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Got the inspiration from Mister B here on the forum. Scrubbed down the bed with a wire brush and CLR for hours, lol. Primed with rustoleum rusty metal primer, took my glovebox door to the Depot and had them match me a gallon of paint, and got to work. This is only the first coat but figured I'd post up some pics. Paint matches almost perfectly, I'm happy with it.

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Nice work! Looks good.

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Dude! Nicely done!

Even just the primer looks professional. Almost like a spray on bedliner.

See, now you can use your bed without getting whatever you put in it, covered in rust stains. And, if it gets scratched, just touch it up with leftover paint sometime
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Heck yeah! Looks nice, man!

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That's a great match, nice work
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Thanks everyone, I'm very happy with the results.

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Looks great man!!! You forgot the inside of the tailgate!! Haha
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Dude, that weed eater hanging out your door drove me nuts trying to figure out what it was! LOL. Bed looks really good. You say home depot matched the color for you? Again, great job on the bed.

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Turned out nice!

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thats what I'm talking about!.... good job!
theres a whole rainbow of colors available if one wants too expeiriment with mixing. the lil' ketchup cups at any mc d's works good for mixing and expeirmenting

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What kind of paint did you use? They mixed it for you?

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What kind of paint did you use?

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Very good looing results ,it's always nice to do it your self and it turns out so well..

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Yeah Homedpot or most any local auto paint store can mix up custom colors for you all you need is about a 2" square of the color your after, they scan it and the computer will mix up the correct color.
I think he used Rustolem paint or thats what others have used.
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It turned out really good!

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Yep I took it to home depot and they matched it for me. I used Behr oil based semi-gloss enamel.

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That looks great!

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Looks good. I did the same thing on my 68 but I used Valspar enamel and got Lowes to match the paint on mine. The guy that matched it up came up with a perfect match. I used it on the inside of the bed but not on the floor. I used black Rustoleum for that.

It's been about 5-6 years ago so I need to redo it.

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looks real good...like new again.

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Nice work on the bed & keep up the hard work to keep these old trucks going & looking good.Keep on Truckin''.:metal:

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Good job
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Very nice work :metal:

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looks great