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I'm asking this for Keith so he is waiting for me to call him back so he knows about buying one.
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jeremy in NE
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they work really well, but require massive amounts of air to work properly. we had a 5 hp 2 stage compressor in the body shop that could not supply enough air.
rustyfarmall
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Soda is for delicate, thin sheet metal and other parts, and is no where near aggressive enough for serious paint, scale, or rust removal.
Rusty, I'm just looking for something to remove paint from my or I should say Shawn's and his little sister's 58 Corvette (I gave it to them about 5 years ago) Shawn decided he wanted to work on it, so I'm trying to find something that he can used and not harm the fiberglass.
It has one coat of paint plus primer that is flaking off in places, I would prefer Shawn not to use a DA with sand paper. Thanks
Keith & Shawn
It has one coat of paint plus primer that is flaking off in places, I would prefer Shawn not to use a DA with sand paper. Thanks
Keith & Shawn
Kinda made for what you want to do. Delicate sheetmetal, not any good working on bulldozers.
I have never thought they were worth the effort.
The finished product is slicker than is done with a sand blaster but it is very slow and as the othere poster it takes a lot of air.
I have never thought they were worth the effort.
The finished product is slicker than is done with a sand blaster but it is very slow and as the othere poster it takes a lot of air.
I just spoke to a guy who was having paint stripped off a fiberglass boat. The company he took it to was using ice chips- never heard of it before. He said it would take off the paint and not damage the gel coat, and obviously there was no clean up to do afterwards. Sounds ideal for a Corvette.
rustyfarmall
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I don't know much about fiberglass, but I'm afraid a soda blaster would be very slow and frustrating.
A small car like that that is worth the money to do it right I'd be hand wet block sanding with 220.
Those old glass bodied Vettes had a lot of waves and ripples in them. You may as well start getting rid of those from the get-go by block sanding. And you'll need the flexible round dowel "blocks" also.
Son should figure at a minimum 80 hours priming and wet sanding prior to final primer/sealer.
Gordo
Those old glass bodied Vettes had a lot of waves and ripples in them. You may as well start getting rid of those from the get-go by block sanding. And you'll need the flexible round dowel "blocks" also.
Son should figure at a minimum 80 hours priming and wet sanding prior to final primer/sealer.
Gordo
Gordo, time is no problem, have lots of it. I could do it as I use to rebuild totals years back, but that is not the idea. Shawn is my mentally challenged son and I am trying to find something that he can do. And the car belongs to him and his little sister, I'll be supervising him and Sheana(his little sister), but he wants to do it himself.
It was stripped all the way down around 1970, so all the ripples are already gone and shot with blue medal flake.
Keith & Shawn(Gold Medal Winner)
It was stripped all the way down around 1970, so all the ripples are already gone and shot with blue medal flake.
Keith & Shawn(Gold Medal Winner)
The problem is you are not telling me the CFM of your pump. I have a 2 stage, 18 CFM air compressor. Which works fine with my pressurized sand blaster. If that is not big enough I have a friend that has a Ingersal Rand portable unit that I can borrow anytime I need it.Thanks
Keith & Shawn (Gold Medal Winner)
Keith & Shawn (Gold Medal Winner)
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