If you're going to do this yourself, stay away from glass beads!!! Although
they are very gentle, they are quite expensive and so fine that you find them
crunching in your teeth for days afterward.
Geoff Branch
----- Original Message -----
From Gerard Chateauvieux <pixelsmith at gerardsgarage.com>
To: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>; Dan O'Shea <danoshea@idsi.net>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: Media blasting
> Frank,
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> I sandblasted my '68 myself and even though I used compressed air to
> dislodge as much as I could, vacuumed the car several times, including
> every space I could get into with small hose, I needed to turn the car
> upside-down to get the last bits out. It finally stpped shedding after
> that. Seems that plastic media wouldn't be as annoying as sand though.
>
> Gerard
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> At 10:30 PM -0700 4/16/00, Frank Clarici wrote:
> >Dan O'Shea wrote:
> >>
> >> List,
> >>
> >> I am not very familiar with media blasting. I imagine that many
> >> spridgeteers have had this sort of work done. Should I expect that most
> >> auto body shops will have this service available? I expect to treat a
> >> bodyshell--any idea of a reasonable price range? Any tips would be
> >> appreciated.
> >
> >I had the A40 media blasted. Not all body shops do this. Check around.
> >The car came out perfectly clean and shiny bare metal. They did some
> >aluminum oxide blasting on any rust in the hard to reach crevices.
> >The cost was $350 (about 3 years ago) Back them Midgets were $300 as a
> >friend of mine had his midget done just before me.
> >Prices differ from place to place but I would say $500 is too much.
> >I also got to see the car in bare metal when the shop owner talked me
> >into urethane primer for an extra $375. So far no rust anywhere except
> >around the outer lip of the boot lid. And I saw this in unrusted bare
> >metal. It is where the metal folds over to form the seam. My guess is
> >the rust was on the inside and worked it's way to the surface after
> >paint of course.
> >It hasn't gotten any worse in 2 years but it's there. That fancy primer
> >really works.
> >
> >Problems... My buddy's Midget always had plastic media chips coming out
> >of places after it was carpeted. Once a week he would vacuum up plastic
> >chips.
> >I have not ever seen any on the A40. The Midget may have nooks and
> >crannies that store the stuff, or a lousy clean up guy when it was done.
> >Other then that, no complaints from me or him.
> >
> >--
> >Frank Clarici
> >Toms River, NJ
> >Down to only 3 Sprites, 1 Midget and an A40 Farina
> >http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
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