I really despise bedliner now. Factory paint is a really good coating and my stupid self thought spraying some $40 can of junk on top of it would help how?! I think if I was to ever get a pickup truck I would go with the old fashioned drop in plastic liner. Thanks for the encouragement, I am really needing it.Seems like it would've been better to spray the herculiner on the outside of the jeep than the inside! LOL.
Work is looking great so far man. Keep it up!
Ah! Sorry to hear that. It’s a shame that TJs have these rust issues. If you decide to fix it, I would recommend only cutting out the parts that are bad, not the whole pan like I did. And I would consider doing the rivet and adhesive method.faaaaaaaaaaaakkkk man.
Previous owner of mine did a beautification job with bondo over rust, sure did good enough to hide from a 1st time Jeep buyer and unsuspected dealership.
I have the same issue around driver side roll bar, was agitating surface with a wire wheel for bedliner job, and then a white dust started appearing from around that area. Out of confusion i started poking around with a screw driver and surprise ! Rest of the tub seems fine, so why exactly that corner is puzzling to me.
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Thanks for that. Sounds great for small items. I was about to pick up some phosphoric acid earlier this week but might have to reconsider. I had wild dreams in my head of cutting out rust, patching in panels, making it like new…but it’s beyond my ability and time. People that spend years doing a frame-off restoration - I am in awe of their patience and resolve.I forgot to mention, if you want to treat the rust rather than cut it out, get some Evaporust. It's not an acid, but a chelation fluid that will remove pitted rust without harming the base metal. Doesn't harm your skin, and about the consistency of water. But it works very slowly and needs to be kept wet. For small items I just leave them over night in a bucket of the stuff. For surface rust on otherwise sound panels I used a flap disc or sand paper to remove most of the rust and then soaked paper towels in evaporust and let them sit on the metal for a day or two, using a spray bottle every few hours to keep the towels wet. You can see the towels turn brown from the rust it leaches out and then you can wash off the evaporust and repaint or fix what's left. It works so well I threw all the phosphoric acid away.
On another note: it is truly AMAZING what a handful of sheet metal screws can do. They worked better than I could ever have imagined at tightening up all the gaps and getting everything lined up in the right place. Almost feel like I could go take it for a spin around the block.