Years ago, a buddy and I started to rebuild our 2001 CP car (autocross car) to be a class leader, and then due to various things (a big one being me being a lazy b*stard), its lanquished in a half f
Conversion coating. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.team.net/
Back a long long time ago when I first got into restoring old sports cars there was a local service called "Redi-Strip" they used a total immersion electrolytic system for rust removal...it was fanta
If the rust is too much for plain conversion coating, go to Home Depot, etc. & buy a gallon of phosphoric acid, dilute minimally as directed, and bruch it on repeatedly. Scotch-Brite helps in the pr
Read the directions with your primer! Some that I have seen will tell you thar the primer is NOT protection from rust. The primer merely helps the paint to adhere to the surface. Hal --Original Messa
Agree with the approach below and would add that your local body shop will have cleaners, conditioners and preps for bare metal. I bought a TR4 body tub that had been soda blasted and then left to si
I agree with the phosphoric acid approach, based on my experience with that stuff. And get lots of scotch-brite pads! You can do a first pass with the pads and detergent, to remove the loose flaky, d
How much time are we talking about here to do a fairly extensive rollcage and areas of the car's unibody that have been modified? Part of why the car is sitting instead of being worked on is that we
Then dipping might be good. You drop off, pay, and pick up. Redi-Strip is nationally known and I hope OK today (they ruined the wood in my Model T body 32 years ago so I'd never return), but they're
Soda blasting is good for gentle paint removal but it does not remove rust. If you find a place that does soda blasting it is likely they will also do abrasive ("sand") blasting. That is what you wan
For me it was entire body tub that had light rust - not flakes, mostly still metal showing, but rust over the entire surface - from sitting in a garage for years with no paint after soda blasting. No
I would note that around here there might have been more at one time, but at present there appears to be exactly one operating. I had them do the '65 Mustang convertible that's going back together ou
Clarification - the outfit around here is not a Redi-Strip outlet, it's an independent operation. John. _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.ht
Just to ad a little crazy to the conversaition. http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/rust/rust_molasses.htm There are lots of links on how this works, not many to this scale! Patton -- Patton Dickson -
Yow! You can buy a lot of DPLF for $1600. Is it sprayed-on epoxy, or are they dipping it in primer or doing e-coat? You have to be careful priming a dip-stripped car, since you have to prime EVERYTHI