Joys of removing bed liner

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Re: Joys of removing bed liner

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Great job! For color, I vote for that nice looking UN truck that was posted. Or for 1970's Toyota FJ40 desert tan, I love that color.
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wow, i have to agree - great color!
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There were only 336 of these little guys brought into the US and not a whole lot remaining.
I don't know many that are an original color.
Sooo - I think I am going to stick with (or really close to) the original green.
Going to try and semi-restore the Hafi back to what it once was.

That FJ tan is a nice color!

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Dan, I thought the Pathfinder US import counts were closer to 220?
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cascade.king wrote:Dan, I thought the Pathfinder US import counts were closer to 220?
Pretty sure the numbers s 336 but will have to check my computer to post PDF of production numbers (currently on iPad)

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Haflinger Production/Sales Numbers
https://app.box.com/s/9ksjg8o9i87te03yt5vd

Looks like 336 total for US (1960-72) but 221 "Pathfinders" in 71 and 72
Ok, perfect - so the Pathfinder model is even rarer - thanks for having me check that!
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Shiny :)
About 1/3-1/2 way done (foot wells will be a pain to strip to bare metal)
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Coat them in Aircraft Stripper and sop up the mess.
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I would still have to wire brush all the rust off no?
I am going to be testing out a new soda blaster fairly soon too - that should get into all the small nooks etc
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.. Naval Jelly.
(Can you tell I'm a fan of the chemical processes?)

How rusty is it?
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If they are not very rust and pitted really deep, then you can buy citric acid in powder form, make up a very thick paste which you can brush on - that will eat the rust for you (as long as it is reasonably damp) and is a LOT cheaper than the other more commercial rust removers.

It needs to remain damp for it to work, but too wet and it runs off before it has a chance to work It is really good being made into a solution in a bucket and rusty things being put in it to soak for a couple days.

Just remember to wash the items well afterwards and coat with a thin coat of primer as soon as they are dry or they will go rusty all over again!

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I really have no clue what I am doing but I am pretty good at figuring things out as I go.
It is all just light surface rust. Not rust through, some spots are pitted a bit but those spots are minimal.
I hand scrapped the whole platform of bedliner (help form kids :mrgreen: ) and am now just wire wheeling all the surface rust and remnant paint/primer. Then I coat with light acid that leaves a zinc coating so it does not flash rust.
Plan when ready to prime is to clean surface and prime with 2 part primer and not sure how I am painting/spraying color yet.
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