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M1009 update...floor almost finished...

linx310

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Ok I spent the last 3 days trying to get the floor finished on my M1009.

I cut out the remaining bad spots in the floor and welded in some new metal.

Once I had it welded in and used a wire wheel to remove the temporary primer over all areas that had rust at one point.

I also cleaned up some minor rust damage on the inside of the passenger side fender.

I then put down some acid that converts the rust and cleaned it off. I then put down POR-15 on all areas that had rust at one point on the floor.

Once the POR-15 was tacky I painted a Rustoleum Primer over it.

BTW I had an incident with the POR-15. When I was under the truck touching up part of the fender with POR-15 I accidentally rolled it the pan of it and didn't realize it.

When I was done I noticed my hair on my head was stuck together and my neck and right arm were black.

2 days of scrubbing with acetone and I got most of it off. Though my hair is still glued together in some places.

Well back to the truck.

I finished spraying the bare metal with Rustoleum Primer and the let it dry.

I then cleaned out the entire interior with soap and water. Though the sugar sand still seems to creep back up on me.

Last I put seam sealer down along all the weld beads. That stuff is messy!

Hopefully this coming weekend I can get the bedliner down.
 

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topgun217

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THe POR 15 is good stuff, LOL, sorry about your hair that sucks. I'm doing the same thing to mine right now getting ready for winter. When I put the seam sealer down, I smoothed it with a kitchen wiggit and then in places I dipped my finer in thinner and smothed it out so it looked more refined mainly in the tight crevises.

Looks like you did a fine job. The right rear corner is a real pain in the a__ I was deaf after all the pounding. What liner product do you plan on using inside? I am thinking of the POR 15 since I have a floor liner and no ones gonna see it. I read that depending on how you spray it on, it will have a flat finish to it.
 
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