after getting a quote to soda blast a set of 12 inch rims back at 40-50 per rim..

i'm thinking i'd like to give it a go myself...

does anyone know where to buy bulk soda? for blasting as well as cleaning? SWMBO is the queen of soda and vinegar...

or would this be suitable for a set of alloy rims?

http://www.paramountbrowns.com.au/garnet-grit/

oh yeah interested in sacks of soda in adelaide...

I've done up a few sets of Contessa wheels, I just paint stripped them to get all the paint off.. easy peasy.
If you use garnet, any shiny bits will be frazzled to flat. And I reckon sand will just destroy them.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

aaah paint stripper, you think i would've thought of that!

when i was 15 i paint stripped all the removable panels on my morris minor.. had an old bathtub in the backyard and by the end of it i think dad had bought enough tins of stripper that it was almost a dipping bath for car panels!

i remember the stuff stinking and stinging seriously. gotta love the oh&s of my folks letting a 15 y.o playing in the backyard practically in a bathtub full of paint stripper!

any recommendations on brands, places to buy of stripper?

I used Selleys on my wheels last time, but the stuff Bunnings sells in the yellow can (digger?) seems to rip paint off pretty well too.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Thumbs up for diggers from bunnings. Just did my whole shell in it. Heaps better than the polyfilla brand.

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Tim

you must have a big bath tub to do your whole shell

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Baracade
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1972 US Export Moke in Bundaberg QLD

Yeh empty pool wink wink

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Tim