Thread: Sand blasting is overated!!!!!

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Now that s a good idea. I was thinking of getting a little shed.

That is a good idea. Beats the system we had.

Don

I gotta friend that just re-opened his soda blasting business, relocated to Tenn from Vegas. THAT my friends is the ticket!! For $500-$1000 based on the vehicle (amount of paint, filler...involved) he can blast it down to the next layer of paint or primer, or take it all the way to bare metal, or just leave in the bodywork... AND, the glass, chrome and rubber can all stay in it because the medium (baking soda) won't hurt it!!! It leaves just enough "texture" that the primers will adhere well without having to re-prep AND it won't rust if left outside for up to 3 months!!! They have NO IDEA why it won't rust, it just doesn't! So, thats what I do when I need something blasted. Check around your area to see if anyone is doing it, it WORKS!!!

I do know a guy that blast with soda. Yes, it is great! The only thing is it does not do much for any rusted areas, IMO. It does paint and fillers no prob, rust nothing. I guess you could soda blast the vehicle and rust spots you use regular media. Dont know I just did not like the results on my truck it did have a lot of surface rust though.

If he gets something with a lot of rust, he'll soda then sand the rust areas. It seems to work pretty good on surface rust, but you are correct, for heavily rusted ares, sand is nessesary.