Starting the interior of my '84 K5 - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

68Timber · 02-25-2021, 09:40 PM

That's a really good looking truck. Red with white wagon wheels is perfect to this old guy. So, I'm going with KISS. Paint got it this far, so paint over repairs and forget about it. I don't have any experience with carpet adhesive on the rear wheel wells, but a Harbor Freight heat gun with a gasket scraper should make short work of it. Looking forward to seeing the results!

bigschuss · 02-27-2021, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by 68Timber

That's a really good looking truck. Red with white wagon wheels is perfect to this old guy. So, I'm going with KISS. Paint got it this far, so paint over repairs and forget about it. I don't have any experience with carpet adhesive on the rear wheel wells, but a Harbor Freight heat gun with a gasket scraper should make short work of it. Looking forward to seeing the results!

Thanks John. Appreciate your input. That makes perfect sense.

68Timber · 02-27-2021, 09:05 AM

They also have plastic scrapers that might work better for removing the glue without hurting the paint.

bigschuss · 03-01-2021, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 68Timber

They also have plastic scrapers that might work better for removing the glue without hurting the paint.

Great. Thanks again John.

Not a lot of participation on this forum? Is it because I'm the new guy with dumb questions?

68Timber · 03-02-2021, 04:54 PM

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Great. Thanks again John.

Not a lot of participation on this forum? Is it because I'm the new guy with dumb questions?

No, not at all. If you notice the number of views, people do check in and keep up. I think a lot of guys are like me and keep up on their phones where it's more of a PITA to reply, and only post when they're on their laptop or desktop.

bigschuss · 03-04-2021, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by 68Timber

No, not at all. If you notice the number of views, people do check in and keep up. I think a lot of guys are like me and keep up on their phones where it's more of a PITA to reply, and only post when they're on their laptop or desktop.

Got it. Thanks for the advice. Going to work on the rust this weekend and just go with paint as you suggested.

**K25alive** · 03-04-2021, 05:31 PM

Last year I did address the floor on my '77 C10. There was of course rust to deal with. But it was only topside, the underneath was fine. So i wire wheeled it, neutralized the rust with POR-15 Metal Prep, then paint over with POR-15. Then I put down some Dynamat, and on top of that some closed cell foam.

02-25-2021, 09:40 PM	#1
68Timber I know the pieces fit Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: MONTGOMERY, AL Posts: 5,523	Re: Starting the interior of my '84 K5 That's a really good looking truck. Red with white wagon wheels is perfect to this old guy. So, I'm going with KISS. Paint got it this far, so paint over repairs and forget about it. I don't have any experience with carpet adhesive on the rear wheel wells, but a Harbor Freight heat gun with a gasket scraper should make short work of it. Looking forward to seeing the results! __________________ John 79 2wd Blazer (Bruiser) 85 M1009 Blazer (Sarge) build 74 Honda Z50 build

02-27-2021, 09:05 AM	#3
68Timber I know the pieces fit Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: MONTGOMERY, AL Posts: 5,523	Re: Starting the interior of my '84 K5 They also have plastic scrapers that might work better for removing the glue without hurting the paint. __________________ John 79 2wd Blazer (Bruiser) 85 M1009 Blazer (Sarge) build 74 Honda Z50 build

03-04-2021, 05:31 PM	#7
K25alive Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 273	Re: Starting the interior of my '84 K5 Last year I did address the floor on my '77 C10. There was of course rust to deal with. But it was only topside, the underneath was fine. So i wire wheeled it, neutralized the rust with POR-15 Metal Prep, then paint over with POR-15. Then I put down some Dynamat, and on top of that some closed cell foam.



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