Re: [Amc-list] acid rain or blast??

[JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The big drawback to acid dipping is that you need to
remove all non-ferrous metal from whatever is being
dipped.  Any copper, brass or aluminum, for instance,
will go into solution in the bath.  I have had
fenders, doors and a trunk lid dipped.  They come out
looking like body-plant new.  All old undercoating and
asphalt/asbestos spray-on insulation and adhesives are
removed by the bath as well as the paint of course.

The proprietor of the shop I used said hobbyists with
Chevies, with their tack-welded body ID plates were
very disappointed to lose their body tags into the
bath when they had forgotten to remove them.

Joe Fulton
Salinas, CA
--- Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> " From: <finebammer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> " 
> " I'm currently stripping down a '71 Javelin for a
> ground-up restoration. I'm
> " researching acid-dripping the body vs. media
> blasting. Any comments or
> " advice? Thanx.
> 
> i assume you mean acid -dipping-...
> 
> 'stripping and dipping' the body [in giant tanks]
> reaches places you
> can't touch with blasting.  and btw the dipping - in
> a phosphate bath
> - is important, to rustproof all those inaccessible
> cleaned areas.
>
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