body seams

[layedout72]

whats the best way to get rust out of the body seams? and stripping the paint/primer in them. Im talking about the seams around the body line and all that, and the vertical seams at the rear of the bed. best way to remove the rust completely so i can weld it up and not worry about it.

[layedout72]

anyone?

[alvinator]

Keith is welding his bed, so he should be able to give you a answer on that. I haven't made it that far yet on my bed.

[SmokeyBear]

I used a cutoff wheel on my truck but I welded my seams up so I didn't care if it bruised up the edges a little.

[jor]

I used a wire brush, Dremel tool and various wire attachments on a grinder and a 3/8" drill motor. I also used sand paper folded to fit in the groove and, of course, lots of compressed air. I think I did a pretty good job but it was a lot of work and I was not certain I got it all.

[Big D's 69]

What I'm going to do is use this cup blaster I got then come back with a wire wheel and then either weld it up or seam seal it.

[Jerry1256]

Some Ford expert bodyman told me this
1/ sandblast the seams
2/ apply rust mort and let sit for at least 24 hours
3/another LIGHT sandblast
4/apply chromite primer
5/you can then apply the seam sealer

This guy is really in the know and guarantees this procedure. I like the seams, retains the originality of the truck
This is what I plan to do with the annoying rust in the seams.....stay tuned

[jor]

What I'm going to do is use this cup blaster I got

What is a "cup blaster?"
jor

[dablack00]

A cup blaster is the same thing as a spot blaster. It looks like a gravity feed spray gun, but instead of paint, you get sand. Sometimes, there will be a cone extending out from th gun around the nosel of the gun. This is so you can place the gun up to the surface of the thing you want to spray, hit the trigger and the sand won't go everywhere.

[big_blue_72]

u can also use a prduct called metal to metal mix up like bondo hardens like metal sands like bondo fillin in seems with weld is very hard do to heating up the metal to much and u get lots of warpage sand blasting the seems is the best way to get the paint and rust out metal to metal is awesum i highly recomend i use it all the time never had a prob plus u get no warpage

[spartman]

Other than kieth has anybody tried to take their box apart to fix the issue?

[foghorn]

I think naval jelly had a product that would turn rust into primmer. I have used this before on a bumpside years ago. Worked superb wish i could remember who it owned it so i could see how it was still holding up.