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Posted by: SirAndy Nov 14 2003, 12:37 AM

my car was sandblasted 9 month ago. this is a pic from this afternoon after driving the car for about 30 minutes.

I HATE SAND ...


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Posted by: SirAndy Nov 14 2003, 12:37 AM

nuther


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Posted by: SirAndy Nov 14 2003, 12:39 AM

if you look closer you can also see that the car is LEAKING.
god dammit, all new seals and it's like a swimming pool in there ...


Andy

Posted by: redshift Nov 14 2003, 12:42 AM

SON OF A BEACH!



I'm laughing at the sand, I'd never laugh at rain.


M

Posted by: McMark Nov 14 2003, 12:43 AM

In another 4 years we will have redesigned every damn part on these cars and we'll barely be able to call them 914s. But they'll be damn nice cars. IMHO, it's all worth it. These cars are my life and I'm very happy about that.

Posted by: Andyrew Nov 14 2003, 12:44 AM

I love vacumes..

Posted by: SirAndy Nov 14 2003, 01:34 PM

ewh, that's sick ...

Posted by: boxsterfan Nov 14 2003, 01:38 PM

There is that much sand left over from the blasting? Would the same result occur if you were using plastic beads or walnut shells as the media for the blasting?

Posted by: SirAndy Nov 14 2003, 01:58 PM

it's everywhere!!!
in the cracks, so to speak. i don't think a different media would make a difference unless the particles are much bigger ...
i have cleaned out the car countless times, still no end in sight.

Andy

Posted by: J P Stein Nov 14 2003, 02:11 PM

The sand in mine shook out in a year or 2.
Still, there is NO WAY I would acid dip.

Posted by: GWN7 Nov 14 2003, 02:23 PM

Guy gets free sand and he complains.......

Posted by: SirAndy Nov 14 2003, 02:59 PM

i paid for it!

Posted by: Engman Nov 14 2003, 03:24 PM

Ah - the gift that keeps on giving..........


M

Posted by: r_towle Nov 14 2003, 03:26 PM

Stop driving on the beach dude, get a dune buggy for that!!

Posted by: scottb Nov 14 2003, 04:05 PM

andy

as a gesture for the holidays, i am willing to drive your car through the new england winter here in western massachusetts. have it delivered to my house and i am certain that a few months of slush, salt and snow will wash that sand right out. i will send it back with a nice tree air freshener in the odor of your choosing. i feel so good when i am giving.....

Posted by: David_S Nov 14 2003, 04:09 PM

When I stripped my wife's 73 3 years ago, I sandblasted it. Spent 2 weeks blowing out everylittle nook and cranny, and to this day I can spend a few minutes tapping on it with my hand and have little piles of sand everywhere! About 2 years ago I had a 65 mustang convertible media blasted with plastic media, and same thing, just bigger particles. If I can keep from it, I will NEVER have anything blasted again!!!!

Posted by: tracks914 Nov 14 2003, 08:13 PM

I blasted mine...all the exterior anyway, only to find some PO had used a grinder on 2/3s of the car. Problem is he didn't always stop when he got to bare metal. It took that much more filler to do a good job. It had lots of nicks and scratches in the steel.

In the end, I would blast again over sanding or grinding.

Posted by: tracks914 Nov 14 2003, 08:15 PM

Pictures are always nice to look at.


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Posted by: mikey Nov 14 2003, 10:09 PM

I think I probably have the same thing to look forward to.

When I had mine on the rotisserie upside-down I was able to blast out more sand than when it was on its wheels.

Posted by: SirAndy Nov 14 2003, 10:13 PM

yepp. after you get it back you might want to spend a few nights at the shop banging on your car ...

grrrrr,
Andy

Posted by: Mueller Nov 14 2003, 10:17 PM

I was thinking that if I blasted my car, I could put the chassis on the trailer and drive around on real bumpy roads for few hundred miles(put extra air in the trailer tires to make them nice and hard).....with the chassis banging around so much, it should get most of the sand out in a short time

Posted by: SirAndy Nov 14 2003, 10:20 PM

nope. brad trailered my car around half of CA after the blasting. that was 9 f***g month ago!
and i still have sand coming out.

grrrrrrrrr ...

Posted by: seanery Nov 14 2003, 11:35 PM

I talked to a shop around here about your car Andy. He told me that if I had him do a car they would put it on a spit and vacum and spin the car until it was (as good as he could get it) done. Was that done to your car?

Posted by: SirAndy Nov 14 2003, 11:39 PM

they did clean it out (don't know the exact procedure).
when we got it from the sandblaster, it was clean. the bodyshop painted it. it was clean. we trailered it back to the shop (80+ miles) and it was DIRTY. and hasn't stopped leaking sand since.

Andy

Posted by: URY914 Nov 14 2003, 11:49 PM

I have the same problem after I've been at the beach. I just take an air compressor with a small hose on the end and BLOW ME!

Posted by: GWN7 Nov 15 2003, 11:00 AM

Mabey it's one of your buddys putting sand in your car for you. They can see how much you like it

Mike M, trailer it up here, all our roads are bumpy. There's 3 pothole in my street that I called about getting fixed last year. Still there.

Posted by: Mueller Nov 15 2003, 01:15 PM

hey, it's better to go to the beach and get some sand then get crabs

Posted by: Joe Ricard Nov 15 2003, 05:35 PM

Didn't think I would get anything from this thread. BUt I now feel getting my 928 painted will be MINUS sand blasting. Unless the pieces come off like fenders and can be cleaned easily.

Maybe chemical stripper to remove two layers of paint. Original and one shitty one.

Posted by: McMark Nov 15 2003, 07:18 PM

I was be nervous blasting a 928 anyway because of the aluminium panels.

Posted by: Joe Ricard Nov 15 2003, 07:49 PM

Fenders doors hood are aluminum. I was told plastic media or walnut shell?. roof, hatch, rear fenders are steel, and of course the plastic bumper caps.