A little housecleaning on my 1008

[acesneights1]

So after I beat it in the mudbog last weekend it's time to clean it up. I bought this truck 2 yrs ago and the frame was spotless and now look after 2 winters. The stuff they use is brutal. So before it gets any worse, I yanked the bed off(by myself) tonight and am going to clean up the frame and use some POR 15.

 

[acesneights1]

Some more. What a nasty job. I broke my de scaler and used 200 lbs of media on my sand blaster.

 

[acesneights1]

a few more. I used POR15. I also did the cab corners. Ran out of mig wire so I brazed them..(yes I am that old...)

 

[Cucvnut]

dude mass respect you can braze metal!

 

[SGT Estum]

dude mass respect you can braze metal!

Ditto.

 

[acesneights1]

hahahaha, I went up t the welding supply to get mig wire this a.m. and I grabbed a few brazing rods to replenish what I used. They had dust on them. The guys said he didn't think there was anyone left who knew how to braze...
****, I'm not that old. when I worked in a bodyshop in my teens as Chief Sweep, I learned from an old timer. I can actually braze better than I mig. Trick is not using too much heat and warping the panel.

 

[acesneights1]

Todays work, figures, I'm gonna paint it olive drab so if the bosywork wasn't that good it would never show anyway...It turned out really good. Figures...

 

[acesneights1]

hey I got the restoration paint from Mil spray, anyone know if that stuff is toxic ? Reason I ask is my 6 yr old has my old steel tonka truck so I sandblasted it for him and he wants me to paint it olive drab...I don't want him getting sick from playing with it..