Bare metal body

THEJAY76 · Oct 21, 2014

I'm thinking about wire wheeling ( or soda blasting ) my 47 Fargo cab and box and splashing on a few coats of clear for the bare metal look. I'm wondering if anyone out there has any experience with this. The only thing I'm worried about is what it will look like a few years from now. Any advice out there?

Yankee Transplant · Oct 21, 2014

if your going for the rat rod look if it does rust it will be ok

MercuryMac · Oct 21, 2014

Hi and welcome to RRR from northern Alberta, Grande Prairie to be exact.
You really haven't got a dilemma, the way I see it, on clear-coating bare metal. In four or five years, IF there is any problems you can soda blast it again and try another finish or the same one. Don't let 'worrying about the future' stop you from building a hotrod. Go for it!
Oh, and many pictures in the build section.

bruno · Oct 22, 2014

Welcome to RRR, we like lots of pics!!

Old Iron · Oct 22, 2014

Welcome to the site

26Troadster · Oct 24, 2014

welcome to rrr, from bama. build it and we want to see pics.

OddRodsGarage · Oct 25, 2014

THEJAY76 said:
I'm thinking about wire wheeling ( or soda blasting ) my 47 Fargo cab and box and splashing on a few coats of clear for the bare metal look. I'm wondering if anyone out there has any experience with this. The only thing I'm worried about is what it will look like a few years from now. Any advice out there?

Welcome Jay , A regular clear over bare metal could show "spider web
" rust in a couple of years , a look this site could appreciate , however if you want to keep the look I hear they make an EPOXY clear and as epoxy is usually the first step over a bare metal paint job this may work . POR-15 is supposed to have something ..

Oldog

von-zipper · Nov 18, 2014

Welcome to the triple R, love to see some photos! Also love the clear coated bare naked look! [dr

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