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Old 06-20-2015, 09:57 AM   #1
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Spent two afternoons reading through your thread like a magazine... Man, what a cool story! ... Awesome thread though, Greg! Looking forward to hearing more!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, and hope you are taking pics of your trucks convalescence
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Old 06-20-2015, 09:59 AM   #2
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had to update mine and Rusy's build crest
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Old 06-20-2015, 11:58 PM   #3
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Old 06-20-2015, 10:02 AM   #4
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we're gonna try to give it a go nice and slowly this morning, need to put some paint on the red primered areas of the bed sides, we're well past going for purdy at this time, we're in Def Con Four, git 'er done mode

pardon the slight pitty dramatizations in the photos, you'll know what I'm talkin' about
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Re: Restoring Rusty - Painting Bed Sides

we learned the best time to paint is in the morning, we also know the best time to water the lawn is in the morning, so we put one and two together, carry the one, and that's right folks remember to turn off the sprinklers, YES EVEN THE LOW PRESSURE DRIP SYSTEM - just sayin' more on that later, LOL

first coat going on
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Old 06-20-2015, 08:38 PM   #7
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Old 06-20-2015, 11:17 AM   #8
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final coat(s) of paint on the bed sides
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Old 06-20-2015, 12:37 PM   #9
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well we're going to use some baking soda and water to neutralize that phosphoric acid wash and then hose it off real good and scrub it with a scotch bright, and that's as good as the frame is going to get, it is Paint Over Rust (POR-15) after all and not Paint Over peRfection (see what I did there) hee hee
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That looks pretty decent for a tough job and a guy with a bad back.
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Old 06-20-2015, 04:01 PM   #11
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If my back was just a little better I'd be offering up my assistance this weekend. I figure two dudes with toasted backs might equal one dude with a decent back.
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Old 06-21-2015, 09:30 AM   #12
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That looks pretty decent for a tough job and a guy with a bad back.
You are too kind Greg! LOL
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Old 06-21-2015, 10:05 AM   #13
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I feel you pain on the bad back I got hit by a chunk of rock at work and messed up 5 disk in my that was three years ago and I still haven't got back to work yet and I 35 and feel 90 sometime
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Old 06-21-2015, 11:11 AM   #14
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I feel you pain on the bad back I got hit by a chunk of rock at work and messed up 5 disk in my that was three years ago and I still haven't got back to work yet and I 35 and feel 90 sometime
my god man, wow, that sounds painful, take care of yourself
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Old 06-21-2015, 11:09 AM   #15
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slapped some rusty metal primer on the back of the cab yesterday in between moving boxes to the new house, LOL
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then I prepped the back of the cab for paint, this morning, needless to say I picked the windiest day of the year to do so, check out that fallen tree branch, that's from last night
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first coat going on
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couple more coats later
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Greg, it's quite cool that you found a color that matches quite well to original! You got lucky on that one... She looks great! Keep it up!
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Greg, it's quite cool that you found a color that matches quite well to original! You got lucky on that one... She looks great! Keep it up!
Thanks, lucky to the tune of $16 bucks per rattle can, LOL
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Your making good progress to be hurt and moving at the same time that a nightmare on the back you have good looking little truck when your done
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Nodoubt... Paint is getting really expensive... and to me, 16 bucks a can is like $21 Canadian... re-frickin'-diculous! My truck's on her way to the shop tomorrow, so I'll update progress in a new thread
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Hope all goes well for you. I hope you have a place to move to in your sour time. I absolutely hate moving. Last time I moved my wife and I moved 70 percent or more of our stuff ourselves. Then my few friends came over on a Saturday and we moved the heavy stuff. I'm still looking through boxes....grr.
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Hope you get it all packed up and labeled, intime.
We got a new place, last June,moved in Dec,using the Jimmy's ,still finishing up the reno's.
And now my garage is full of wood for the deck and fence...
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Old 06-23-2015, 09:22 AM   #25
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quick update, found a new house for rent, got approved, got moved in on Fathers Day - thanks to a buddy with a "complete" truck, my baby bro and our soon to be sis in law) all in about 3 days, it has been insanity on wheels, liking the new place, its a one story this time, (thank god) with a three car tandem garage, so it looks like a two car from the outside, the back is feeling better, far from normal, but better, Rusty and parts is all that remains at the old place, gonna visit him, and paint the frame today, pics will be available if/when Comcast moves our service (lord I pray it goes better than last time) lol, thank you all for wishing us well, much appreciated
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