spoolinturbo Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 well i want to sandblast the engine bay and the interior of the car... i was reading 90psi needed...so ill need a good sized compressor for this, so i got the gun, and i just bought a sandblasting box as well for some suspension parts i want to do. has anyone wet sandblasted as well? i was thinking of doing this so i wouldnt go through the crazy process of sanding the whole car to metal...what i want to do. let me know if u have any experience/tips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrngwae Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 there is always soda, walnut shell, or dry ice. dry ice wont leave any moisture and will evaporate so you wont have to clean up a holy mess anything else will. and nothing left over in the car to try and find in the nooks and crannies. $0.02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoolinturbo Posted July 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 but how much does dryice cost in the amount i would need to do a car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrngwae Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 you can get it from an o2 supplier or like a welding supply place. i dont think it is too crazy priced.....do you have an air gas, praxair. start there. as far as the ammount......how much of the car are you blasting????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 sand WILL pit and warp metal. go with one of the above mentioned alternatives. dry ice is the best as stated, it doesnt leave media in ever crevice of your car. BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoolinturbo Posted July 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 yea i just wanted to blast the engine bay, the interior and hard to get areas, not the exterior body, i can sand that with a DA. i am re-doing underneath the car as well...but i think im going to find another method to clear all that off hmm ok im going to look into dryice...there should be plenty of it in alaska lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistapickles Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 The sandblasting process generates too much heat to do on anything other than a 60's or earlier car, guaranteed panel warping, even with baking soda unless you have the patience of Job. Is there a reason you want something that aggressive? rust? Jasco makes some paint and epoxy stripper that would have your entire engine bay bare metal in an hour....it'll burn you like heck if it gets on your skin, but it works fast and easy. Or there's the old stand by, Aircraft Paint Stripper. If you were just wanting it clean for fresh paint you could use acetone and a gold scotch-brite pad and it would definitely remove the clear and most of the paint AND would have the advantage over the other methods of being clean enough to paint almost immediately after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burton Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Yeah, I would use a chemical stripper, or pay a blast shop to do the blasting. You can warp the heck out of something if you don't know what you're doing, but an actual blasting shop would have the experience to do it right. It's usually not too pricey. I can get a whole car done for $800, so just some smaller areas of the car would be much cheaper. Plus, with soda blasting, you won't have to remove as much trim and such. as soda blasting doesn't hurt metal trim or glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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