So, I finally got around to getting out there and cleaning up the contact area for the floor. Baby steps, what can I say? We were out of town last week on a work / vacation trip to Maine. Just plenty of stuff going on that has kept me from the truck.
Anyway, I am having trouble getting to the area where the metal bends. I am thinking I may either have to soda blast it, which will be messy since I can't move the cab out of the garage in it's current state, or use a Dremel, which will take long. I suppose another option might be a wire brush; I will just need to be careful of how much pressure I use.
Any thoughts? Here are some pics of what I did and the area I need to get to.
I am probably also going to spray some of Eastwoods Rust Encapsulator on the underneath of the floor. My friend told me not to use undercoating now because it will be too messy and cause problems. I figure the Encapsulator is a harmless way of adding some protection beforehand.
Before:
After cleaning:
After Weld through primer. You can see I still need to clean the bottom half better.
And here is the front of the cab, equally difficult to clean in the corner:
