[Healeys] Soda Blasting

Michael Couch michael at mcassociatesinc.com
Sat Sep 12 08:50:47 MDT 2009


Some comments on soda blasting

 

I recently used soda blasting for the first time so I thought I'd pass along
my comments.  

 

The only significant rust I had on the 56 BN2 that I'm trying to get on the
road was the interior floor boards and sills.  The carpet and seats were
completely rotted and the metal underneath had some significant scale but
luckily no rust through.  

 

The soda did a great job of removing the scale and prepping the surface.  It
generates almost no heat so there is little threat of warping.  We blasted
the alloy dashboard at the same time with no problems.  It's also very
precise in that we were able to remove old paint from the dashboard but
leave the underlying original paint and even the grease pen markings on the
back!

 

The biggest drawback was that we did the blasting on a humid day with little
ventilation/air movement.  I'm continuing to find solidified pockets of hard
dried soda in inconspicuous spots.  Next time, more air movement and better
masking.

 

This may be old info for some but this was new for me.

 

Mike

Pittsburgh

BN2 100M

AN2

AN7

 

Go Steelers!


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