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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:05 pm 
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p7676 wrote:
My S should last 500 years because I use modern materials.P7676


Ah well, looks like you be turning in your grave when your grand kids get hold of it and 'pimp their ride'. :lol:


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 9:50 am 
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Could you dip and then re-spot weld the seams?

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 11:23 am 
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zulu_warrior1976 wrote:
Could you dip and then re-spot weld the seams?


No so much a case of needing to re-weld the seams....just ensuring that the original welds are appropriately sealed again after the dipping process has removed the original protection


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 3:30 pm 
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can you get all the dipping compound out of the body joins ???Ask the company to give you a GUARANTEE that the compound will not seep out after the car is painted. Cars use interweld sealer in the spot welded joins you cant get any sealer back in the joins when it is removed. Sealing the outside will not be ok.P7676


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 4:02 pm 
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So you're dead against it P7676?

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 29, 2017 4:15 pm 
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I looked into it when I first bought my S, and decided against it for all the reasons quoted here. I used a wire brush on my angle grinder.

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PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2017 9:29 am 
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I used to teach car restoration and I have seen a lot people who do not know what they are up against when restoring a car they think it will be easy.Currenty I am bending new hydro lines they are very difficult to do I stuffed the first 2 now I have worked it out how to bend them. I still get problems with some jobs.
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PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2017 10:47 am 
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That sounds like a good course. Where do you do that?

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PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2017 2:51 pm 
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especially for estapol...

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