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| | | | Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 283 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 283 | Found a place local to me that does, the auto dipping thing. The process removes rust, paint and undercoating. Anyone have any experience? | | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats | | Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 | I had my Opel GT acid dipped. dont know if I would do it again with another vehicle when media blasting is cheep.
The problems we face today can not be addressed at the same level of intelligence we were at when we created them - Albert Einstein Or with the same level of $ - Me
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 |
GMCAMARO,
What is the company and where is it located. I cannot find blasters or dippers in my area and I prefer not to do his job myself.
Tim
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Yep, in my case it was just about as inexpensive to have the parts dipped over having them blasted. In fact Scott, they were right down the road from you in Union Grove. Did a great job and the parts looked like brand new sheet metal. Here, take a look see. http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/the_stripper Denny Graham Sandwich, IL
Last edited by Denny Graham; 10/27/2009 1:51 PM.
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,181 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,181 | | | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 324 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 324 | GMCAMARO when it came time to clean up my cab & fenders I got a quote from a local company. I was told that bleeding through the paint can occur. The shop that was doing this type of acid dipping told me that usually, its best after the dip, to put it into their oven for 8 hrs to make sure everything was completely dry & cooked out. They offer a full guarantee that it would not bleed through. The cost was very high. So I went to media blasting for half the cost. They said the problem is usually caused when some of the acid stays into inner & outer seams or panels that don't drain and dry out as well as just a plain surface would. Hope this helps. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 283 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 283 | GMCAMARO,
What is the company and where is it located. I cannot find blasters or dippers in my area and I prefer not to do his job myself.
Tim Here is the companies website, http://www.metalstrip.net/They are in beautiful down town Worcester MA. The social capital of the world. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats | | Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 | Denny, that is who I used.
The problems we face today can not be addressed at the same level of intelligence we were at when we created them - Albert Einstein Or with the same level of $ - Me
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Yeah, they do soda and sand also and I was surprised to see the nice portable unit they have that they can take to your site also.
Nice guys to work with and they had mine done in less than a week.
Did they show ya the black chrome they are doing? Thats a really cool process.
DG
Last edited by Denny Graham; 10/28/2009 3:28 AM.
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 43 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 43 | GMCAMARO,
I'm in north central ma. ( gardner), not too far from MT Wachusetts, where are you at ? send me a PM..
regards
loadmaster47 | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | Dang Denny, it looks like you're in high gear on body work there. It's looking nice! Where did you get the chrome bumpers? Are they new or rechromed?
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | Not really Jim, more like stuck in the Granny gear. I can't seem to get moving on anything this fall. Got about 14 irons in the fire and can't make up my mind which one to grab.
The bumpers are just the triple chrome ones I got from one of the vendors a couple of years ago, think it was JC but at my age I can't remember back that far.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Last edited by Denny Graham; 11/01/2009 12:48 PM.
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
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