Recent content by ibChaz

Sandblasting will definitely get the job done, but it is a messy/expensive overkill. No matter how you prep and paint a trailer frame, you will need to do some occasional touch-up. Remove most rust, degrease thoroughly, acid wash (if needed) immediately followed by coating type metal-prep OR...

I used the smaller HF scaler to chip thick layers of rust from under my salt-laden truck bed. It doesn't look like you have a whole lot of thick rust, but the scaler will take off you have in a heartbeat, they are cheap, and you can even replace the needles. Looks like a wire wheel will handle...

Bedliner is not made for trailer frames. There are better alternatives. We did an undercarriage in bedliner, and when it eventually started cracking it was a disaster. Trapped water, salt, and dirt. Worse than nothing.

POR15 worked GREAT and time-tested results. I lived in far northern Maine, where there is salt on the roads more often than there is not. So bad that I got a free frame replacement under my Tundra because it rotted through. You can imagine what my truck bed looked like underneath if the frame...

Yikes. That may have been a rather costly fix. 98% of the time the detent ball(s) and springs(s) are just gunked up. One percent of the time it may be sticky linkage. Either problem can cause it to go in or out of float with difficulty, OR can cause it to NOT stay in float without holding it there.