matthon
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Started by taping off the holes for the lca, steering box, and control arm.
Full chemical mask, gloves, goggles, long sleeves with gloves pulled over sleeves, this stuff is nasty.
Layed out 3 sheets of 3 mil plastic on my truck tailgate.
Taped off all the holes in the frame, from inner to outer, including the seams, poured some encapsulator in the top middle hole, taped it, flipped the frame upside down, side to side, etc., multiple times.
Took off the tape, continued to flip it around. Dripped out everywhere, including the seams.
Started to brush it on the outside, flipping it around the entire time, using only what drained out.
Folded up the plastic twice so I had a clean surface each time, good planning.
Leaned it on the truck bed and let it dry a bit and drain some more.
Put another coat of rust encapsulator on from the can this time, flipping, set it to dry.
As it dried it left 2 small puddles, I flipped it again and brushed those sections out.
Let it dry leaning sideways against the driver mount against my car and on the floor, on a giant piece of cardboard.
Need a good place far away to let it dry and before you paint it. It stinks to high h-e double hockey sticks, must be offgassing like crazy.
Let it fully cure for 24 hours, have to top coat after 4 hours but before 48 hours or you have to scuff it. That's not happening with this thing.
Gave it 3 coats of Rust-oleum satin primer/paint. This stuff is great. Let it cure for a week.
It looks powder coated, not sticky or soft at all, no fingerprints left behind when handling, not even a remnant.
It looks pretty darn good, so good that I keep seeing imperfections and think it's the finish but it's a tiny factory weld spatter, or small ding. Some of them look like white specs and I keep thinking there's a chip in the finish, but it's a tiny reflection - with satin paint no less.
I took some crappy pics.
Full chemical mask, gloves, goggles, long sleeves with gloves pulled over sleeves, this stuff is nasty.
Layed out 3 sheets of 3 mil plastic on my truck tailgate.
Taped off all the holes in the frame, from inner to outer, including the seams, poured some encapsulator in the top middle hole, taped it, flipped the frame upside down, side to side, etc., multiple times.
Took off the tape, continued to flip it around. Dripped out everywhere, including the seams.
Started to brush it on the outside, flipping it around the entire time, using only what drained out.
Folded up the plastic twice so I had a clean surface each time, good planning.
Leaned it on the truck bed and let it dry a bit and drain some more.
Put another coat of rust encapsulator on from the can this time, flipping, set it to dry.
As it dried it left 2 small puddles, I flipped it again and brushed those sections out.
Let it dry leaning sideways against the driver mount against my car and on the floor, on a giant piece of cardboard.
Need a good place far away to let it dry and before you paint it. It stinks to high h-e double hockey sticks, must be offgassing like crazy.
Let it fully cure for 24 hours, have to top coat after 4 hours but before 48 hours or you have to scuff it. That's not happening with this thing.
Gave it 3 coats of Rust-oleum satin primer/paint. This stuff is great. Let it cure for a week.
It looks powder coated, not sticky or soft at all, no fingerprints left behind when handling, not even a remnant.
It looks pretty darn good, so good that I keep seeing imperfections and think it's the finish but it's a tiny factory weld spatter, or small ding. Some of them look like white specs and I keep thinking there's a chip in the finish, but it's a tiny reflection - with satin paint no less.
I took some crappy pics.
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