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How to go about this bubbling

Discussion in '1st Gen Tundras (2000-2006)' started by Pucks18, Sep 24, 2020.

  1. Sep 24, 2020 at 3:08 PM
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    Pucks18

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    Got some rust bubbling and looks like my frame paint is chipping away too in a couple spots.what should I do to combat this guys? I have never done any sort of rust removal/prevention so ya... I see online that people take a wiring brush or wheel to it. What do you do afterwards and how much do you buff out with the wire brush? Do I just apply grease or fluid film over it or something and make sure it is always wet...? lol. Thanks! Also its white on the frame from white lithium grease

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  2. Sep 24, 2020 at 3:15 PM
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    Jim LE 1301

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    Flat knife scrape the bubbles off. PB Blaster Showers. Hand Rub Greasings with Moly Grease.

    Cut it out with the Fluid Film nonsense. :D
     
  4. Sep 24, 2020 at 3:25 PM
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    My 12 cans of woolwax just arrived today ;)
     
  5. Sep 24, 2020 at 3:26 PM
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    Thanks for the suppestions. Might do por15 but might not also, grease is so much cheaper and already have it lol
     
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    FirstGenVol

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    Mine had a little rust in the exact same spot. I sanded/wire brushed it down to bare metal and then hit it with some flat black spray paint. Finally I would just cover it with whatever you choose. Sounds like you have wool wax so that will work.
     
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    Make sure to check the inside of that section of the frame as well. You should clean/paint/treat both sides of the frame when you clean rust.



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  8. Sep 25, 2020 at 12:00 AM
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    I had similar on lots of my frame when I got it, so I treated the whole thing underneath.
    I scraped with a metal scraper, wire brush wheeled it, sprayed everything with ‘rust coverter’, then I sprayed everything with a few coats of black paint, then rubberized undercoating, then coated it with Rust Check (pick your coating, grease, wool wax, etc).
    I was pretty thorough, I think, and got everywhere, inside bumpers, differential, springs, etc- everything I could reach.
    It took a few days, but mostly because of the drying time between products.
    That was about a year ago, all still looks good after a full year. I might recoat with Rust Check.
    Looks like it wouldn’t hurt to do more than just that spot on yours, I see plenty of rust in the pic.
     
  9. Sep 25, 2020 at 5:23 AM
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    I really should have done rust converter I guess. All I did was wire wheel it and gave it a healthy coat of woolwax. There's no reason it should rust again tho
     
  10. Sep 25, 2020 at 5:58 AM
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    ktundra

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    That looks like a little baby boo boo on the frame, lol.

    I'd be more concerned about the rust on the supports for your rear bed. There's some festering rust there at that support beam which may indicate that a good portion of your bed may also need addressing.
     
  11. Sep 25, 2020 at 6:35 AM
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    I'm gonna spray them today with pb blast then woolwax tomorrow
     
  12. Sep 25, 2020 at 7:30 AM
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    If you have access to a needle scaler, that would be really handy for this. It will knock out chips and flaked coating that appears to be tightly adhered, but actually have rust behind. I took the needle scaler to everything I could underneath my 06 when I got it and I was amazed by how much loose rust and coating there was on spots that looked fine.
     

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