Chemical dipping a 1958 MGA Coupe

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6 ай бұрын

Today I am chemically removing all the paint and rust off this 1958 MGA Coupe prior to its complete restoration. I’m going to take you through the process we use to completely chemically strip cars down to bare metal. This is a more thorough alternative to sand/media blasting with no chances of metal warping on thin panels. This process shows you exactly what you are working with and gives you a blank canvis to work with!
It is a 3 step process
Step 1) alkaline degreaser and paint remover
Step 2) Food grade Rust removing acid
Step 3) Water based rust inhibitor
The total process takes around 6 weeks because we use environmentally safe chemicals.
Company name: 3s chemicals llc
Location : Nanty Glo Pennsylvania
For dipping quotes and scheduling contact 3s chemicals directly
For social media related inquiries contact me at trevormalloy2121@gmail.com (please do not contact me for quotes or scheduling)
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#oddlysatisfying #clean #pressurewashing #powerwashing #restoration #paint #rust #classiccars #classic #satisfying

Пікірлер: 223

@larsbkurin1740 6 ай бұрын

Had I not seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed it to be true. An MGA without rust does not exist, a unicorn.

@mwqs1 6 ай бұрын

I played this video because I wanted to see just how hopelessly rusted it is. I was just as surprised as you.😮

@billrivenbark8983 6 ай бұрын

An MG period with out rust! That’s like a Dodge or Plymouth without rusting rear quarters!

@billkea7224 6 ай бұрын

Truer words have never been spoken.

@martinsadler707 6 ай бұрын

Must have spent its entire life in a garage!

@mikewilson631 6 ай бұрын

Well.... no floors or sills and the boot has plenty of at least surface rust, so maybe it wasn't as unicornal as it first appears.

@draggonsgate 6 ай бұрын

First of all, can we all say what a true classic this car is? This had to have come from the southwest. UK cars usually come standard with the rust package, and this thing is in impeccable shape! Awesome job, Travis!

@texgowing7359 6 ай бұрын

Exactly👍

@MrPancake0825 5 ай бұрын

I like how positive you talk about almost everything! It's rare in the world. PLEASE continue being positive, and it's a blessing you have.

@allencrider 2 ай бұрын

I had a '58 MGA Coupe. This one is on fabulous shape! I still consider them to be one of the prettiest cars of the 1950s.

@miguelpagansr6128 6 ай бұрын

I’m truly surprised as to how solid it is, the first time I see a practically rust free British car. To me it’s unheard of.🎉

@cyclonicleo 6 ай бұрын

Like everyone else, I am awe-struck by the lack of rust and excellent condition this MGA is in. Surely it must've been kept in a very dry part of the US!

@mayhemsmaster5050 6 ай бұрын

I am absolutely speechless! This 1000% a all natural unicorn that has been kept in a garage, climate controlled glass case. That must be the only reason this classic hasn't disintegrated into a pile of rust dust. Truly, truly beautiful. Thank you sir for anotjer wonderful video.🙏💜

@lwilton 6 ай бұрын

I sold my 1959 MGA to a friend about 20 years ago. At the time the only rust on it was some mild speckling on the chrome wheel covers. The body, frame, and powertrain were straight. Had the original wooden floorboards in good condition. It helps to live in a part of the world where a tenth of an inch of rain results in three days of discussion and major flood predictions on the TV news.

@stuart8663 6 ай бұрын

G'day . Always enjoy the channel. MGs and most English cars are considered rust buckets here in Australia. You have museum piece right there. Beautiful work on your part too.

@mtcruse 6 ай бұрын

One of the prettiest cars ever built. Even the coupe model.

@TheJcman72 6 ай бұрын

Impressive for its age!

@texgowing7359 6 ай бұрын

I'm actually shocked that there isn't a spot of rust anywhere. I hope eveyone appreciates how rare that is. Nice job buddy, I would love to be the one to sprey this MG.

@yeplebloop 6 ай бұрын

So satisfying to watch! Awesome!

@richardglass2816 3 ай бұрын

I agree. That's absolutely the best way. I would love a frame off restoration that started that way.

@dougsweldingfabrication953 6 ай бұрын

Dang... that one looks like it's in incredible condition.

@BruceBoschek 6 ай бұрын

Great job, fabulous MGA! Thanks for sharing this!

@c.brionkidder9232 6 ай бұрын

how exciting someone is going to have a brand new 58 MGA

@davestark2015 6 ай бұрын

Another great episode !!!! Cheers!!!

@marciabaldwin2506 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely unbelievable what a great MGA 👍 great video well done gentlemen ❤

@daleskidmore1685 6 ай бұрын

I think I have found my Job For Life: operating the jet wash, lol. What an amazing body shell that is too.

@gothseph 6 ай бұрын

The most satisfying straight body MGA ever❤

@francoisbouchard602 5 ай бұрын

Nice job cool car good show 😄👍👍👏👏👏

@gxdjoeybaby07 6 ай бұрын

what a fantastically delicate structure! and i always thought the roof was stamped as a single piece!

@JamesFrost74659 6 ай бұрын

Excellent job, looks brand new! Why are these videos so satisfying?

