Cleaning a Body
 

And I don't mean taking a shower.

Where can you get a car body chemically stripped? I am really not talking about chemical milling, just cleaning the old sound deadener, paint, body filler, rust, etc, so I can work on clean sheet metal. All the places I knew that did that are no longer in business. I understand about the EPA and all that, but I don't want to do this by hand. Preferably in the South.

Thanks!

Dwight Southerland

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Dwight i know there is a place in Atlanta but then thats a way's off for you!:rolleyes:

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They are still around but you have to search 'em out -- we have one in nearby Allentown , PA.....

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Dwight

Try high pressure waterblasting. Saw a few cars done that way and looked like brand new stamping.

Hammer

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See if you can find a place that does SODA blasting/washing--Saw a old Corvette that a guy did did not hurt the weatherstripping or other soft parts-- Took it right down to raw fiberglass no pits or gouging like you get from sand blasting--Comp 387

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Carolina Chem-Strip
333 MacArthur Lane
Burlington, N.C.
336-584-5613
www.chem-strip.com

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I think that Mark Dickerson does the soda blasting. He is located in Maryland.

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Be careful with chemically stripping doors, hoods, deck lids, or any parts thet are joined together. A friend of mine had his doors chemically stripped and once he got them home he rinsed them again with water. The acid neutralizing dip process (and neither did the water rinse) did not get into the seam between the door skin and the inner door very well. When the doors were painted they continued to leech the acid they used to strip the metal. The doors over time turned out to be a rusty mess because the leeching continued to strip his fresh paint down to the bare metal and rusted. I prefer the plasic bead process. The only drawback is the hood and deck lid will continue to shed trapped beads for a while but, at least they won't mess up your paint job.

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I PM'ed Dwight and he said the body is OK.He needs the underside of the car cleaned,undercoat and such.

Ed F.

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Dwight:

As I understand it, you want to remove the undercoat from under the floors, is that correct? If that is the case, over the last 30 years or so, I had the occasion to remove undercoating many times. The method I used was to heat the undercoating with a heat gun and use a scraper/Putty knife etc. It is a slow process, but it always works. If you are ever have the chance to see my car, I invite you to inspect the underside of my car. All you will see is a clean underside and a lot of red paint. If your car is completely apart, turn the body on the side. I rolled my car over and rested the roof line gutter on an old tire for support. This did not harm any part of the car and it makes it alot easier to do the job. I was too cheap to buy a rotessery. Good luck on your project. Remember, no one plans to fail, they just fail to plan! A little planning goes a long way!