Dave,
The company that I work for uses plastic media to remove paint from aluminum
airframes. When we started we damaged a few but now we have developed the
process to the point that they can take the paint off one layer at a time.
In many areas on the airframe the skin is only .020" thick and it does not
distort or show any damage. If there were any doubt I would paint a small
piece (one foot by one foot) of thin aluminum and ask him to demonstrate how
the media removal works. Ask him to remove the paint so you can see the
layers. If he can do this without causing the metal to bend or warp the
$800 would be cheap.
Jeff Howard
Rayne LA
USA
'68 GT6 Now I am the second owner
'69 GT6+
'80 Spit
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Connitt" <dconnitt@fuse.net>
To: "Triumphs" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 9:34 PM
Subject: Is this too much for media blasting?
> List,
> I am almost done with my sheetmetal repair and am shopping around for
> media/sandblasting for my tub on the inner panels. I found a shop that
> specializes in removing paint and rust from collector cars. He had a
really
> nice '55 Chevy convertible he had just done which looked really nice. He
had
> media blasted the outer fenders to keep the heat down. The inside of the
tub
> had been sandblasted, mostly for rust removal.
> Looked really nice, the bad news is he wants $800.00 to do just the tub on
> my TR4A.
> I have tried the wire wheel method, the chemical stripping method, both of
> which are very time consuming and have their drawbacks too. I think
$800.00
> seems a bit steep. Could be wrong, I don't know. I am in the Cincinnati,
> Ohio area so if anybody knows of someplace within driving distance of me
who
> is a little more reasonable, I would greatly appriciate it.
> PS. Not planning on doing anything until spring so I can prime it
> immediately after blasting to inhibit rust.
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
>
> Dave Connitt
> Cincinnati, OH
> '65 TR4A
> web page http://home.fuse.net/davestr4a
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