chemical dip

[cougarfiend]

I have a 1967 cougar that sat for 3 weeks under water. Luckily it has only some surface rust and the usual floor pan rot. I am worried about rust down where a media blaster can't get to(like inside the pillars and rockers). Does anyone know anything about chemical dipping? Does anyone have any suggestions that would be better? Or if you know of one at least half way close to Tn?

[jy211]

I had a body dipped down here in Florida...

Here's the site: http://www.autorestorationdepot.com/

[cougarfiend]

thanks, i've heard some bad things about dipping a car. Have you had any problems?

[Bad94]

I know a builder who did 4 cars at once, 2 were dipped and 2 were blasted, a few weeks after paint and out in the sun, the 2 cars that were dipped, started to have paint problems. They had DuPont test a bunch of stuff and it all came down to the dipping.

If i was you i would stay away from dipping.


If you worried about in the rockers, drill the spot weld out and remove the rocker and blast those areas, the coat them and reweld the rocker on. I would do that before dipping.

[aggressive male]

Was it salt water? How did it get there?

I have a 1967 cougar that sat for 3 weeks under water. Luckily it has only some surface rust and the usual floor pan rot. I am worried about rust down where a media blaster can't get to(like inside the pillars and rockers). Does anyone know anything about chemical dipping? Does anyone have any suggestions that would be better? Or if you know of one at least half way close to Tn?

[aggressive male]

I know a builder who did 4 cars at once, 2 were dipped and 2 were blasted, a few weeks after paint and out in the sun, the 2 cars that were dipped, started to have paint problems. They had DuPont test a bunch of stuff and it all came down to the dipping.

If i was you i would stay away from dipping.


If you worried about in the rockers, drill the spot weld out and remove the rocker and blast those areas, the coat them and reweld the rocker on. I would do that before dipping.

Now would you do the same thing for the inside of the windshield post?

[jy211]

thanks, i've heard some bad things about dipping a car. Have you had any problems?

Not yet Car has been sitting since we picked it up...only thing we've done is spray a primer on it....

We'll see what comes along once we get started on it...

[cougarfiend]

The car was in New Orleans when Katrina hit. It sat for three weeks under water. Unfortunately lake Pontchartrain is salt water. The car is rusty as heck. But it's my dream car and it was given to me by the previous owner. So I'm not complaining at all.

[cougarfiend]

Here is a picture of it

[Bad94]

Now would you do the same thing for the inside of the windshield post?

yep

[CTravis]

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