1948 GMC – Truck Bed


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		The next step is to roll out the media blaster and blast away. This way, I know that I have gotten all that protective coating off along with all the lubricants used when punching this stuff out. Oh yea, the one thing that will need to be addressed is to fill in all the spot welds.
		Here is one of the bed sides after a light blasting with the main focus being in the areas I could not get by hand earlier.
		Same as above just other end.
		After wiping the areas down that needed to be filled, a little filler as wiped in/on the spot welds.
		A little sanding to smooth it all out.

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