chemical dip

Thinking of paying to dip my car. Has anybody ever had this done? Having a hard time deciding on going "all out" or not, on my resto project.

Doing a chem dip may be a little pricey, but you cant beat it for places you just cant treat any other way...In between panels, tight spaces, and any other places is what you really have to worry about and its those places that dipping excels at. Aside from the price everything must be removed from the car, though it sounds like you already have if your doing a full resto. The only caveat is that you might end up with a few holes in places that it'll be hard to fix, this due to the chemical's efficiency. I say go for it if its a full out resto, but i also think it'll take a little more effort, as you'll have to paint every imaginable area to keep the rust etc out from where it was just removed, otherwise it'll rust fast

The probelm with chemical dipping is ts very difficult to get all of the chemical neutralized in all the nooks and crannys, what ends up happening is after the cars all finished you may end up with small paint issues where the left behind chemical bleeds thru. This doesnt always happen but its possible, and is the largest issue with dipping. In addition you should really have it done by someone who will epoxy prime the entire car inside and out once its been dipped and neutralized, corrosion starts on bare metal immediately once its exposed to air.

yeah, thats what I was saying. It'll rust right back (even worse actually) once it's been dipped (think just-honed cylinder bores.) And getting the place to epoxy it for you is truly the way to go. Definitely go with a quality/trusted body shop.