The latest project I have been working on is a 2000 Dodge Ram 1ton that has been damaged by the northern salting of the roads in the winter. Knowing what was going to end up happening I used this truck and proved the POR-15 product is a total waste in my other post.
I came across a once in a lifetime deal on a factory new frame (from Dodge) for $800 delivered. I said send it and the project was under way.
I started with chipping all the excess weld splatter off the welds and surrounding areas so when Epoxied they wouldn't fall off exposing raw metal. Then cleaning and degreasing and scuffing with red scotch pads and clean/degreasing again. Then came using 2 sprayable gallons of black Epoxy with a 1.8tip gun taking 6hrs to complete. Total coats are no less then 6. I figured that was good enough .
I let that sit a week inside before moving it out and started putting parts in. Sorry I don't have pics of the frame by itself.
Now the parts are being done piece by piece and once done they are set aside in another garage. The truck is black so the way I'm doing it is just fine and only the finish (orange peel) might differ prom part to part, color is not an issue.
All parts of the project recieve the same treatment Epoxy with flooding in all the tight spots I can get the pattern, I even turn the pattern down all the way to get deep into areas and flood as much as I can.
All parts have their minor pings fixed (nothing bad at all, door dig size) re-Epoxied and wetsand blocked and painted.
The real chore is the new cab. Once that made it into the shop it was completely gutted of the remaining pieces left from guys I bought it from and the work begains.
With no rust at all to deal with all I had were some small dings. Everything was Epoxied through-out this entire job. The underside has 1/2 gallon sprayable grey and the firewall also 1/2 gallon sprayable grey. You can see the under-side after it had dried and it does have a sheen to it which I like. The grey seems to have more of a sheen then the black or red and both the grey and red seem to be thinner then the black but all spray really nice but a word of caution is make sure you cover things that you don't want getting overspray stuck to in your shop, cause after doing all this Epoxy things have overspray stuck to them like my torpedo heater, it looks like it's 100yrs old now.
I'm kinda slow with taking pics of my projects, sorry. I didn't get any of the work on the outside or inside but it was all done with Epoxy both black and red (used as a giude coat) then finished with black Epoxy. The inside had all seems and holes flooded and the majority was put on the floor, the inside was treaded to 1/2 gallon sprayable black. Doing the inside with the black was probably the on thing I might have changed because when putting the inside together was kinda hard as the interior is dark grey and black and the screws are black I needed a flashlight in the daytime to see anything with everything being so dark.
The exterior recieved a final coat of epoxy after all the dings were fixed and all lower areas the are prone to rust recieved no-less then 3 heavy coats (cab corners, rockers and rear panel of the cab). it was let alone to dry for 2 days before it was wetsanded with 400 then 600grt and then the SPI black base was applied and 3 coats of Universal clear.
I came across a once in a lifetime deal on a factory new frame (from Dodge) for $800 delivered. I said send it and the project was under way.
I started with chipping all the excess weld splatter off the welds and surrounding areas so when Epoxied they wouldn't fall off exposing raw metal. Then cleaning and degreasing and scuffing with red scotch pads and clean/degreasing again. Then came using 2 sprayable gallons of black Epoxy with a 1.8tip gun taking 6hrs to complete. Total coats are no less then 6. I figured that was good enough .
I let that sit a week inside before moving it out and started putting parts in. Sorry I don't have pics of the frame by itself.
Now the parts are being done piece by piece and once done they are set aside in another garage. The truck is black so the way I'm doing it is just fine and only the finish (orange peel) might differ prom part to part, color is not an issue.
All parts of the project recieve the same treatment Epoxy with flooding in all the tight spots I can get the pattern, I even turn the pattern down all the way to get deep into areas and flood as much as I can.
All parts have their minor pings fixed (nothing bad at all, door dig size) re-Epoxied and wetsand blocked and painted.
The real chore is the new cab. Once that made it into the shop it was completely gutted of the remaining pieces left from guys I bought it from and the work begains.
With no rust at all to deal with all I had were some small dings. Everything was Epoxied through-out this entire job. The underside has 1/2 gallon sprayable grey and the firewall also 1/2 gallon sprayable grey. You can see the under-side after it had dried and it does have a sheen to it which I like. The grey seems to have more of a sheen then the black or red and both the grey and red seem to be thinner then the black but all spray really nice but a word of caution is make sure you cover things that you don't want getting overspray stuck to in your shop, cause after doing all this Epoxy things have overspray stuck to them like my torpedo heater, it looks like it's 100yrs old now.
I'm kinda slow with taking pics of my projects, sorry. I didn't get any of the work on the outside or inside but it was all done with Epoxy both black and red (used as a giude coat) then finished with black Epoxy. The inside had all seems and holes flooded and the majority was put on the floor, the inside was treaded to 1/2 gallon sprayable black. Doing the inside with the black was probably the on thing I might have changed because when putting the inside together was kinda hard as the interior is dark grey and black and the screws are black I needed a flashlight in the daytime to see anything with everything being so dark.
The exterior recieved a final coat of epoxy after all the dings were fixed and all lower areas the are prone to rust recieved no-less then 3 heavy coats (cab corners, rockers and rear panel of the cab). it was let alone to dry for 2 days before it was wetsanded with 400 then 600grt and then the SPI black base was applied and 3 coats of Universal clear.