Greetings all. New to the community and this has doubtless been discussed at length previously but I'll re-invigorate (I hope) some conversation.
Long story short: Had an FJ-40 thirty years ago. Got married. Wife didn't appreciate the FJ. Got rid of the FJ. Some years later got rid of the wife. Got a new wife. New wife is thrilled that my mid-life crisis involves an FJ and not a GF. Soooooooo.....bought me a 1976 landcrusher!
It's a California rig and has minimal rust. I do plan on taking it down and giving her a fresh coat of paint (while the 350 SB is out and getting prettied up as well). I want to do as good a job as I can on cleaning, prepping, and coating the frame with the body still on. My primary objective is to neutralize the rust that I can't remove and then seal it from further exposure.
Looking for any and all ideas on mechanical and chemical cleaning and suggestions for coatings. Since I'll be doing this semi-restoration as a DYI project, I'm sure I'll be asking many more questions and thank you all in advance for your insight.
Long story short: Had an FJ-40 thirty years ago. Got married. Wife didn't appreciate the FJ. Got rid of the FJ. Some years later got rid of the wife. Got a new wife. New wife is thrilled that my mid-life crisis involves an FJ and not a GF. Soooooooo.....bought me a 1976 landcrusher!
It's a California rig and has minimal rust. I do plan on taking it down and giving her a fresh coat of paint (while the 350 SB is out and getting prettied up as well). I want to do as good a job as I can on cleaning, prepping, and coating the frame with the body still on. My primary objective is to neutralize the rust that I can't remove and then seal it from further exposure.
Looking for any and all ideas on mechanical and chemical cleaning and suggestions for coatings. Since I'll be doing this semi-restoration as a DYI project, I'm sure I'll be asking many more questions and thank you all in advance for your insight.