Dipping a 914 - Prices?, I'm Planning on getting my tub dpped........ |
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Dipping a 914 - Prices?, I'm Planning on getting my tub dpped........ |
BPic |
Mar 19 2018, 10:08 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 341 Joined: 5-February 18 From: Miami, Florida Member No.: 21,864 Region Association: South East States |
I am considering getting my car dipped to strip off everything to bare metal. After stripping they dip it again to neutralize and then again for rust inhibitor.
Has anyone done this? If so what was the charge? I have a place near my house in Miami that will do it for $2800. Does that seem high? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
GeorgeRud |
Mar 19 2018, 03:41 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,725 Joined: 27-July 05 From: Chicagoland Member No.: 4,482 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
What about the Dustless Blasting system that’s being advertised on the Velocity Channel programs? It seems much nicer than sandblasting, but I don’t know any particulars. The easier cleanup seems attractive.
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McMark |
Mar 20 2018, 07:18 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
What about the Dustless Blasting system that’s being advertised on the Velocity Channel programs? It seems much nicer than sandblasting, but I don’t know any particulars. The easier cleanup seems attractive. It's dustless not 'media-free'. So it's essentially normal media blasting carried by a liquid instead of just air. So the dust that's created is just washed away. But you're still media blasting -- just like using air -- and only preventing the dust. Soda is highly water soluble: so you can wash the car out and get rid of the media. Yes you're hitting it with water, but I don't feel that's an issue over time. Dry Ice 'melts' into a gas: so once you're done blasting, the media literally disappears. Neither of these medias are particularly harsh, so any heavy coatings (like undercoating) won't be removed by soda/ice. The true way to 'geek out' on stripping your car, in my opinion, is to put the chassis on a rotisserie, and spend as much time as you can stand cleaning with scrapers and wire brushes. Think of the media blasting as the final step that comes in to clean up only what you missed or couldn't reach effectively. But that's a time commitment reserved for only the most thorough of restorations. I've only done it a couple times. Mostly it's just not necessary to go to that level for most restorations. |
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