Shot blasting Vs Dipping

[flyingpilot]

I was just about to send my shell of to the dippers when I was warned of seam leakage when painted, also rusting in inaccessible areas. Not too keen on shot blasting, but now considering DIY soda blasting kit, anybody had any success with these?

[RS2000CUSTOM]

The dipping process is fine BUT BUT BUT if the shell has not been washed/neutralised correctly then yes "seam bleed" will take place.

[thedman]

Dipped I went for.

[flyingpilot]

Did you paint it straight away or have the electro covering?

[thedman]

Did you paint it straight away or have the electro covering?

E Coated and etched prime and has sat like that for a year.

Try to look for a company that knows it way about VW campers as the chassis is box section and they have to drill them to get the e coat in and the endoscope in to check it has been flushed OK and you won't have trouble with bleed.

[4parajon]

E Coated and etched prime and has sat like that for a year.

Try to look for a company that knows it way about VW campers as the chassis is box section and they have to drill them to get the e coat in and the endoscope in to check it has been flushed OK and you won't have trouble with bleed.

Can you reccomend a company??

[thedman]

Can you reccomend a company??

http://bbs.rallyesportescorts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=71955

[tomdalton]

There is another alternative that's starting to become popular, and that's baking. Basically, the bare shell is placed into an over and brought up to temperature very slowly to prevent any distortion of the panels. Any paint/underseal is then converted to a fine ash which is then simply washed off. I haven't any personal experience of it but a friend of mine had his MGB done this way at Paint Strip in Preston and was really pleased with the results.

[Duratec John]

http://www.paint-strip.co.uk/

[flyingpilot]

Same company as thedman used. I was contemplating getting the shell stripped then repairing and replacing old panels before e-coating, my only worry is the shell rusting in the mean time.

Anybody had any experience with the DIY soda blasters, I'm also considering blasting particular areas to repair, then when all the welding finished, off to the dippers.

[damien]

seam bleed

hi chaps very intrested in this seam bleed scenario surely it shld,nt happen if the company doing the shell washes the shell properly, is there anything that can be done afterwards if this occurs ?

[RS2000CUSTOM]

hi chaps very intrested in this seam bleed scenario surely it shld,nt happen if the company doing the shell washes the shell properly, is there anything that can be done afterwards if this occurs ?

Yep !

Sell it quickly !!

[damien]

ouch that is,nt so good I was actually talking to a guy who restored a mk1 and this occurred afterwards... since it has made me very doubtful of that given process..

[RS1800]

You can't beat good old method

Rub it down by hand spend hours scraping the underseal off finger tip ends red roar

Very rewarding too

[flyingpilot]

You can't beat good old method

Rub it down by hand spend hours scraping the underseal off finger tip ends red roar

Very rewarding too

The exact route I'm going down, due to numerous panels and metalwork needed, it makes sense.