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Sand Blasters, what to do?what to do? |
JimmyG |
Aug 24 2009, 04:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 146 Joined: 10-September 04 From: Birmingham, AL Member No.: 2,730 Region Association: South East States |
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. |
r_towle |
Aug 24 2009, 05:32 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,624 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States |
If you are going to sandblast things for many years to come, invest in a pressurized system, NOT a syphon feed.
If you are only planning to do one car, RENT the equipment. You can rent a very large system that would cost thousands...and use it for the weekend. One other option is to hire it out. There are many places that will sandblast your car for you...again, its a one shot deal. Rich |
ericread |
Aug 24 2009, 05:51 PM
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The Viper Blue 914 Group: Members Posts: 2,177 Joined: 7-December 07 From: Irvine, CA (The OC) Member No.: 8,432 Region Association: Southern California |
If you are going to sandblast things for many years to come, invest in a pressurized system, NOT a syphon feed. If you are only planning to do one car, RENT the equipment. You can rent a very large system that would cost thousands...and use it for the weekend. One other option is to hire it out. There are many places that will sandblast your car for you...again, its a one shot deal. Rich I'm not so sure about soda blasting. I used diet coke on mine and it just made a mess... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Eric |
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