Mike,
What sort of kit/set-up did you use for soda blasting? I've been
thinking of trying it out, but harbor freight is eternally backordered
on the little cheapie units and I presently don't know if I want to
surrender garage space to a large unit.
Jody
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Michael Couch
<michael@mcassociatesinc.com> wrote:
> Some comments on soda blasting
>
>
>
> I recently used soda blasting for the first time so I thought I'd pass
along
> my comments.
>
>
>
> The only significant rust I had on the 56 BN2 that I'm trying to get on the
> road was the interior floor boards and sills. The carpet and seats were
> completely rotted and the metal underneath had some significant scale but
> luckily no rust through.
>
>
>
> The soda did a great job of removing the scale and prepping the surface.
It
> generates almost no heat so there is little threat of warping. We blasted
> the alloy dashboard at the same time with no problems. It's also very
> precise in that we were able to remove old paint from the dashboard but
> leave the underlying original paint and even the grease pen markings on the
> back!
>
>
>
> The biggest drawback was that we did the blasting on a humid day with
little
> ventilation/air movement. I'm continuing to find solidified pockets of
hard
> dried soda in inconspicuous spots. Next time, more air movement and better
> masking.
>
>
>
> This may be old info for some but this was new for me.
>
>
>
> Mike
>
> Pittsburgh
>
> BN2 100M
>
> AN2
>
> AN7
>
>
>
> Go Steelers!
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