Looks like I'll be painting this weekend

"Long-Voyager" (long-voyager) 06/29/2018 at 07:08 • Filed to: Paint

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Picking up paint tonight. Got everything sanded last night:

So now it’s just a matter of taping, wiping down, and spraying. Weather this weekend may make it interesting.

nerd_racing > Long-Voyager 06/29/2018 at 07:18

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Rust Repair?

Long-Voyager > nerd_racing 06/29/2018 at 07:20

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Ya, typical Ford wheelwell rust.

Cut out the rust and welded in patch panels.

nerd_racing > Long-Voyager 06/29/2018 at 07:47

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At least it wasn’t typical Ram rot.  That’s whole bed sides... 

TheRealBicycleBuck > Long-Voyager 06/29/2018 at 08:43

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Peek-a-boo! I see you!

functionoverfashion > Long-Voyager 06/29/2018 at 09:21

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Usually that’s as far as most people take the repair, if they even bother with welding new panels - I far more often see loads of cracking bondo and primer all around. That gets them through inspection, and that’s where the motivation seems to end. 

Long-Voyager > functionoverfashion 06/29/2018 at 10:04

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Not usually one to half ass things. I cut out all the bad metal, spot welded in the repair panels, smoothed everything out. Now I just need to seal it, paint it, and it’ll be good as new.

Long-Voyager > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/29/2018 at 10:04

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Middle daughter decided she needed to be in the picture ;)

Long-Voyager > nerd_racing 06/29/2018 at 10:07

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Actually did my grandpa’s 06 Ram last year, which is when I started this. He took good care of his, so it had just started rusting, but for 200k on a Wisconsin truck, it still looked decent. Now it looks like new:

loki03xlh > Long-Voyager 06/29/2018 at 10:22

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When you get done, will you fix the rusting cab corners on my S10?

nerd_racing > Long-Voyager 06/29/2018 at 10:54

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You do good work!

functionoverfashion > Long-Voyager 06/29/2018 at 11:57

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You’re definitely the exception, or else maybe I just can’t tell all the jobs that are done right? Lol, nope there just aren’t very many.

Well done, seriously.

Long-Voyager > functionoverfashion 06/29/2018 at 12:04

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Thanks!

A job done right should not be noticeable , so it’s very likely you’ve seen plenty of repaired vehicles and never knew it.

Long-Voyager > loki03xlh 06/29/2018 at 12:06

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Depends.

I have a lot of other things going, so it likely wouldn’t be for a while, but if you’re close by I could definitely take a peek at them.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Long-Voyager 06/30/2018 at 17:53

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Not related to this post, but I went to America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, WA today and snagged these.

Simply perfect, like it was just made.

Long-Voyager > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 07/02/2018 at 06:53

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1st/2nd gen vans are always related, regardless of topic. ;)