Ontario BS Thread

The lady is coming over tonight so I will have to finish the final coats in the morning. Super happy with it though.

 

Painting is so rewarding but waiting for it to dry (especially in the cold) blows.

 

Yeah, it’s rough. I should have waited longer between coats but I was eager to get as much as I could done tonight so I can let it cure all day tomorrow and mount it Sunday.

 

Looking forward to the pics.

 

Heffner is a good place to buy Taco, I know a guy there, he can help you.
@Tacotim0321

 

Progress photos on the mall crawl ramp



Going to put some reinforcements on the sides to support the ramp (hypontenous portion) and figure out some brackets to prevent tipping. Then just inspect it all to make sure I didn’t miss any weeds.

 

That’s gonna be sick. I bet I can get to 3rd tread until I lose traction in the rear lol

 

Looks good. Will be interesting to see how everyone does at the mall.

 

Will be interesting and ridiculous looking. Full send though lol.

Bonus to those who break something

 

Some general information to put out there for peeps,

Any hot rolled tubing or DOM tubing or steel with the black oxide coating should be sandblasted , flapwheeled or wirebrushed as etching does not eat through it.
And paint/primer does not stick the best to it.

Spray and wipe it down with acetone or any other paint prep cleaner.
Blow off with and air gun.
Apply metal prep etching and wipe down.
Apply two coats of Zinc Chromate primer
Apply two coats of Cold Galvanizing spray paint.
Then do your regular primer and top coat(s). (Two part Urethane or Epoxy are the most durable but require a spray gun.)

Zinc Chromate primer is used a lot in Aerospace and Shipbuilding, the Zinc acts as an Anode to prevent the steel from oxidizing, the Chromate is essentially a hard sealer (same thing on chrome bumpers, it's the nickle on bumpers that is silver, chrome is actually clear on the bumper like a varnish).
Cold galvanizing spray paint adds more layers of Zinc, a scratch down to bare metal will also expose more zinc into that area that will stop steel from corroding and spreading.

One thing to remember with bedliner is it will peel off when rubbed hard on stuff, (ask people that put it on bottom of their sliders).

I've seen all available at Canadian tire. Except the Urethane and Epoxy paints, those you get from Aircraft or Bodyshop suppliers and make sure you wear a respirator LOL.

As a side note I've noticed that when using rattle cans to paint stuff, the paint for car wheels and for farm equipment seems to be a little tougher than the "average brands".

And if you want your truck to never rust again look into using a product called ACF-50 (like an oil spray but WAY better) and Fluid Flim in high water spray areas. Tech and SA at the dealership commented that the underside of my truck looks newer and cleaner than the ones coming off the delivery truck from the factory, and mine is a '17.

 

Thanks for reminding me...

I have to pick up one of these stickers for my truck...

 

Huh, that’s a lot of information. Hopefully the work I did will hold up but if not, I’ll do it again with better technique and materials.

 

I think @Manfred was sorting some of those out.

 

Oh it will look sexy for years to come. It's a truck. And that steel is thick.
So if you don't do some touch ups for 5 years and never wash or wax it... you may get some deep surface pitting and have to sandblast it and use a high fill primer if you wanted it baby smooth again. LOL

 

There's a guy on TNTT that works at Heffner. Krezz - If I buy new, I'll get from him (kevin) good guy!

 

Thanks, I worked in the bodyshop there a few years ago. I was just on their website shopping lol

 

Me too. They had a blue 2014 on the web site. Asked Kev to hook me up, but it was already sold.... Gotta jump on those bitches fast!

 

Don’t care about smooth
Just don’t want it to rust. Trail damage is one thing, I can just touch up. Really don’t care about how it looks, black is black no matter how bumpy and scuffed up it is

 

I just plan on touching my stuff up yearly, rocks and trees dont care how much prep work you put into paint

 

@Manfred new sticker idea?