02-06-2006, 08:40 PM | #1 |
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Cab dipping
A guy I work with has a jeep pickup that he is restoring & want to have the cab dipped. Does anybody know a ballpark figgure on cost?
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02-06-2006, 08:48 PM | #2 |
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Re: Cab dipping
I got quoted a grand for my 2 wheel drive blazer. Tub only. Doors, tailgate, fenders, 125 a piece. Frame, 400. But, the pond is small for cab dippers in SC. You might have more luck in WA to get a better price. I decided not to dip mine, number one, because of money. And number two, problems with hidden areas not coated with primer / paint rusting out worse. If I cant get the cab dipped in a big vat of primer after it is acid dipped, there really is no point as I see it. Hope this helps.
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02-06-2006, 09:15 PM | #3 |
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Re: Cab dipping
please make sure they wash it in a nutralizer!!!!!!!! my bud cab was dipped and not washed in a nutralizer now 7 months later you can push a hole in his cab with your finger any where you touch it....be careful in atlanta ga ..as this is where his was done ...............i like the media blasting better
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02-06-2006, 09:22 PM | #4 |
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Re: Cab dipping
Yep. Another reason I decided not to. Most places use a neutralizer, but the hidden spots are the killer. I dont have 1500 to spend on it anyway, so I decided to media blast it; black media or glass for the frame, and plastic for the body. 170 bucks a day rents the whole sandblasting package, minus the media. Not a bad alternative.
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02-07-2006, 09:31 AM | #5 |
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Re: Cab dipping
Tell him to have it soda-blasted.The company is based in Washington state.It won`t distort and it disolves out of the cracks when washed down.
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02-07-2006, 10:22 AM | #6 |
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Re: Cab dipping
There was a Booth at the Moultrie Swap Meet that soda blasted. I believe they were out of Jeffersonville, GA. I will look for the business card they gave me on my break.
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