best way to get car back to bare metal

[coco1975]

Hi,
Just wondering what everyone's thoughts are on getting a car back to bare metal, is it to acid dip or other type of dipping, or sandblast, or is it good old fashion wire brushes and a paint stripper, need opinions on this before I start stripping the sad silk violet gsi to a inch of its life, this one needs a lot of welding .cheers

[torquey]

Easiest way is to dipp it. But will be expensive i would of thought. Unless you paint strip it ur self.!

[tony-the-muss]

Bare shell it then get it acid dipped , will cost approx 800 for shell and panels to be dipped and primed

[mowgli]

A way that doesn't get much publicity is to use a small spot shot blaster ( from aldi etc ) and block paving sand.. cheap and you do the bits you need to do as and when you need to. Leaving the old paint to protect the metal. Stripping the whole shell will leave it vulnerable to more rust, and primer actually offers very little protection on its own.