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> I Love my Soda Blaster..., ...is that wrong?
Eric_Shea
post Mar 8 2010, 11:10 PM
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I'm still having strut woes on the ass-dragger so it's Billy-time.

I took these over to my soda blaster guy and look what I got back. I just wanted to show the miracles of soda one more time here. Spindles were not taped off. Shock shafts were not taped off! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

Nothing like factory metal to work with... just amazing results. The smallest of stampings, codes and markings come back to life. Almost a shame to repaint them...

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underthetire
post Mar 8 2010, 11:18 PM
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I don't think it's wrong at all. Those look like they just came off the production line!
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post Mar 9 2010, 06:24 AM
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post Mar 9 2010, 07:26 AM
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Ok, I need to go get a soda blaster. Man, those look ready good.
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post Mar 9 2010, 08:27 AM
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Yeah huh? Almost every time I have something soda blasted, it's like a step back in time. It was one of the coolest things to have my tub soda blasted and see the factory welds on the rear suspension consoules. All of the heat marks and blueing were there hiding underneath the paint.

It felt weird, like I was there just after the guy welded the car.

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post Mar 9 2010, 09:27 AM
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Yepper... that's why I have one on order... can't wait to do that to my transmission, springs etc... gonna be step back in time. SCHWING
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post Mar 9 2010, 09:37 AM
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QUOTE(914Sixer @ Mar 9 2010, 07:26 AM) *

Ok, I need to go get a soda blaster. Man, those look ready good.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) those look amazing (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)
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post Mar 9 2010, 10:13 AM
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QUOTE(tdgray @ Mar 9 2010, 07:27 AM) *

Yepper... that's why I have one on order... can't wait to do that to my transmission, springs etc... gonna be step back in time. SCHWING




Hey Todd, which one did you buy?
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post Mar 9 2010, 10:14 AM
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I have one question... how big of an air compressor do you need?
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post Mar 9 2010, 10:33 AM
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The guy I use has a portable deisel compressor mounted on a trick trailer. He does grafitti and such.
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post Mar 9 2010, 10:49 AM
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The guy I use has a portable deisel compressor mounted on a trick trailer. He does grafitti and such.


so, you're saying I'd need bigger than my little portable 110v? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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post Mar 9 2010, 11:37 AM
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I used to have a 36 gallon portable tank compressor, but its duty cycle didn't allow the nearly continuous running needed for sandblasting. I replaced it with the Home Depot special 60 gallon tank. I used that for sandblasting all the remainder of my Corvette parts. I would guess that soda blasting has similar requirements.

Only major issue I have is moisture... I put a water trap at the end of my main hose and sandblast with a short whip hose connected to it, and I still have to clear out the water a couple of times in a blasting session (east coast humidity FTL).
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post Mar 20 2011, 12:10 PM
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post Mar 20 2011, 01:19 PM
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I have one. I am using it to strip just the top layer of paint from the front and rear trunks and engine bay of the Raspberry car. I'm trying to leave the original finish. Or as much as I can anyway. It works really nice for that.

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post Mar 20 2011, 01:45 PM
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The blaster you buy should give you required compressor specs, ie. 90 psi @ 10 CFM
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post Mar 20 2011, 02:51 PM
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looks great, here are my fav. soda blast pics , real factory GT 705, There is another on the dash but the pic is on RoadGlue.


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post Mar 20 2011, 03:11 PM
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post Mar 20 2011, 05:53 PM
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here are my fav. soda blast pics


Oh yeah, those rock. I remember that... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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post Mar 21 2011, 12:18 AM
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How much does it generally cost to have an entire bare tub soda blasted, ballpark?
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post Mar 21 2011, 07:52 AM
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$600 - $1,000 depending on the blaster.
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