the guy I bought my truck from used house paint it did the job of preserving
the metal but was a bitch to get off
Bill 48'chevy pick-up
Channahon,Ill.
website
www.hotrodstogo.com
Go ahead and take risks....just be sure that everything
will turn out OK.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Merritt" <gmerritt@netins.net>
To: "oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 8:06 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] metal preservation
> What is the best way to preserve my rusty ol'truck before I can start
> working on it?
>
> I'd like to be able to blast/hammer/sand/prime a fender at a time, but I'm
> afraid that I would actually accelerate the decay if I don't actually
apply
> paint. Would it be sufficient to use an aerosol can of primer to cover
any
> exposed metal (realizing that I would completely re-sand and re-prime
when
> I went to paint it for real.)
>
> Primer really isn't intended for exposure to elements...that's why we have
> paint, right?
>
> I know aerosol cans are expensive, but so is the amount of paint I'd waste
> cleaning the gun after only painting one fender.
>
> Any other suggestions? What has everyone else done?
>
> Gene Merritt
> '46 Chevy 1/2
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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