Mike:
You should be alright. I was told by the company that stripped my car
to remove as much of the coating as I could before painting. I used a
strong ammonia and water wash before shooting the epoxy primer base
coat.
Paul
On Thursday, April 17, 2003, at 01:06 AM, Mike Lang wrote:
> Thanks everyone for the advice!
>
> I am seriously considering just storing it as is. The company that
> dipped it for me, showed me some stripped body panels that had been
> stored overhead in their shop for 8 months. They had some minor spots
> of
> rust on them, but for the most part still looked good. Their shop is
> about as corrosive and humid of environment as you could find (heated
> dip tanks of acid, pressure washing areas, etc). I think that dealing
> with some minor rust issues may be easier that working around the
> primer.
>
> I really hate to put my project in moth balls, but this is just too
> good
> of an opportunity to pass up.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
>
> Paul Burr wrote:
>
>> Mike:
>> Unless you live in a swamp, the body should be fine. My Tiger sat in
>> bare metal for 3 YEARS and didn't get 1 spec of rust. it had been
>> redi-stripped and iron phosphated like your TR3.
>> 30 x 60 shop? I getting green with envy!
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> On Monday, April 14, 2003, at 10:00 PM, Mike Lang wrote:
>>
>>> I now have a dilema. The body tub for my TR3 has been dipped and
>>> stripped, and I have partially completed its restoration. The sills
>>> and
>>> floors are ready to weld in, but there is quit a bit of rust repair
>>> left
>>> to be done. At the rate that I have been going, there is probably a
>>> little more than a month's worth of work left before it's ready for
>>> primer.
>>>
>>> We just stumbled acrossed an excelent oportunity on a foreclosed
>>> piece
>>> of property which has a fairly new house but no shop. It took some
>>> negotiation, but the bank took our low-ball offer. I am now stuck in
>>> the
>>> situation of having to put my project car in mothballs for six
>>> months or
>>> so while we move and I build a shop. The up side is that now I have
>>> the
>>> oportunity to go from working in a two car garage to the 30 X 60 shop
>>> that I always wanted.
>>>
>>> My body tub has been treated with an iron phosphate coating, so it is
>>> showing no signs if rust. I don't however, think that it would be
>>> smart
>>> to leave it for six months or more without further rust protection. I
>>> have considered a light coat of primer for protection, but the down
>>> side
>>> is having to sand all of the areas that need welding when I start
>>> work
>>> on it again.
>>>
>>> Any one have any suggestions as to how I should best protect the bare
>>> metal while in storage?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> 1956 TR3
>>> 1960 TR3A
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