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Anyone ever paint the underbody of their truck white? Plan on grinding some Rudy off then painting it. I figured white would brighten things up underneath for when a person is doing maintenance under there. Thoughts?

 

Keep your stick on the ice

 

Will

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I think it would look nice.

 

But if you drive it, it will get dirty and how much time do you want to spend cleaning the bottom of your truck?

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White would be cool because you could easily see what if grease/oil has flicked somewhere. It could also help you see what you are doing as you mentioned.

 

When you say "paint," are you talking flick (rattle) can or activated automotive paint? If it is not activated then it will stain very easily since it does not have hardeners to make it truly chemical resistant (hardeners are why your paint does not peel when gas drips around the filler neck). If you are going to flick-can it, you could still use activated automotive paint but it gets tricky -- an automotive paint supply store can activate a flick can, but I think you have <24 hours to use it. Also, automotive paint is finicky and will not adhere worth a crap if the underbody is not prepped (scuffed, completely grease/oil free).

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Well we undercoat out trucks up here so she'll be thick with oil once I get her back together. Speaking of paint, rpm, I was just going to rattle it. I'm not set up for proper automotive paint.

 

However thinking of this, I kind of half planed to por15 the underbody. Actualy I plan to. To get away from the lack of hardener as you mention, do you think implement paint would suffice? Or tractor paint. What ever you call it. I restored an old Ferguson and work her in to woods quite often, things full of oil and does not seem to be peeling. I'll have to post some pics of what I'm doing to the truck. Just got the front end bolted back together today as I had is all apart for paint.

 

Keep your stick on the ice

 

Will

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Will, Tractor paint does pretty well. I use it on shelves that i keep chemicals on, and under the stall pad that is on top of one of my benches. It will fish-eye a bit if the surface is no fully prepped, but as long as you leave the first coat to cure (instructions per coat) it does much better on the additional coats. Brake fluid will still eat through it, and solutions like Simple Green will leave stains if not wiped off, but other than that it looks good.

 

Not sure how careful you can be around the body paint, but if you can brush/sponge/spray toilet bowl cleaner (like blue Lysol or similar) and then undercarriage and then scrub it with a stiff brush it should pull a good amount of oils out of whatever is on the under the pan. Toilet bowl cleaner has some acid in it which makes a great cleaner (and aluminum brightener) but it can be hell on stuff that you do not want it on, like paint, if you don't get it off quick.

 

Pictures would be cool.

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Rpm, I've never thought of that. Seems like a good trick, as there is a lot of grease that has to be removed before I do any painting.

 

Keep your stick on the ice

 

Will

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