Accumulator
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RaskyR1- OOOH, now *that* looks interesting!
Sanding to Bare Metal
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RaskyR1
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Accumulator said:
Hahaha! Long way to go yet!
fergnation
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David Fermani said:
Its called a broom and a vaccum.
fergnation
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zoomzoom mazda5 said:
That would be really stupid since most painted surfaces on houses are made of wood. But down spouts, gutters and iron gates and posts are blasted all the time.
David Fermani
Forza Auto Salon
fergnation said:
No, it's actually called white trash.
fergnation said:
I guess it's a Florida thing seeing that most of the homes down here are painted(block w/stucco). Not so stupid seeing things that way I guess.
Accumulator
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David Fermani said:
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Fergnation said:
If my neighbor floated a cloud of, say...silica-based abrasive dust anywhere near my property it'd take a whole lot more than a broom and a vacuum to remedy the situation. (Fortunately, I don't have to deal with such possibilities.)
I've sandblasted in suburbia (hey, I was young and thought I knew it all
), and even though I was as careful as possible, well...that wasn't good enough for me. Having BTDT, I wouldn't want anybody else doing it in my vicinity. Those abrasives are nasty.
memnuts
Biking body breaker
Having worked in body shops and restoring cars in my garage. I would never sandblast a car unless it was totally stripped and even then I would be hesitant to do it. Sandblasting is extremely messy. Sand or whatever media you're stripping the paint with will pool in all of the parts you can't get to. The sand will continually poor out of every drain hole especially the rockers for years no matter how well in is cleaned out. Another side affect of sandblasting is whatever amount of media left in the body crevices will soak up moisture and hold it against bare metal and cause it to rust, not something you want after dropping some big bucks on a paint and body work. Yet another side affect is that the sand will get into the paint when it is sprayed. When the paint is laid down the media is blasted out of the hiding spaces and then settle back down in the freshly laid down paint. The very few body shops I know of that will attempt to strip a car down to bare metal use chemical strippers. They are nasty to deal with but the clean up is pretty straight forward. After the car is chemically stripped the entire car is hit with a DA sander and by hand with 120 grit sandpaper. That step does two things it then gets into the tight corners and edges and gives the metal a tooth for the self etching primer to get an even better hold of.
fergnation
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David Fermani said:
Man, Whoo hooo!! I guess ill just hop in my pickup with my compressor and dog and head down yawnder with all yall classy types!! Never took stucco off with a blaster but (is that that funny looking stuff that looks like the mud that sally joe and i used to see in them cricks out back of the trailer park).
6SuperSport7
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Theres so much work ahead after you get to bare metal. You have epoxy primer, body work, high build primer, block sanding, sealer, then you might be able to think about color. This is if there isn't any metal work to be done.