My restorations have brought me some antique wrought iron furniture pieces. This is designer stuff and I'm thinking sandblasting is too rough, soda might not get the rust and scale w/o a lot of time in the booth ($$$) so I remember acid dipping cast iron engine blocks and just about anything else up to a full size car (not something I'd do to a car). In and out 20 minutes, neutralized and phosphate coated if you wanted.
The place I use to go to in Santa Ana is long gone.
Longest piece is a low table 6 feet long, 18" wide. And really intricate but stout. I did the weld repairs and now it needs to be refinished. The thing is, this would be ruined if someone powder coated it. No value at all in doing something like that.
This is not that close but a good idea of what I am dealing with.
