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<blockquote data-quote="patooyee" data-source="post: 620624" data-attributes="member: 483"><p>I have a used 2005 Dodge Ram 2500. Love the truck, bought it to be my last tow rig ever and so far it is living up to expectations.</p><p></p><p>But the black factory paint on the frame has turned gray and is flaking off to expose clean steel beneath it. It isn't rusty underneath, but there are places where the bare steel is showing that I can see rust particles starting to form slightly. I don't know what caused the factory paint to do this. The truck had one owner before me and spent it's entire life prior to me in Arkansas. I'm not sure if Arkansas is considered a salt state or what. I didn't think so.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, back when I lived up north where they laid salt on the roads my dad would always have this coating put on his frames to prevent corrosion. I think it was called Zebart? I hated that ****. It was black and gooey, like tar, and never dried. Any time you touched the frame your hands would come off looking like you just laid an asphalt highway and the **** almost had to be scrubbed off your skin with steel wool, no soap would get it off. If you got it on your clothes they were ruined for life. But it did protect the frame against the harsh winter salt on the roads.</p><p></p><p>Are there any other easy alternatives? This truck is in great shape so I don't feel that a frame-off restoration is necessary. But I would like to address this before it becomes a real problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="patooyee, post: 620624, member: 483"] I have a used 2005 Dodge Ram 2500. Love the truck, bought it to be my last tow rig ever and so far it is living up to expectations. But the black factory paint on the frame has turned gray and is flaking off to expose clean steel beneath it. It isn't rusty underneath, but there are places where the bare steel is showing that I can see rust particles starting to form slightly. I don't know what caused the factory paint to do this. The truck had one owner before me and spent it's entire life prior to me in Arkansas. I'm not sure if Arkansas is considered a salt state or what. I didn't think so. Anyway, back when I lived up north where they laid salt on the roads my dad would always have this coating put on his frames to prevent corrosion. I think it was called Zebart? I hated that ****. It was black and gooey, like tar, and never dried. Any time you touched the frame your hands would come off looking like you just laid an asphalt highway and the **** almost had to be scrubbed off your skin with steel wool, no soap would get it off. If you got it on your clothes they were ruined for life. But it did protect the frame against the harsh winter salt on the roads. Are there any other easy alternatives? This truck is in great shape so I don't feel that a frame-off restoration is necessary. But I would like to address this before it becomes a real problem. [/QUOTE]
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