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Regarding the dip, I think it might be an electrolyte bath. A lot of manufacturers dip the bare metal body in such a bath to clean it and prepare the surface to receive primer. I'm not sure what exactlt it does, though. cooper `72 SqB On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Toby Erkson wrote: > > As for the dipping: I'd be willing to bet the farm it is a primer coating and > it's for covering the entire car -- primer is thinner than paint and would flow > off the vehicle much more smoothly and fill many more gaps. The paint is > sprayed on. As we know many auto manufacturers use this process. Larry is > correct about the paint surviving the heat but I'd be hard pressed to think that > there isn't primer in the channels. Larry? > Toby Erkson > air_cooled_nut@pobox.com > '72 VW Squareback 1.6L modified to 2.0L > '75 Porsche 914 stock 1.8L > > ... > I don't think anyone has suggested that the glass and seals were installed > until after the paint was dry. Here's the sequence I envision: > ... > Jim > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Melissa Kepner Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org jadney@vwtype3.org > Laura Kepner-Adney > Madison, Wisconsin > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ > Subject: Re[4]: Leaking Windshields -- disagree! > Author: type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE > Date: 1/20/97 7:16 PM > > Jim, > Would you please elaborate on your comment about allowing the paint to > drain. It sounds like you're saying that the car was dipped in a paint vat > with the windows and seals installed immediately afterwards...an very > awkward and strange procedure, to say the least! > Toby Erkson > air_cooled_nut@pobox.com > '72 VW Squareback 1.6L modified to 2.0L > '75 Porsche 914 stock 1.8L > > > ______________________________ Reply Separator ________________________________ > _ > Subject: Re: Leaking Windshields > Author: type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE > Date: 1/17/97 5:45 PM > > > I believe on a type III the bottom corners of the windshield form pockets, > or low points that will hold water. There are also a couple of holes there > that lead into the interior that I am guessing were to allow the paint to > drain from the body. These are covered by tape at the factory, but might be > to blame for part of the trouble many of us have. > > > Jim > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Melissa Kepner Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org jadney@vwtype3.org > Laura Kepner-Adney > Madison, Wisconsin > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Cooper N. Melton, Esq. 221 Gildersleeve, Brown College at Monroe Hill University of Virginia School of ArchDeluxure coop@virginia.edu http://palladio.arch.virginia.edu/~cnm4x _________________________ "I could never sleep my way to the top, `cause my alarm clock always wakes me right up." -They Might Be Giants "Here's a good trick: Get a job as a judge at the Olympics. Then, if some guy sets a world record, pretend that you didn't see it and go, 'Okay, is everybody ready to start now?'" -Jack Handey "If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure." -Dan Quayle