Summary for electrocoat priming Discussion
Electrocoat priming of classic car bodies is the focus of this thread, with James Douglas asking for a West Coast shop that can dip an entire unitized car body so hidden interior sections are protected before primer. He explains that shipping a body to the Great Lakes is expensive and impractical, and he is looking for a local alternative. A second reader, Mike Mullin, says he is also seeking a job shop that can do dip e-coating on restored vehicles after chemical stripping, since inaccessible areas are left as bare metal and rust quickly. Mike notes that the only per-part e-coating service he found was in Allentown, PA, but its tank is too small for larger structures. The thread does not provide a solution or named vendor; it mainly confirms that demand exists and that larger restoration-capable e-coating services are hard to find.
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I found your site on the net by doing a search on ‘Electrostatic and Primer’. I live in San Francisco and I am hunting for someone on the West Coast that does Electrostatic Primer. Basically the process by which one dips metal to prep it then dips it to primer it. I am restoring a classic car with a unitized construction. Such a structure has interior sections which are not accessible for priming. The only solution is to dip the entire body into a tank and have it Electrostatically Primed. The only leads I have are around the Great Lakes. They do the priming for the Big Three in Detroit… getting access is expensive at $2000 for shipping a car body east and back … Does anyone have any leads on the west coast ? …Thanks, James
James Douglas
Ed. note: This RFQ is outdated, but technical replies are welcome, and readers are encouraged to post their own RFQs. But no public commercial suggestions please ( huh? why?).
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I am also looking for a job shop that can do dip e-coating on vehicles I restore. When I am refinishing items, I have a local company strip them chemically in large tanks which removes all paint and rust. Obviously, this leaves inaccessible areas exposed as bare metal so they quickly rust through. The only company I have found that does e-coating on a “per part” basis is in Allentown PA, but their largest tank will only do doors and hoods. Let me know if you locate a service that can do larger structures. (It would seem to me that there would be a large demand for this type of restoration service if it were properly advertised in the restoration publications.)
Mike Mullin
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I NEED TO KNOW IF COMPANIES FOR CATHODIC ED PROCESS ARE LOCATED IN USA, I’M IN TEXAS, PLEASE CONTACT ME …THANK YOU!
RAUL URENA
MANAGER – EL PASO, TEXAS,
March 27, 2012