Salt/Brine/Rust

[jgillott]

Remind me never to let those two meet each other.......that would be a dangerous combo.

 

[DavidC]

I'm rebuilding my truck right now. I went to Eastwood and bought a bunch of their rust solutions.
Internal frame coating inside the frame, the door bottoms, cab corners, inside the rockers, inside the front fenders, interior floors along the door sills and driver/ pass floors. All till it was running out the drains
HD Antirust inside the doors.
Chassis black extreme primer, 2 coats, and Chassis black paint extreme, 2 coats, on the frame after sand blasting it.
Black rust encapsulator on the axles and front suspension along with 2 coats of chassis black paint.
Spectrum rubberized sound deadener from Second Skin Audio on the exterior cab floor to about 3-4 mils thick and inside the front doors and on the front seat floors and trans hump.
Hopefully that will buy me some time. I am replacing the cab with a donor from a 01 1500 gasser truck I bought in Alabama. Clean as a whistle, 1 women owner, 171k.

Sounds like a good plan, Don't forget to spray the tailgate using the inside frame coating. I spent 2 winters in Vermont and the bottom seam actually showed rust. How did you access inside the rockers ?

Dave

 

[sg5054]

From underneath there is some plastic plugs I pulled. Eastwood has these extension nozzles for the spray cans. About an 18" clear tube and a brass tip with 5 jets drilled. Works really well. My rear body is done for so I'm just putting it back to buy some time. I'm looking at a aluminum flat bed from Martin's Welding. Looks like nice work and the price works for me. Bodies up here are more even with shipping from them. I thought about driving down to have one installed but it would be cheaper to ship vs the expenses to travel.
http://www.martinswelding.com/

 

[DavidC]

From underneath there is some plastic plugs I pulled. Eastwood has these extension nozzles for the spray cans. About an 18" clear tube and a brass tip with 5 jets drilled. Works really well. My rear body is done for so I'm just putting it back to buy some time. I'm looking at a aluminum flat bed from Martin's Welding. Looks like nice work and the price works for me. Bodies up here are more even with shipping from them. I thought about driving down to have one installed but it would be cheaper to ship vs the expenses to travel.
http://www.martinswelding.com/

I bought the silver encapsulator and the inside frame treatment. Just need to find the time to apply both, the frame treatment inside the tailgate and the encapsulator along the bottom external seam. Might do the rockers while I am at it, I will look for the plugs, Thanks

Dave

 

[sg5054]

make sure you put a drop cloth down, wear gloves and have good ventilation and or a respirator. The fume are potent. Respirator is a must.

 

[DavidC]

make sure you put a drop cloth down, wear gloves and have good ventilation and or a respirator. The fume are potent. Respirator is a must.

Thanks for the tip

Dave

 

[DavidC]

Wow, that in frame coating is runny. Did the tailgate and Drivers rocker, still have a little left in one can and one full can. Still want to do Passenger rocker and all the doors. From what I can see the doors may require panel removal as I can get the nozzle in the open side drain but not the hinge side. Rear door access doesn't look any better.

Dave

 

[sg5054]

Yup, Pull the door panels and the interior trim panels for the cab corners. Only way to do it right. I also sprayed the inside of the front fenders. Make sure you get down into the corner where the fender meets the body behind the wheel.

 

[DavidC]

Looks like you people either have had, are having or will have a real mess. The salt/brine is definately going down for this weather. 36 here this morning, -20 in Minot. Think I'll stay here :-laf. You guy's be safe.

Dave

 

[jgillott]

So far, just enough to make it sloppy. Round 2 is supposed to come tomorrow so we will have to just wait and see.

 

[JR]

Our biggest of the last 3 "severe winter weather adliesories" :-laf turned out 6 inches. Nothing to get excited over.

 

[VolsFan]

The Eastwood sounds like a pretty good product and I'm about ready to order it. However, after more reading I'm interested in the Krown product guys are talking about also. Didn't see a website for Krown, but I'm gonna get something, Been getting a ton of snow and salt here and don't want this truck to have the typical rusty dodge doors

 

[VolsFan]

Well a ton of snow in my book anyways, hopefully only a couple more years up north. I know a lot of guys further north than me would think the snow I'm seeing isn't nothing

 

[Nigel]

VolsFan
Try http://www.krown.com/locations/all scroll to the bottom and you will find the US locations. It is a Canadian company coming south instead of the other way around for a change.

Nigel

 

[VolsFan]

Thanks Nigel, checked out krown but the closest dealer to me was a few hours north.went ahead and ordered a gallon of the Eastwood. Watched the video and you evidently spray it on a salty vehicle, let it set then spray off. I'll post my results

 

[VolsFan]

In the bitterroot valley in Montana, they don't even spread any kind of corrosive agents due mostly to the fact of all the blue ribbon trout streams in the area. Pretty much every garage had a 4 wheeler, Subaru and dodge ram 4x4. One of the more favorite places I've been in the country

 

[DavidC]

The Eastwood sounds like a pretty good product and I'm about ready to order it. However, after more reading I'm interested in the Krown product guys are talking about also. Didn't see a website for Krown, but I'm gonna get something, Been getting a ton of snow and salt here and don't want this truck to have the typical rusty dodge doors

I am by no means the authority on rust although I lived in those areas and had or witnessed the effects. I also know it is any place there is a folded seam, spot weld or a place that traps material it will rust from the inside out. I spent 2 winters in Vermont and it appears the only rust area I noticed was the bottom lip of my tailgate. I drenched the inside of the gate and rocker panels with Eastwood's in frame coating, then used a wire wheel along the seam on the outside and applied the Silver encapsulating paint. I still want to pull the door panels and use the in frame coating there, if the flexible tube they provide from Eastwood was longer I could do the front doors through the rear drain hole without panel removal. I hope the in frame coating is as good as they say it is.

Dave

 

[JR]

I tried the KROWN on the truck and wife's car this year. It seems like a good product and the guy applying it knew what he was doing. Very quick and efficient. They have to attend so many hours of training every year to retain their llicense. Not just the employer but all employees who will be applying the undercoating. They spray in all the hinges and latches and drill holes in the bottoms of the doors and spray inside the panels with a little wand. I think something like this is better for vehicles that are older and have never been treated because rather than just covering any rust you may have going on it draws into it and helps to neutralize the oxidation process.

 

[DavidC]

I tried the KROWN on the truck and wife's car this year. It seems like a good product and the guy applying it knew what he was doing. Very quick and efficient. They have to attend so many hours of training every year to retain their llicense. Not just the employer but all employees who will be applying the undercoating. They spray in all the hinges and latches and drill holes in the bottoms of the doors and spray inside the panels with a little wand. I think something like this is better for vehicles that are older and have never been treated because rather than just covering any rust you may have going on it draws into it and helps to neutralize the oxidation process.

I think the in frame coating is in theory the same approach, but I am not drilling holes in my truck if I can avoid it. I will pull panels where I can.

Dave

 

[VolsFan]

just got my gallon of Eastwood road salt neutralizer in. This weekend sounds like the perfect time to use it, supposed to be in the upper 50s! Can't wait to use it, was under the truck putting up step bars and there is a lot of salt and dirt left over from wv. Excited to see how this stuff works