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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:52 pm 
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Location: Under the bonnet son!
None of the medias work very quickly on the underfloor deadeners. Often the blasters will tell you their not keen on taking on the floor when it has deadener laid on thick.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:56 pm 
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simon k wrote:
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I prefere soda blasting ...as its less damaging to panels ,doesnt damage glass or plastics or rubbers,but still rips paint off
Ive got a soda blaster and Im using it to strip my shell and its awesome , but I mainly only use it in the hard to reach areas

Just youtube "airboy soda blaster" and it with show you how good it is


how much soda (kg) would it take to do (for example) the underside of the floor of a car?

and the soda is single-use, can't sweep it up, sieve the bits out and re-use it, right?


Sorry forget ...ive never reused the soda once its on the floor , as it explodes as it hits the job and renders it useless ...but I have heard of people sweeping it up and picking out the big bits and using a sive to get the smaller bits out and re using it a total of 3 times , but once u see it on the floor with all the bits of paint,rust, grinder dust etc you will look at it and say crap forget it , and sweep it up and throw in the bin lol


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 4:58 am 
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My shell was sandblasted. because it was on a rotisserie I was able to tip it upside down. there was a good deal of sand came out. even after good cleaning.


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 12:37 pm 
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I would recommend having any car sand blasted by a professional if you are doing a full bare metal resto.
After my car was done it exposed many rust areas that were hidden and would have only caused grief in the future.
The panel beater loved it as it gave him clean metal to work with ultimately saving me money.
Whole car, doors, boot, bonnet etc $800 and undercoated

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 4:13 pm 
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They're not keen on powdercoat either, take that into consideration when your coating parts and make sure you're completely happy before it's done.


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