Jon
I'm currently building front and rear bumper/brush guards for my dak. The
front is 75% complete, painted and on the Dak. When the final tube is
welded, in place it will be taken off, stripped and powder coated. However,
the line-x is an interesting thought.
I was planning on going with white, does line-x come in white?
Patrick
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From: "Jon" <jon@dakota-truck.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 8:38 PM
Subject: DML: Best temporary metal protection?
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> I'm in the process of building a front bumper for my '92 Ram. At
> this point, I'm not sure if I'm going to powdercoat it, spray paint it,
> or have it Line-X'd. I'm thinking about Line-Xing the entire truck
> eventually; if I do that, maybe it would look better to have the
> bumper "stand out" by using powdercoat? I dunno, I'm still not sure
> obviously. :-)
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> Anyway, given that, I was wondering if someone might have a good
> suggestion as to what I should do to the metal in the meantime to
> keep it from rusting? Whatever I eventually decide to do will
> probably require it to be taken back down to metal, so I don't
> want to use something that's going to be a real bear to remove later.
> I've seen some metal wash products that claim to protect metal for
> 3 weeks or so, but this will probably be a few months at least,
> and knowing myself, more likely a few years. ;-) Plus, it'll
> be out in the rain, etc.
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> My inclination right now is to just hit it with some spray paint since
> that is easy to apply, and should be easier than powdercoat to remove
> later. I do have a siphon media blaster I can use to remove it...
> But, I figured I'd check to see if someone else might have a better
> idea. (Which usually does seem to be the case.) ;-)
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> Assuming for a moment that I do go the spray paint route, is that
> "Rust Oleum" (sp?) stuff any harder to remove than normal spray paint?
> (And is it actually any better than the normal stuff at preventing
> rust?)
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> Thanks!!
>
> -Jon-
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