Anyone had a whole bodyshell sand blasted?

Whats the Pro's and Con's?

Anyone had it done?


Brian

 

Brian,
I have panels blasted before came out really well. I've also used sand blasting when i was restoring my Mk1 Mex which came out quite well as well. But to be honest there are better things out there now.
Check out these.
http://www.surfaceprocessing.co.uk/for-cars.html
or this sounds really really good not as agressive as shot blasting.
www.soda-blast.co.uk
http://www.suttonsodablasting.co.uk/home.html

cheeRS
Barney

 

soda blasting is the way forward nowadays

 

did I hear that its a good idea to get it sealed pretty much as soon as its been done as its proper ready to rust once its been blasted?

 

Thanks for the replys

Is there any where in Essex that does this?


Brian

 

Brian,

There's a shot blasters behind Marco down Rawreth Lane in Rayleigh.
Sorry i cant remember the name.

 

I know someone in kent (me12) that does soda and shot blasting, does alot of jags at mo, i think, pm if you want more details!

 

yes mate same with any bare metal, the sooner u get a coat of etch/primer on the the better!! more exposure to the air = more chance of rust coming back quickly.

 

Had a 3dr Blasted ,every time i raced that car it was like a sand storm in the cockpit ,literally cup fulls would keep coming out of the seams whatever i did to clean it out !

 

Really excellent will have a look next time i am in Marco's not to far from me either as i am only in Benfleet


Cheers Brian

 

PM on its way


Brian

 

I have used surface processing to strip 2 doors and an engine grill and they were very good. The engine grill was alloy and they had to strip that separate, it cost me Ł50.00 just for this part.

I had to have the whole car repainted as the job the 1st body did shop was very poor

There are some fibreglass parts the new paint guy wanted blasting so i thought i would get the alloy engine grill blasted at the same time.
Called Sutton soda blast 5 times and got no answer! Tried a few days and finally got though to him but his attitude on the phone was not good. So i ended up going to Roy at soda blast UK.

I took the 2 fibreglass parts and the alloy grill to him, to cut a long story short he could not blast the fibreglass without damaging them but blasted the alloy engine grill. He said it took him 3 hrs and charged me Ł170 !!!

My point is, soda blasting is easier on the metal work than normal grit blasting but it takes a lot longer to do so is a lot more expensive.

Hope this helps

 

Thanks for the info mate

I have spoken to my mate who is going to be doing the welding and pianting and he said about just getting the underside blasted and maybe the inside but thats it, said it will be loads easier to weld after its been blasted as all the metal will be nice and clean

Thanks for all replys


Brian

 

You need to get the media/sand out of everywhere as wet sand is even worse in chasis rails etc than just water as it stays damp forever!