I have a small bench top cabinet that I use plastic bead media with no
problems and a nice smooth finish afterwards. About $50.
Theo Smit wrote:
>You're going to hear this lots, but sandblasters warp sheetmetal because the
>sand
>impact is so high that it stress-relieves the metal.Get a refinishing shop to
>plastic-blast your body - getting my hardtop done inside and out cost $120
>canadian, that's like $80 US. I'd removed the top layer of paint with a
>chemical
>stripper but it wouldn't touch the factory black lacquer underneath, so I took
>it
>to the plastic blasters.
>They did mention that holding the sandblaster gun at a shallow angle could help
>prevent warpage but that's just waaaay too much of a risk.
>
>Theo
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