Tips on Repairing Rust?

Tips on Repairing Rust?

Well after over 3 years of using my truck as a truck, (heh, go figure right?) I'm finally getting off my ass to repair the rusting scratches in the bed.

I've also got a LARGE deposit on top of the bed-front where my dad got a little over-zealous trying to pull the dent out.

Off the top of my head, I've got the steel wool, the stainless steel brush and a bottle of touch-up paint.

Note: Someday I do plan to have the bed Line-X'd, but that won't be for a while as I can't afford it.

by far the best thing ive done to mine!

you would have to sand primer and paint. only way to get rid of rust is go to bare metal.....

Yep, grind off the rust, put a good rust inhibiting primer and paint...

I'll be down to bare metal pretty quickly.

...considering this is just a temporary repair...can I simply remove the old rust, touch-up paint to protect it and then just Line-X over it?

...not trying to get the bed back to perfect, just keeping rust from spreading.

Put something to inhibit rust though, cause bare-metal will rust VERY quickly, and if there is moisture caught under the paint, it could still rust again within a year, it'll be very worthwhile to put some sort of rust inhibitor

Just spray a load of WD-40 hahahahaha j/k man

lol,

Pictures Andy slipping and sliding in the bed of his Tundra hey that's like putting armor all on my former Sport-bike and I know how stupid i was that day yikes NO braking (No comment on that Andy )

wow that must've been fun let me tell you.... wow lol

"Mommy what's that?"

"Why honey, I think that's a power ranger!"

:laughcry:

Oh the repair job, it went really well. I was informed my a friend to use a product called, "Rust Converter." You scrape off the excess rust, and apply this stuff in several coats. After it's completely cured, the remainer of the rust is chemically converted to a black primer. Really neat stuff. I painted over it, hopefully by the middle of next year I can have the thing Line-X'd. ...if there is any moisture under there when I line-X it, I hope it can withstand the heat of Line-X. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it sprayed on at 6-8 hundred degrees?