Acid dipping?

Hello everyone,

I am looking to have my mk1 acid dipped. Does anyone know of a place near to London or in London anywhere that does whole car acid dips and everything?

Cheers.

Is your shell really that bad?
I've heard stories that there'll still be acid in some/most crevices  and caused the paint to bubble..

I would go for sandblasting/dustless blasting if you need to go to bare metal.

Maybe attach some picture of your shell?

D_Martijn said

Is your shell really that bad?
I've heard stories that there'll still be acid in some/most crevices  and caused the paint to bubble..

I would go for sandblasting/dustless blasting if you need to go to bare metal.

Maybe attach some picture of your shell?

It's nothe extremely bad a little bit of rust and in the boot and some surface rust, a tiny rust hole in the wheel well. It's more just to future proof the car.

Do you recon just getting it sandblasted is better? It needs to be stripped back to bare metal as it is due to an issue with the original painting having a reaction with the new paint.

There's only really one place in the UK that does acid dipping for bodyshells, thats surface processing who are in Dudley west midlands.

I've heard some horror stories from acid dipping, but I've heard far more happy stories about it.. Kim Cowdens mk1 for example..

Get it shot blasted. Acid dipping gets everywhere so you'll need to reprotect all the insides of the pillars, chassis legs, sills etc. or it will rust from the inside out. Unless you can find somewhere which will e coat a shell I would get it shot blasted.  

sp8y said

Get it shot blasted. Acid dipping gets everywhere so you'll need to reprotect all the insides of the pillars, chassis legs, sills etc. or it will rust from the inside out. Unless you can find somewhere which will e coat a shell I would get it shot blasted.  

Surface Processing fully e coat the shell as part of thier process, its fully submerged in the stuff and agitated!

There are a few companies that do this
Eco strip
Pro strip

There a hall full of them at the nec classic car show every year

Some offer ecoat or some over like a galvanising sort of protection