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08-27-2014, 04:17 PM
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08-27-2014, 05:20 PM
Years ago, it used to be that people would take an entire car body to be "dipped" in a big vat full of a hot chemical solution that would remove everything but the good metal. Rust, filler (bondo), paint, everything. On emerging from this vat and being sprayed with a neutralizing agent (water?), you'd have an essentially rust free body – at least for the few hours it would take to rush to a paint booth and apply some kind of non-porous paint (many primers are porous). Today, I suppose that would be self-etching primer.
So, my question is this: Is "dipping" still done? If not, why not?
Just think of this question as coming from a Rip Van Winkle who has been asleep for 35 years. That's how long it's been since I've built a car, truck or anything automotive. Retirement has enabled a return to the things I really want and like to do.
So, my question is this: Is "dipping" still done? If not, why not?
Just think of this question as coming from a Rip Van Winkle who has been asleep for 35 years. That's how long it's been since I've built a car, truck or anything automotive. Retirement has enabled a return to the things I really want and like to do.
#95
08-27-2014, 05:49 PM
Years ago, it used to be that people would take an entire car body to be "dipped" in a big vat full of a hot chemical solution that would remove everything but the good metal. Rust, filler (bondo), paint, everything. On emerging from this vat and being sprayed with a neutralizing agent (water?), you'd have an essentially rust free body – at least for the few hours it would take to rush to a paint booth and apply some kind of non-porous paint (many primers are porous). Today, I suppose that would be self-etching primer.
So, my question is this: Is "dipping" still done? If not, why not?
Just think of this question as coming from a Rip Van Winkle who has been asleep for 35 years. That's how long it's been since I've built a car, truck or anything automotive. Retirement has enabled a return to the things I really want and like to do.
So, my question is this: Is "dipping" still done? If not, why not?
Just think of this question as coming from a Rip Van Winkle who has been asleep for 35 years. That's how long it's been since I've built a car, truck or anything automotive. Retirement has enabled a return to the things I really want and like to do.
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to full horns of mead, and crossing the Bifrost !!!
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