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<blockquote data-quote="MR.T." data-source="post: 3272016" data-attributes="member: 4793"><p>Of course I do.</p><p>As of now I have restored or fixed up 3 vehicles, & currently restoring another, & have 3 more on the list after that one. & these are personal keepers & are not to be sold.</p><p></p><p>I would not suggest sand-blasting, as that can distort & cause waves or ripples in the sheetmetal. I have however allowed sand-blasting done on areas that are not largely flat or exposed areas, like firewall, door jams, floorboards, and structure parts like the frame & suspension parts. </p><p>If you want to blast the whole car, soda blasting would be friendlier to the metal, but then you have more prep work after it is blasted before you can spray primer.</p><p>I personally just use a rough grit paper like 36 grit & an orbital sander & go to town to get to bare metal.</p><p></p><p>There is a newer process called Dustless blasting, that uses high pressure water with the media to blast the paint off & cause of the water, it helps against the possibility of sheet metal being distorted. I haven't been able to use anything like this, but you may check into that.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with your restoration</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MR.T., post: 3272016, member: 4793"] Of course I do. As of now I have restored or fixed up 3 vehicles, & currently restoring another, & have 3 more on the list after that one. & these are personal keepers & are not to be sold. I would not suggest sand-blasting, as that can distort & cause waves or ripples in the sheetmetal. I have however allowed sand-blasting done on areas that are not largely flat or exposed areas, like firewall, door jams, floorboards, and structure parts like the frame & suspension parts. If you want to blast the whole car, soda blasting would be friendlier to the metal, but then you have more prep work after it is blasted before you can spray primer. I personally just use a rough grit paper like 36 grit & an orbital sander & go to town to get to bare metal. There is a newer process called Dustless blasting, that uses high pressure water with the media to blast the paint off & cause of the water, it helps against the possibility of sheet metal being distorted. I haven't been able to use anything like this, but you may check into that. Good luck with your restoration [/QUOTE]
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