Rare Birds....., my choice, much easier to store!

FL

Clean and degrease it good first. Then clean it again.

Yes this ^^^^^^  it is all about the prep, especially on older concrete. After doing that, i would acid wash it, rinse with clean water and let dry well for at least 48 hours. The more drying time the better, up to a point for sure, but might want to use a dehumidifier if you got one help hasten the process. keep it as clean as possible before 1st coat. Do extra coats as soon as possible after product has cured. They sell spiked shoes that you strap on your work boots/shoes in order to walk across the epoxy after you have applied it to fix any issues. And there always is something you want to "fix" lol.!

Even today's epoxies like to "yellow out" over time, more noticeable with the lighter colors, so a good top coat will help. I like a polyurea clear coat with UV protection and then broadcast some white Aluminum Oxide grit after laying the clear coat. 60 grit, 80 or 120. This is where the spiked shoe adapter thing a-ma-jig comes in handy again. (so clean it after every use).

Walk in and toss some grit, just don’t over do it, you only get one chance to do this to your satisfaction level.

And yes, Muriatic acid will be fine, just dilute it. Remember Acid to water, never water to acid. And, wear a mask in a VERY well ventilated area. This stuff can be nasty!

FL

Ha!
So a 1000 # + dead weight trailer used to haul 60#'s of useless flimsy steel shelving units with a Honda Pilot?
I can't even begin to imagine the person(s) thinking behind this.

FL

1 Cubic foot of water is closer to 7.48 gallons. So my math, and a few more decimal places, calculates to 2,632.096 gallons.
That's 173.336 gallons Mo H₂O !

I like when math errors in my favor(or yours in this case) Anyway, that's a lot of water storage!

FL

If youve never used newsprint, give it a try.  Works wonders.  No lint.

This is a great detail trick (or is that a hack nowadays?), I have been using this method for at least 30 years. Best used as a 'final' wipe down/polish for that showroom clean look.

TIP to use: Wad up a full two sheet section of black and white newspaper in to a bit of a ball and use like any other wiper. If it gets to wet it will "pill and shred" but no lint. Just grab another full sheet of the Chicago Tribune and go back to work. NEVER used colored ad paper!

I gots me one of those CJ-3a's, a '50. Love that little dude.

We had a well used but not rusty 48 MB-2 IIRC, at the 'wyo ranch' too, but the brakes were shot and at that time "it wasn't worth fixing"so it sat in a shed for many years and then it was gone. Oh well, too young to it buy anyway at that time

You fixed what you had to and not much more on our ranch. That's just how it seemed to me growing up there.

My non flatlander years.....

sorry, scratch that option. keep the pegs above the lower frame rails!
LOL, What the heck was I thinking?

FL

Well, a little more about me….
This most recent truck thing came about when I got my 2012 Duramax Denali new.
I wanted to learn as much as I could about all the new emission garbage that this truck had. That led me to the Dmax forum and then here. I don’t really ever go there now as I have most of my questions answered. So I migrated here and I like the vibes of all you knuckle heads as well as this seems to be way more family orientated, with just plain ole down to earth people.

I’m into rifles and pistols, but nothing tactical. Maybe 20 or so total including vintage war rifles and some shot guns.

I have late 60’s and early 70’s muscle cars. My collection is now down to 4 rare Pontiac’s, 1 Olds and a Kia, er, I mean a Nissan Twin Turbo.

I owned at least 40+ vehicles of all types through out the years. My first and perhaps one of my very favorite was a 1953 Willys CJ-3A. I had it at my folk’s ranch in Wyoming as my summer get around vehicle when I was growing up and that thing would go just about anywhere I pointed it in the foothills of the Big Horn Mountain range. Sure miss that Jeep!

I maintain all the vehicles that I have except for the Dmax, I still take that to the dealer with the warranty concerns and all, but I know how to wrench and have most all the tools I need.

Lastly, you may or may not be interested in what I do for a living. I own a precision flat lapping and fine grinding job shop. It pays the bills. If interested in details my web address is www.lapping.com  (I hope it’s okay to post that link in here).

Sorry for the long winded Bio, but Big D seems a wee bit concerned that I may be trouble here and I wish to quell those fears by ‘putting it out there’ as to who I am and perhaps what my intentions are. I am not a trouble maker. I may instigate a bit though!

FL

Hi all,
got a email response from Cudakid53 just moments after hitting the final join button.
He just happens to be a hoppen' frog's distance from me.
I copied my response below;

Quote from: cudakidd53 on September 21, 2015, 08:42:50 PM

    Welcome to the site!  We're glad you're here-


Hey Cudakid53,
That was a fast PM! So I have followed Don's posts on Dmax forum and then followed over here days after it was up.
I had to follow the Square D build and of course Combat Max.
Now I feel guilty for not signing up sooner.
I may be able to contribute a little here and there with some different thoughts and suggestions.......

Do I have to take a DOT test? LOL.


So, I'll try to behave on this site and not DOT the place up to much!

FL