From: Ray Fougnier (rfougnier@comcast.net)
Date: Sun Jan 18 2004 - 06:28:39 PST
Modern auto bodies are spot welded with no coatings. They then go
through acid dip and an e-coat, which I guess is electically charged
application. This would cover between welds and all of those places
even undercoating wouldn;t reach. No piant is ever applied anywhere
except the external body parts and whatever gets oversprayed. They no
longer use rust proofing goops like in the 80's. e-coat is dull gray
when it comes out, ready to be primed/painted.
So, if the dipping that you are looking at is followed up with an
e-coat, I would say do it. Then you would not have that rustproofing
blocking up drain holes.
chance wolf wrote:
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> From: "Buzz" <buzz@softcom.net>
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> Subject: Re: [MV] Q: Chemical dipping for MV and M151 A2 Bodies?
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>>I agree with Joe, "What makes you think they were painted in the first
>
> place?"
>
> My 151A2 has rustproofing throughout the inside of the channels. My old
> Renault had a 'coating' on the inside of its channels. I don't imagine
> either would be well served by having that coating dissolved by a corrosive
> chemical and left open to the mercy of salt and moisture as bare metal, but
> as with anything on this list, your mileage may vary.
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