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[iToNiiCz]

which is the best out of these two , has anyone had this done on there mini

[sonikk4]

Had neither done but if i could afford it i would go for Chemical dipping as this will get into all of the unseen places blasting cannot get to.

[DrGoatboy]

Question with acid dipping is how do you repaint all those nooks and crannies that you can't get to afterwards? Is there a risk you leave some bare metal in a cavity somewhere?

Edited by DrGoatboy, 16 September 2014 - 02:50 PM.

[sonikk4]

Question with acid dipping is how do you repaint all those nooks and crannies that you can't get to afterwards? Is there a risk you leave some bare metal in a cavity somewhere?

 

If you go acid dip then once the car has been repaired you could then get it E coated. Its a valid point about getting paint into the hidden areas but if you has a good understanding of the cars build up then you could force paint into these areas followed by a Waxoyl type coating afterwards.

[rally1380]

I priced up a dip and E-coat a while back and it was eye wateringly expensive!  Think it was in the ball park of £1800 for the shell, doors, boot and bonnet.  The 'Dip' bit wasn't mega expensive, but the E coat was where the money was and was because the company had to outsource that stage. Price may have changed now though.

 

Media blasting can be a minefield too.....if the person doing it does it too harshly on large flat panels without much tension (roof for example) the panels can heat up and warp.

 

If you've got a shed load of money lying about get it dipped and E coated and be done with it....but it ain't cheap, and there is a waiting list at the company I contacted - but the price put me offf anyway.

 

If you do get any more up to date quotes for dipping, put them on here.

[GraemeC]

If you look at the Delilah link in my sig you'll find 'after' pics of having the shell firstly baked and then dipped. Cost was about £500 from memory.
Cavities and unpaintable areas are treated with copious amounts of quality cavity wax on regular (yearly) occasions.

[Tupers]

There's a company that normally have a quarter page add in Classic Car Weekly that acid dip shells. They dip them, neutralise them and then paint all of the cavities with zinc primer. The company my brother works at has been using them and apparently the come back absolutely full of primer. If I remember rightly they're under £1k for dipping and priming. 

 

 

We used to get a lot of shells media blasted where I work but the prices seem to be rising to around £600 for glass and £1100 for soda blasting. 

[mk1leg]

use the dip as blasting need a lot of hard graft to get a smooth finish to prime..........I did use this on a shell a few years ago.....ma be worth a try at DIY....

http://www.holden.co...m&pCode=097.570