@maggs131 6 ай бұрын

This channel is evergreen. His content will always be awesome for car enthusiasts, restoration guys and just anyone who likes this type of satisfying 👌

@JamesFrost74659 6 ай бұрын

@@maggs131 It's Tom Sawyer painting the fence, he makes it look fun. Plus, us guys just love doing this kind of stuff.

@kennethbowry1521 6 ай бұрын

As good as the day it left the factory, the age of miracles has not passed.

@Pu1gcerda1 6 ай бұрын

Great video, Last time I asked if you could include some pictures of an intact car so us UK viewers would know what it looked like, So you decided to do a British car for u. Thank you

@tonynightingale4400 6 ай бұрын

Excellent video , excellent car .❤

@noonoo6079 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely amazing!

@tonygaetani1892 6 ай бұрын

Nice MG love it. You did a great job. Great condition.🇺🇸👍🇺🇸

@tetedur377 6 ай бұрын

That thing is concourse level all by itself. I would love to see some of these cars, not complete, but in progress with the people working on them talking about what it's like to have a bare metal chassis to work with. I've never done it, but I'd love to hear other people who have talk about it.

@Calmputer 6 ай бұрын

The Joker in the acid-bath made me smile.

@MrOnemanop 6 ай бұрын

Wonderfully filmed. Great editing and camera work. very satisfying to watch. Wht a restoraion this will make!

@jeffd3660 6 ай бұрын

Wow .... that paint looked like latex house paint coming off 😳 , great job/video 👍 👌

@smithfamily5732 5 ай бұрын

Outstanding

@chrisgriffin572 6 ай бұрын

Many extra bits were dipped too; perhaps a video would show the complexity of that fender and small parts housekeeping as I bet it's more time than the chassis. Anyway, love this.

@anthony01571 6 ай бұрын

OUTSTANDING Dude : o ..... WOW - The paint just flies off : ) ....

@richardphelan8414 6 ай бұрын

Always watching the dipping processes and what the cars are hiding once the process is finished

@chrisgray4651 6 ай бұрын

Great job!

@MrHOOKYS 6 ай бұрын

WOW, that is a nice car,.WELL DONE

@darrenboston342 6 ай бұрын

Looks a solid shell that one 👍

@jjnieberding2920 6 ай бұрын

Verry good work you are doing my compliments for it i miss the filming at the underside of the MG but thanks for your film greetings from 🇳🇱 HOLLAND

@jdfmfb03 6 ай бұрын

Man I love yourr work👍👍🏁🇺🇸

@johnrussell5245 6 ай бұрын

Best I've ever seen.

@BangerFleet 6 ай бұрын

I never knew the roof was made out of all those smaller pieces. I’d just assumed it was was a larger stamping…. The way this is welded together is borderline coachbuilding.

@davidbarnsley8486 6 ай бұрын

Apart from the lack of rust what amazed me was the number of panels to make up the roof 👍👍

@billsmith5166 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful.

@meikosadventures 6 ай бұрын

Cool😊

@waldobenero1297 6 ай бұрын

The condition of the body great💯 no rust,its and excellent project.🇵🇷

@glennmccarthy7637 6 ай бұрын

Watching every episode of the channel, i always wonder where the trunk. Hood, doors or any other painted parts are, and whether you dip those too? And if so, why aren't there videos of these pieces?

@jlacson74 6 ай бұрын

Wowzers!

@lwilton 6 ай бұрын

When I was a kid I had a 1959 MGA ragtop. I put _a lot_ of miles on that beast. Kinda wish I still had it.

@Chucthihien Ай бұрын

very good video

@lw1erc715 6 ай бұрын

Excelente

@dougalexander7204 6 ай бұрын

I don’t know nuth’n, but this looks like how you do it. Nice job.

@donaldhoot7741 15 сағат бұрын

I wondered when you would put a hole in the roof! Cool dip!

@gregwelch2459 6 ай бұрын

💯

@aneegitwithaspanner6373 6 ай бұрын

In really good condition!

@charlesstarlin6354 6 ай бұрын

Cool

@chrisplace3024 6 ай бұрын

very nice

@Calamity_Jack 6 ай бұрын

3:52 The Dip Dolly approves! Seriously, though, nice hot bath. It's looking amazing.

@hmerced3668 20 күн бұрын

this one is going to be nice to restore.

@BrianBoniMakes 6 ай бұрын

I love full frame cars.

@Dancing_Alone_wRentals 6 ай бұрын

What is the next immediate step that they take to protect the shell? tHanks for the video!

@studiolezard 6 ай бұрын

Watching this is oddly satisfying.

@ToddDunning 6 ай бұрын

Love all your vids, have watched them all. But surprised you don't have a rotisserie setup to do the undersides... it has got to suck to do it from below. Inspection would be easier too and you could flip it all directions. Must be something I'm missing here.

@chrispallett-gu1vl 6 ай бұрын

Be great to see the rebuilding complete in some of your videos

@stuckinthe60s69 6 ай бұрын

Wow! What a straight car! Cold and snowy in Nanty Glo yet? Wintertime I always used to get up and turn on the Channel 6 news to see if school had been cancelled (high school). Back then, Bishop Carroll had a lot of busses to the towns (including Nanty Glo) and countryside near Ebensburg and if the busses couldn't get through, they cancelled school for the day.

