I am hoping that a company specializing in taking the cab (parts) down to
the bare metal will know about warpage and associated damage caused by
excessive bead blasting. At least I hope because I certainly dont have the
facility to do that myself. I am planning on purchasing a blast cabinet of
my own for the smaller parts where I can somewhat regulate the media I put
into it as well as the quality.
I guess once I have the cab, bed fenders, etc back from Kansas Dry Strip, we
will see how they did. I will certainly let everyone here know! :)
Thanks everyone for the great input!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian Deaton" <gmc594x4@hotmail.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 12:55 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] bead blasting
> Deve,
> I have bead blasted most of my smaller parts from inner fenders down to
the
> headlights rings without any problems SO FAR. I have not started putting
any
> of these parts back onto the truck and have not noticed any cracks as of
> now. But bead blasting is just like sand blasting in the fact that you can
> very easily warp the metal due to the heat. Lost a headlight ring from
this.
> However, I have been told this will/may harden the metal as Perry Smith
was
> referring too. I had looked into having my stuff media blasted with the
> crushed walnut shells but that is not an option here in this town.
>
> Soda blasting that Gordon was referring to is an option but is rather
> worthless in my opinion. It will not remove much more than paint and flaky
> rust. It will no even harm any rubber molding. I was told by the shop that
I
> was dealing with that after everything is blasted I should take it through
a
> car wash to help remove some of the baking soda that is still on the metal
> and in the cracks. I would then have to sand everything by hand to help
> remove the residue from the soda and also to remove the rust that would be
> left before painting the truck. This just seemed to be a waste of time and
> money if I pay 600 bucks to have the truck blasted and still have to do
all
> this additional stuff and have to worry later about rust forming in the
> cracks and the whole car wash deal. If it were an option I would certainly
> choose to have things media blasted and pay the little extra. Just my 2
> cents worth.
>
>
> Christian
> 59 GMC Stepside
> Napco
>
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