[Amc-list] ACID FREAKS : "Where's 'Dippy' ?"

["Brien Tourville" <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

Ray


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I'm guessing your reasoning for 'acid dipping' or one of those 
I'mmersion Tank' rust removal companies is that your '71 is sporting
typical AMC 'red beard' - go here & view their slide show:


http://tinyurl.com/qjhhe


strip your shell - pressure wash the grime off it -

dig a hole in the ground as a catch basin for a
sump pump - cover ground with large water proof plastic tarp -
push a bucket into the tarp / sump pump hole - plastic sump pump into
bucket.

shop for those 'sprinkler' type garden hoses - lots of holes in a 
flexible plastic hose - and a pair of those lawn sprinklers that
rock an arc of 160 degrees or so and some connective garden
hose 'shorts' to complete the circuit.

4 empty 55 gallon drums & two 4x4s from Lowes will perch the
car shell above the tarp - or - simply roll the car onto the Tarp!

It'll take 7 to 10 hours of 'flooding' to dissolve all the rust 
inside channels and out - snake that sprayer hose into the
front subframe & everywhere else.

once you get the hang of it you can develop 'wands' to go
into the smaller channels to clear any corrosion there.

this won't dissolve undercoating - but AMC never had much
to begin with.


www.corroless.com

This is the paint used for the North Sea Oil Rigs - 

FAX them a request for their PRODUCT CD -
they don't answer eMails.

They've paint for 'boxes' that continues to emit 
a rust killing vapour - nice for channels - and
paint for a base coat for everything else.

Since you're going to attempt to make the car
last - the industrial rust killing / prevention paint
base is the way to go.


Media Blasting - plastic for Aircraft - was developed
by a person in  the neighbouring Town of Montgomery NY
and will not destroy crease lines - panel curves & such -
this is the best way to go.


I am against 'Acid Dipping' - Caustic Solution 'Dips - as
you can never neutralize the materials caught in crevices
& channels - and they migrate with humidity - bubbling
paint   & rotting from within over time.


The above is what I am beginning with my Kammback this
building season - with AMC, if you plan to keep the car alive
it is the only way to proceed.


If you take the task on & have a Digital camera - let us know
where we can view your progress !




Bt

  
    
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