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nearly got the mini stripped down to a shell, and found a lot more rust than what i was expecting!!! so i thought i'd ring up SPL in dudley and get a quote for an acid dip, good job i wasnt standing, £795+vat for the dip, then £1495+vat for E coat and £300+vat for the doors, bonnet and bootlid, so i wont be going down that road!!

YOU CANT POLISH A TURD, BUT, YOU CAN ROLL IT IN GLITTER!!!!

hell! i knew it was expensive but not quite that much

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Try these. Andy had is Clubby done there.

Edited by John on 20th Jun, 2013.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

feck that, mine was closer to £600 for the shell and subframes (no boot, bonnet or doors) for a dip, rinse and iron phosphate coating.

ive heard that £600 is around the ball park figure, so i nearly pooped myself!!!!! i think somebody wanted to go on there jollies at my expense lol

YOU CANT POLISH A TURD, BUT, YOU CAN ROLL IT IN GLITTER!!!!

Edited by jonny on 20th Jun, 2013.

YOU CANT POLISH A TURD, BUT, YOU CAN ROLL IT IN GLITTER!!!!

I would never do it again. I had one dipped 4 years ago. And u noticed that even though it was rinched afterword the accid remains between the seams.. result paint starts to comme loose there

you can do anything if you set your mind to it...
i rather blow it up winning than keep it together losing.

finish date set for project 1... march 2018

I've heard the spl treatment is quite expensive

I've been told it isn't that good either. I know of a chap who had his roof skin badly damaged as they lifted the car out of the tank too quickly.

Weve had a few from there and they do get bashed about !!

A good soda blast should be good enough and spend money on a good epoxy primer

rick

Ring Cal at CRM auto solutions in Dudley, he knows a cheap local place (around your figure) for that sorta thing bud. I think it might be blasting and etch priming.

when we did my shell, my mate knew someone and we got the whole shell and doors done for £120 i think. Maybe £150 that was for sand blasting it.

as rick says.

The bit that interests me about the process though is treating and sealing the bits you can't get to which blasting won't touch

Edited by Rob Gavin on 20th Jun, 2013.

What we found though rob is that the acid still carnt get into the seams or if it does the e coat primer then doesnt so u still end up with rusty joints/seams. Il try find a pic

that makes sense too Rick.

I've been considering options for the woody shell; it is generally in good order and I want to preserve the hidden areas - sills are foam filled but sound and don't need touching so can't use the traditional options of cavity wax, paint etc.

having said that, on the other side of the coin, I quite like the patinated internal paint finish so a dip would screw that anyway!

I spoke to both these companies at the classic motor show last year, SPL had a car that had been dipped and E-coated and i must admit it looked the business.

I echo what Rob has said about the seams and internal box section areas this is something that would worry me but then blasting wont help the seam areas either.
some small holes drilled into inconspicuous places and then filled with waxoil or an equivalent. simply plug the holes when done.

also Rob, Tobee's up near Finavon just done my BSA's mudguards, and made a pretty good job of them too

well, thanks guys, i will look into soda blasting, as i dont really want to paint it again due to not being rinsed properly, plus the expense! i need to find somebody close to me, as my mate has a transit flatbed i can borrow, but cant travel far, ( i dont want to take the pee)

YOU CANT POLISH A TURD, BUT, YOU CAN ROLL IT IN GLITTER!!!!

here if its blasted to bare metal and then welded up we tend to spray it in zinga cathodic paint. and then a primer on top. the cathodic paint is metal based and chemicly attaches to the shell. (only on bare metal) so it works a bit as being galvanised. it locks the metal from air and offers itselve up first if rust would appear. (hope i used the correct therms here... )

you can do anything if you set your mind to it...
i rather blow it up winning than keep it together losing.

finish date set for project 1... march 2018