[FC] Rampside Bed repainting

[James Davis]

For paint to stick, all the rust must be removed.  If the loose rust is 
removed POR-15 will encapsulate it.  UV will breakdown the POR-15 so it 
will need to be top coated.  I find that POR-15 chips in bed use.  For 
years, I coated my bed rust with Extend.  Spraying it on the bed each 
year.  It lasted a full year because the Rampside is parked inside.  Last 
year I took the time to media blast the bed and paint it with gray 
Imron.  I then took it down and had spray on bed liner (Rhino) put in.  I 
brought up the liner about 4 inches above the floor.  I knew the paint 
wouldn't hold up to the stuff I throw in the bed (wood, engines, propane 
tanks, cement blocks, bricks, etc). Rampside's exterior colors all came 
with a white stripe, except for the white trucks which came with a red 
stripe.  Interiors were silver/gray for the painted ones.  About delux I 
won't hazard a guess.
Jim Davis

At 10:47 AM 7/4/2004, you wrote:
>My  '62 Rampside was bought with a gray primed bed. It now has some 
>surface rust. I'd like to resore it this summer. What would be the best 
>way to go about this? Should I go to bare metal with sandpaper and the 3M 
>black wheel or is paint remover best? To prevent future rusting would the 
>Rust Encapsulator be a good choice for the bare metal or is Rustoleum just 
>as good? As for the color coat would that be the same as the body or the 
>stripe? I've seen some ramp doors painted black. Is that original? Any 
>ideas about Herculiner or Linex?
>Lastly my engine hatch doesn't have a handle.  Is there supposed to be one?
>THANKS