Body sand blasting or acid dipping |
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Body sand blasting or acid dipping |
r_towle |
Nov 4 2014, 07:45 AM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,591 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States |
When prepping a car for sandblasting, what is the common thing to do with the aluminum tags in the front trunk and door pillar?
I suppose the second question would be do I acid dip the car or get it sandblasted? |
cn2800 |
Nov 4 2014, 07:59 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 119 Joined: 11-August 14 From: Amarillo, Texas Member No.: 17,766 Region Association: None |
I very carefully drilled out the rivets for those tags (don't forget the Karmann tag on the driver's door hinge pillar) and will rivet them back in place once paint is complete.
I've contemplated dipping the body, but have ruled it out since there's no way to remove the hot air tubes from inside the longitudinals without major surgery. I've read here that they're foil-lined cardboard. I can't imagine they'd fare well in an acid bath. |
r_towle |
Nov 4 2014, 08:11 AM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,591 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States |
I very carefully drilled out the rivets for those tags (don't forget the Karmann tag on the driver's door hinge pillar) and will rivet them back in place once paint is complete. I've contemplated dipping the body, but have ruled it out since there's no way to remove the hot air tubes from inside the longitudinals without major surgery. I've read here that they're foil-lined cardboard. I can't imagine they'd fare well in an acid bath. Look for threads here, McMark just cut open the longs from the outside in that area and removed the heater tube. Give you a nice way to get access to spray in an epoxy coating after the dip is completed, then put the tube back in and close it up. I am torn about which way to go with stripping....not sure if I want to deal with the level of work to get paint back on all the nooks and crannies that an acid bath would remove. Also, not sure I don't want to do that....cause it's a good thing to do once and do right. |
partwerks |
Nov 8 2014, 07:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,593 Joined: 7-September 06 From: Grand Island, NE Member No.: 6,787 |
I very carefully drilled out the rivets for those tags (don't forget the Karmann tag on the driver's door hinge pillar) and will rivet them back in place once paint is complete. I've contemplated dipping the body, but have ruled it out since there's no way to remove the hot air tubes from inside the longitudinals without major surgery. I've read here that they're foil-lined cardboard. I can't imagine they'd fare well in an acid bath. Look for threads here, McMark just cut open the longs from the outside in that area and removed the heater tube. Give you a nice way to get access to spray in an epoxy coating after the dip is completed, then put the tube back in and close it up. Where exactly would need to be cut open to remove the heater tubes to address any possible rust issues? |
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