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[samperks]

hi guys & gals

im currently stripping my Mini down ready for a respray and to do up its exterior, (mirrors grille bumpers n so on) so last night as i was taking an angle grinder to near enough every rust infected bolt and looked at my immensy small sander and partly broken grit blaster & compressor i though it might be usefull to look at some local compainies that soda/grit/sand blast in the west midlands. found a few and i plan to give them a ring tommorow before uni n get some prices. just wanted to know if anyone has used soda or grit blasting before from any companies and how good/bad were the results.

any tips and tricks on derusting would be appreciated


Thanks Sammmmmmm

[ANON]

i do soda blasting, use chemical stripper first to keep costs down.
great for getting paint off but doesn't touch rust.

be aware it aint cheap though as soda is quite expensive compared to other blasting media and it can only be used once.

[samperks]

so look at sand/grit blasting? how much would i be looking to pay for the whole car to be done?

[Guess-Works.com]

My next door neighbour has a soda blasting business ( handy really ), to do a shell you're looking at an average of 700, problem is, as mentioned above, it wont take the rust out, however it will show it all, which you will obviously cut out and then replace with real metal...

[Southy]

so look at sand/grit blasting? how much would i be looking to pay for the whole car to be done?

You don't want to use sand/grit blasting on whole panels as it will easily distort them.

Best bet would be to get all the seams and underneath done with it and then DA the flat panels.

[liam-ds]

hi i used sand/grit mixture to blast all the underside of my boot floor, wheel arches, inside the boot and used grit on the edges pf both my doors and under the bonnet and i have had no warped pannels upto now

liam

[ANON]

using sand is a bit risky, hope you used a propper mask

[samperks]

My next door neighbour has a soda blasting business ( handy really ), to do a shell you're looking at an average of 700, problem is, as mentioned above, it wont take the rust out, however it will show it all, which you will obviously cut out and then replace with real metal...

any chance you could pm the name of the company and a contact number for him please?
does he come out on job or would i have to take the car to him?

[liam-ds]

using sand is a bit risky, hope you used a propper mask

ye i had a proper mask on but was dusty as hell could only do 5 mins at a time i now only use grit when im blasting it cleans it up a lot quicker lol

liam

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

nah dont use blasting nd stuff, the great way is buy some wire brush drill bits or a knotted wire bit that fits to an angle grinder bcus they will get off rust and paint and wont damage the metal and theyre quite cheap to get and simple to use =D