Weather is warming up and I do believe it`s time to put a little love in the beater. Today`s agenda was doing something with the rust on the bottom of the drivers door and tailgate.
https://i.imgur.com/7ufgesE.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/AA8sCeP.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/UsesEWa.jpg
So, after a quick run of the grinder and wire wheel followed by the sandblaster, it was time for a couple coats of rusted metal primer.
https://i.imgur.com/LV4ERJg.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/S3zwdtp.jpg
Followed by a heavy coat of undercoating.
https://i.imgur.com/zIO1lLs.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/CcI8cZ6.jpg
The tailgate got a couple coats of gloss white farm implement paint. Does it match? No, not 100% but I doubt anybody really is going to notice it. The drivers door has not been painted yet. My can of matching paint went bad so I`m waiting to get down to the paint store.
https://i.imgur.com/ejIV6ER.jpg
In other events, I don`t think I`ve ever really cleaned the door hinge area, so what the heck let`s make a go at that!
Before:
https://i.imgur.com/MlOSOr5.jpg
Agitated (as was I, heh):
https://i.imgur.com/DFPzQ9s.jpg
Clean:
https://i.imgur.com/1nD67ES.jpg
And a quick picture of the floor cleaning process. I love the rubber floors! Some reason I didn`t capture an afters.
https://i.imgur.com/jpcS1AJ.jpg
Slowly going to get working on the exterior. Decided the easiest route is to paint the lower portions a different color and re-clear the truck. Probably going to go with a dark gray.