Question for when its painted!

[LowLifeS10]

Hi.

Later on the truck will be fully painted. We are raising the bed floor and have made the frame for the bed bolt on to the fenders just to have the possibility to disassembly the bed like original.

But then it hit me, how the F should we be able to put it back together without scratching the paint.

So how did you guys do when you painted it. Had the bed put together or in pieces? If its in pieces it gets paint everywhere..

Just dont know wich way to go. Weld the frame to the bed sides and just have it in one piece

[Fitz]

Originally Posted by LowLifeS10

Hi.

Later on the truck will be fully painted. We are raising the bed floor and have made the frame for the bed bolt on to the fenders just to have the possibility to disassembly the bed like original.

But then it hit me, how the F should we be able to put it back together without scratching the paint.

So how did you guys do when you painted it. Had the bed put together or in pieces? If its in pieces it gets paint everywhere..

Just dont know wich way to go. Weld the frame to the bed sides and just have it in one piece

Paint the pieces then assemble. Lots of masking tape and ONE helper. Too many hands and all you get are scratches.

[Ridgeclimber]

I have a 1968 c10 short box step side as well. We just finished painting all of the box pieces this last weekend and I am going to assemble it this weekend. Hopefully it goes smoothly. I was just looking at the last post pictures of the box sides being mounted. How are you going to secure the bulk head panel bolts if the box sides are mounted to the cross members first on the truck?

[hugger6933]

Make sure to hang all panels in the oreintation of the way they go on the truck, meaning if the panel is standing up on the truck don't lie it down to paint it . It will mess with the metallic flow and change the color to some degree. Jim

[AirSpeed]

Originally Posted by hugger6933

Make sure to hang all panels in the oreintation of the way they go on the truck, meaning if the panel is standing up on the truck don't lie it down to paint it . It will mess with the metallic flow and change the color to some degree. Jim

I've noticed that on solid colors too.

[Fitz]

Originally Posted by Ridgeclimber

I have a 1968 c10 short box step side as well. We just finished painting all of the box pieces this last weekend and I am going to assemble it this weekend. Hopefully it goes smoothly. I was just looking at the last post pictures of the box sides being mounted. How are you going to secure the bulk head panel bolts if the box sides are mounted to the cross members first on the truck?

Wow. I thought a child would be able to figure this one out. The intent is to keep the box sides from moving while you secure the forward bulkhead to them. You could go and get 5 friends to help but I guarantee you at least two of them will be clumsy and not care even a little bit about that paint so, bolt the crossmembers to the frame, bolt the bedsides to the cross members while ONE friend who is careful holds it. Then two of you lift the bulkhead in place behind the cab and place the top bolts finger tight to hold them in place. They have captive nuts . When I finished the truck six years ago, I inserted the bottom bolts from inside the bed by placing the nut in a box wrench and hold them in with tape. When those six are tight it's a simple matter to finish the top two on each side as they use captive nuts. The box was assembled in a half hour and there are NO scratches.