@user-mb9ld1hp9t 5 ай бұрын

Хорошая работа, молодцы ❤ привет из Москвы

@robinwalton-gm5ms 3 ай бұрын

Any MGA's in Moscow or other places?

@jlwilliams 6 ай бұрын

I see Roger Rabbit is back! BTW, I forgot to comment when you asked about this, but I do appreciate the brief introductory talk about each project… it's interesting to compare the expectations to the eventual results.

@joeroad6618 6 ай бұрын

What is the average cost of having a car dipped?

@conceptalfa 6 ай бұрын

Wondering that too!!!???

@marioshadjikyriacou3381 6 ай бұрын

Good question!

@chriscusick6890 4 ай бұрын

I believe $4,000.

@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm 3 ай бұрын

great little car = IN WINTER ! - get dam hot in summer Australia - saw a twin cam or two - and nice with a 1800 cc MGB engine and all syncro box ! chassie and wooden floor boards - MOSS MOTORS supply parts !

@robemslie5248 6 ай бұрын

Do you do all the removable panels-doors, fenders, bonnet, and boot-in the same tanks, just at different times? Or do they get their own treatment elsewhere?

@walkertongdee 6 ай бұрын

I had one, notoriously slow, loved it anyway

@StevenDaugherty-uo5cs 6 ай бұрын

Had a love/hate relationship with a 1959 MGA convertible back in the mid 1960's. Damn thing kept catching on fire. Ended up selling it. Now not really sure if i regret that or not.

@HammerOn-bu7gx 6 ай бұрын

What time bubble did that MGA come out of!? No rust through at all! Wow!

@stumac869 6 ай бұрын

That's in amazing condition. If it was a UK car all you'd have after the paint removal dip is the string dangling in the tank.

@wileycoyotesr8623 6 ай бұрын

What an interesting video. Is the reason you didn't clean the bottoms of the floor, fenders, roof, etc. because there's no way to support the chassis for such cleaning? Thanks! 👍👍👍

@michaelashall4523 6 ай бұрын

I wish I still had mine

@My-Nickel 6 ай бұрын

I wish they all turned out To be in that good of shape.

@bricktop7803 6 ай бұрын

These were rust buckets. Some of the spot welds look too new. But the US climate, Ca or Tx must keep these cars sweet. Someone mentioned a 58 Caddy and a glovebox. But the 58 caddy are common as muck. These MGA's are really really rare, whatever glovebox it fits into.

@PBsRetroRestorations 5 ай бұрын

Like everyone else I can’t believe how rust free this is, my uncle had one here in Australia, and it wasn’t like this one 😂

@davidbernal1815 6 ай бұрын

i need this in Colombia!

@deanbrunner261 3 ай бұрын

I wonder if you ever get pictures of the finished product after the build.would make a good before and after. Plus I love the old cars

@crunch805 6 ай бұрын

Easiest paint removal I’ve seen yet. Must be original paint.

@66gtb 6 ай бұрын

Nice adverb usage. Somebody raised you right.

@mundanestuff 6 ай бұрын

Excellent example. If you keep them out of the salt, they're good for quite a few years. Too many people bought them and daily drove year-round in rough climates. No little British sportscar was made to drive in snow on salty roads. (no car was made to drive in snow on salty roads!)

@jonboy9912 6 ай бұрын

Remarkably damage and rust free.

@jackduguid177 6 ай бұрын

That thing’s only a year younger than me, wish I looked that good 😅

@joewoodchuck3824 6 ай бұрын

Can the bodies be tipped over to wash underneath as well?

@swifty2844 6 ай бұрын

What do you use to stop flash rust after pressure washing

@PompeyMatt17 6 ай бұрын

how do you stop it flash rusting? or is that down to the owner?

@TranceFur 6 ай бұрын

That pressure washer is intense.

@simontaylor2319 2 ай бұрын

Almost as exciting as cutting the lawn

@katelights 6 ай бұрын

do you do the doors and the guards and stuff too?

@after5auto133 6 ай бұрын

Do you prime the car bodies after you do the final pressure wash? I’m wondering if it will flash rust

@craigsowers8456 6 ай бұрын

My 1961 MGA 1600 was this straight and zero rust ... normal for Texas BTW. You don't mention paint stripping of the doors, boot and bonnet ... as they're Aluminum, will you use a different dip solution or Soda Blast? Just wondering. Great job !!!

@Hydrazine1000 6 ай бұрын

Would it still get a rust inhibitor applied? Or do you leave it as-is for the customer, with a chance of flash rust appearing?

@Vintageguy73 6 ай бұрын

Do you use any type of phosphoric acid solution to keep the bare metal from flash rusting?

@toseltreps1101 5 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly

@chriscusick6890 4 ай бұрын

Yes it's the neutralizer.

@warhobbit7951 6 ай бұрын

Unusual to see an MG as solid bodywork as this one normally all like Swiss cheese and full of filler or the odd panel replaced I bet Ken Miles sold this to someone originally in the US