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This has always looked this way. No better no worse. ...
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347 hits | 59.45 KB | Posted: 2008-01-01
Close up...
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Pretty Green color...
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Any color difference?

So this is what I did.
Sanded the rust off with a dremel. Used Naval Jelly on all the areas after I sanded. Acetoned all that plus the top of tailgate. 3-4 coats of duplicolor sandable primer, 4-5 coats of a light spraying artic white from duplicolor. I used the small can and that was just enough to do the top of my tailgate.

The one thing I didnt do was mask off. I was lazy and I did get some overspray. Not bad though. I also didnt rough up a lot of the areas outside where the rust was. Hopefully it will last. I finished this on 3 Jun 2007. Took a weekend but I was in no hurry. I started Saturday afternoon about 4, finished Sunday with a few last touch up coats in between fishing. ...
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Final coat on the top of the tailgate....
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Final coat, waiting to dry...
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366 hits | 39.31 KB | Posted: 2007-06-02
post sanding, waiting for primer. ...
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357 hits | 35.24 KB | Posted: 2007-06-02
Close up of sanded bondo. Some sanded well, others didnt. ...
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Bondod, sanded, and primed. Waiting to dry and paint. ...
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295 hits | 46.24 KB | Posted: 2007-06-02
In between stages here. Some bondo not done well, primered and painting in process. ...
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Bondo applied in the holes to help flush it out. Pre sanding...
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Sanded, primed, and painted. Its hard to find 1990 model ford faded white. I got an artic white from duplicolor. I dont like this because there is a small dimple created when I sanded the rust out. This lead to me getting some bondo as filler. ...
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328 hits | 59.61 KB | Posted: 2007-06-02
Looking down the bottom of the tailgate.

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351 hits | 64.13 KB | Posted: 2007-06-02
Looking between the bed of the truck and the tailgate when folded down. This is the same spot as the hole I cut out. Its like this in about two other spots on the tailgate. ...
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355 hits | 58.21 KB | Posted: 2007-06-02
All the little pimple rust spots on top of the tailgate. I was so ready to get going I didnt even unload the truck from moving!!

Got a dremel at a garage sale and went to work on the rust spots. ...
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278 hits | 31.45 KB | Posted: 2007-06-02
Bottom left...
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