well, of course the inside of the roll is rusted now. Any ideas on removing or at least scuffing up the rust??

 

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Thanks, I figured that much out ! What do I attach it to? It's got to go the full length of the bed.

 

I don't know if you've noticed, but the opening of the bed roll is pretty small, and I don't know of any painter with a capability to spray the inside of a 1" tube, 6 1/2 feet long. I know I never did. And I'm pretty sure the factory didn't either. That's a pretty unreasonable thing to complain about, imho. I'm a little curious how you intend to paint it yourself, after you figure out how to run your brush inside.

 

Hey Wayne, do you really think I don't know how big it is? Anyway, I plan on using Eastwood Rust Encapsulator which I have had excellent results with. How? Mask off the rear fenders and surrounding areas, use a foam type brush on a section of small diameter pvc pipe. With the Rust Encapsulator, you only need scuff the rust to apply. I don't care what the finish looks like, you can't see it anyway. The stuff dries like a primer finish which I guess could be topcoated the same way but two coats of the Encap. seals the rust.

 

You'd have to weld a long rod onto the end of whatever attachment you decide to use. Then insert the rod into your drill. In theory, it should work.

I'm with Wayne on the paint inside. It would be almost impossible to paint it all the way inside. If you're worried about corrosion inside, then you can use a cavity wax that body shops use to spray inside rocker panels and hinge pillars to protect against corrosion. It's sprayed through long plastic/flexible tubes.

 

Thanks for the ideas, I thought about welding a long piece as you said, but I'm concerned about it getting out of control being so long and small in diameter. I painted the inside of the stake pockets using my "pole" method and it worked fine. Maybe some sandpaper wrapped around 1" pvc pipe?

 

My initial thought was to use Scotch-Brite. You could use the same piece of PVC to hold it. For instance, tie a string around a rolled up piece and either attach it to the end or have it long enough to reach out of the other end. Tape it to the PVC or just hold it firmly against the pipe and swab back and forth.

 

Sandpaper around a pipe or wooden pole, or even conduit pipe, sounds like a much better idea. 3M all purspose adhesive should hold down the sandpaper on any of the mentioned surfaces.

 

and, you don't have to go ALL the way..

half from one side, half from the other.. so only about 40 inches each

Sam

 

Or..... you could take a paint brush and paint it in 4 inches on both ends and forget about it.

 

There are wands you can get with 360 degree spray nozzles to spray primer and paint in enclosed areas, just be prepaired for it to run out, as it goes on heavy. I spray epoxy primer in frame rails and other enclosed areas all the time.

 

Something you might try is what I did with a pair of chromed lake pipes once. I hooked my shop vac up to one end and rattle canned in some high temp wood stove paint in the other end ....it worked.

 

Nowadays they use butane as a propellant in many paints, I'd be REAL cautious about trying that!!

 

If you have a bathroom drain snake with a crank use duck tape for the sand paper and if you need something to force the sandpaper against the outer side use some sponge inside the sandpaper.

To paint the inside of a tube use the snake with a stopper or cork on the end. Tilt the tube and run the snake up to the top of the tube, pour paint in as you drag the stopper down and out. It will paint all the inside of the tube. Catch the excess paint at the bottom of the tube. chuck