Last night I blocked out the High build coat. Still have just a few small places to fix with glazing putty.
20171018_185243 by
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This morning flipped it over to finish stripping and welding up the holes in the rail.
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bjohnson388, on Flickr
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I also ground down all the spot welds on the angle strips and where the stake pockets are attached.
20171019_083950 by
bjohnson388, on Flickr
A small mix up of metal to metal for a few of the spot welds and the holes I welded up on the rail.
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bjohnson388, on Flickr
This is about as clean as it is going to get.
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There are some really hard to reach places that really needed to be sandblasted but I didn't really feel like messing with it. So I hand sanded them the best I could.
20171019_120520 by
bjohnson388, on Flickr
I put it face up for the first coat of primer so I could get a good coat in the top part of the rail. Even the factory did not get much paint in there.
20171019_132547 by
bjohnson388, on Flickr
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The strip you see left unpainted is where I applied some rust neutralizer. It has to dry for 24 hours before a topcoat.
20171019_142308 by
bjohnson388, on Flickr
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After lunch I drug out the passenger bedside to finish stripping the outside of it.
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bjohnson388, on Flickr
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By 5 o clock I had it looking pretty good. This bedside is in much better shape than the driver. Just have a small place at the front to weld and knock down a few dents.
20171019_165417 by
bjohnson388, on Flickr
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That's it for today thanks for looking.
Bret