sicky olds

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

slowolds

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.

sicky olds

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!

6inarow

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.

sicky olds

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

droptopcad

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

bkeese

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

71supreme

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

slowolds

Sorry, I meant about a buck a pound.

joe_padavano

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.

bkeese

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.

68cutlassdriver

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?