so with the restoring of my car project a big part of it will be taking the paint/rust off the car. anyone know of a decent but yet inexpensive soda blasting tank that works well?

also any info/tips would be greatly appreciated lol

thanks
tom

 

On other boards I have seen rave reviews for the Eastwood kit(about 340$).
I used a 149$ jobby from harbor freight. Did a good job. Soda is not cheap (10 bucks a lb) and did not go far. I was afraid to blast chrome or glass.

 

i was seeing 50lb bags for 30-40 bucks i thought.
and i was looking at the 150 harbor freight one, any other info on it would be awesome!

 

The $150 Harbor Freight soda blaster works great. It's on sale right now for $99. Print out the 20% off coupon and bring it down even more. They have 50lb bags of soda media for like $35. I don't know how bad the rust is you are wanting to remove but soda blasting is limited when it comes to the heavy stuff. Light rust no problem.

 

from what i see the only heavy rust problem is the rear quarter panel right behind the wheel well.

 

You might want to see if anyone in your area offers that service, I found a guy in my area (Ct.), he came to me with a truck, compressor & helper, spent almost the whole day & charged me $900.00.

Good luck, Joe

 

There are special considerations when painting a car that has been soda blasted.

 

ok, I'll bite. What kind of considerations?

 

Sorry, I meant about a buck a pound.

 

Soda blasting will remove paint, but not rust. More importantly, any small (and inexpensive) home blaster will take forever to strip a car. Consider paying to have this done by a shop with a large blaster.

 

71 Supreme,
All I know is Southern Polyurathane (the primer I use, it's great) says to contact them for special neutralizing instructions before painting. Never used it , and never called.

 

Any more input on the cheap soda blasters?

What parts can be done with these?

I would like to be able to do the frame rails and maybe the a arms & rear end.
Is that unreasonable?