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Sandblast, Soda, Dip, or elbow grease?

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MntBrk

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First off Hello and nice site to be a new member of !!
I'm gonna do this once in my life and never again. Unless I find that Aston Martin DB 4 or 5 barn find.
I have a 67 ragtop that my Dad bought new. It realy could use a new floor, so a total ground up restoration just makes sense.
Tearing every part off the Jag is the easy fun part, but which way to completly strip the tub. The jag has no frame and the body has hidden support boxes that keeps the car in one ridgid piece. Even more so with the convertable. You can only blast what you can see. Done it many times with small items and have used practly every media known to man, but soda is new & cheap, $ 375.00 for my car, and won't remove bondo. Google the machien, its cost about that to buy one out right. But dipping the car is something I have never done before. I've worked with dip strip vats in the Delta hangar years ago, nasty stuff and must be expensive to maintain.
I was brought to this site from a link that showed a Mig aircraft manufacturing shop in Poland that now makes aluminum Cobra bodies. I saw a Jag Tub and bonnet in the back ground.....Now thats the way to go $$$$$$
Let me hear your nightmares and sucesses
Tom 1E13902
 
Welcome - Mountain Brook...my daughter & son-in-law live there....I'm just up the road in Gurley!

Where near you will dip?
 
my ongoing concern with dipping is that it removes paint where you can't repaint - like sills - without some way to neutralize and recoat those areas - I fear rust will come. I vote soda

Oops - welcome! (and we want pics)
 
I would go with dip because its quick and easy and it does a complete job BUT IF there are areas where you will not be able to get paint on, then I would not dip. The other issue with dipping is that I have heard you can get the acid oozing out and ruining your paint job down the road, I would assume if you are aware of that possibility you can avoid it.

Anyway, if the car has areas you can't repaint stay away from dipping. Soda would be my next choice, it does a great job.
 
A lot of Dip shops have additional services that address the issues raised by stripping hidden areas.

Many will do a second dip in a Zinc based solution (Zinc Sulfate or Sulfide, I think) that coats the entire body, including hidden areas, in a rust resistant coating.

Still, if your car has rust issues, chances are you'll need to open up these hidden areas to fix something anyway.
 
Hi Tom
I have a few dipped 6 maybe eight. I don't believe there is a better way of getting every were. As noob had mentioned they may be able to coat it for you so while you are working on it it keeps till you are ready for an epoxy seal.
I feel you will be happy with the dip. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
MntBrk said:
, but soda is new & cheap, $ 375.00 for my car, and won't remove bondo.
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that seems very cheap, is that the shell only ?
or does it include doors , hoods etc ?

Beaulieu
 
Hi Folks
My experience here in PA. for a dip and strip it seems to average 22 -2400 for a whole car and it's counter parts.
What is it in your area?
 
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