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| JimmyG |
 Aug 24 2009, 04:07 PM
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Hello All,
Trying to get prepared to finish all of the reinforcement work on the body and decided that it would be a good idea to do a little sand blasting to clean things up a bit. I've seen units from $199 - $3000. And visually can't see any difference in them. I've seen blast media from sand to walnut shells to soda. Can somebody that has used these on a car tell me what is the best buy for a poor homeowner that wants to have a unit to use more than once but doesn't want to spend the motherlode. and the best overall media. Any help would be appreciated. Off to ball practicefor my kids. Be back to look at this in a bit. Thanks. |
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| trojanhorsepower |
Aug 24 2009, 10:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 861 Joined: 21-September 03 From: Marion, NC Member No.: 1,179 Region Association: None |
I have tried lots of low end blasting and nothing seems to actually work well. The big problem (other than the ones already mentioned) is moisture. If you live in a humid environment and you do not have an air drier and a good compressed then you will only get frustraited. As much as I would like for it to be otherwise blasting is more complicated than it seems.
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| zymurgist |
Aug 24 2009, 10:27 PM
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"Ace" Mechanic Group: Members Posts: 7,411 Joined: 9-June 05 From: Hagerstown, MD Member No.: 4,238 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(trojanhorsepower @ Aug 25 2009, 12:01 AM)  I have tried lots of low end blasting and nothing seems to actually work well. The big problem (other than the ones already mentioned) is moisture. If you live in a humid environment and you do not have an air drier and a good compressed then you will only get frustraited. As much as I would like for it to be otherwise blasting is more complicated than it seems. True... I use a short whip hose connected to a last chance water trap (with another water trap attached to my pressure tank where the main hose comes out), and I still can only sandblast for a while in this humid east coast weather. I don't own a sandblaster; I borrowed a siphon blaster. Never used the pressure blaster but all sources indicate that it is a much better tool than a siphon blaster. |
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JimmyG Sand Blasters, what to do?what to do? Aug 24 2009, 04:07 PM
SirAndy Sandblasting parts is OK, however, if you're t... Aug 24 2009, 04:15 PM biosurfer1
Sandblasting parts is OK, however, if you're ... Aug 24 2009, 04:24 PM SLITS Sand removes metal. Glass bead removes rust only ... Aug 24 2009, 04:26 PM type47 Also investigate soda blasting. Eastwood has a sod... Aug 24 2009, 05:31 PM r_towle If you are going to sandblast things for many year... Aug 24 2009, 05:32 PM
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If you are going to sandblast things for many yea... Aug 24 2009, 05:51 PM r_towle
If you are going to sandblast things for many ye... Aug 24 2009, 05:59 PM Richard Casto
Lots of good info in this thread, but the myth ab... Aug 25 2009, 12:57 PM zymurgist
I'm not so sure about soda blasting. I used ... Aug 24 2009, 10:23 PM d914 soda blast is great,,,had my car done,,,doest hurt... Aug 24 2009, 08:21 PM PH1
Any help would be appreciated. Off to ball pract... Aug 24 2009, 10:22 PM JimmyG Lots of good info here. I read Sir Andys thread an... Aug 25 2009, 08:01 AM 9146986 Professional soda blasting is the way to go. Does... Aug 25 2009, 08:36 AM JimmyG Good to hear from you Perry. Finally going to get ... Aug 25 2009, 08:46 AM FourBlades I have cheap siphon and pressure blasters. Siphon... Aug 25 2009, 08:49 AM ConeDodger Soda blasting... Have it professionally done. Seam... Aug 25 2009, 08:56 AM 9146986 Jimmy, shop around and see if anyone in B'ham... Aug 25 2009, 11:07 AM JimmyG Perry, Just returned from a shop close by that ... Aug 25 2009, 11:25 AM SirAndy
How does that sound for a price?
For just the un... Aug 25 2009, 11:34 AM gopack I paid $1000 to have the entire car soda blas... Aug 25 2009, 11:46 AM JimmyG These guys seem to do high end work by the look of... Aug 25 2009, 11:54 AM Eric_Shea Soda is by far the best method I've found:
ht... Aug 25 2009, 01:49 PM kwales I'm not keen on blasting.
Why?? Rust forms a ... Aug 25 2009, 09:06 PM |
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