I had originally considered that, but everything i read said that there were eventual problems with acid "leaching" out later on. I guess that goes back to what you said about the workmanship of whoever does that.
I thought that dipping also removed metal? Isn't that what they did on the "lightweight" racers of the 60's and 70's to remove metal and make them lighter?
It's definitely Phosphorous in some form or other that they use to protect the metal, that's where you hear something like "body in white" due to the white color of the phosphorous.
Well, thanks for the replies.
Karl.