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Bill Young
Bill Young
Kansas City, MO
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'73 MG Midget V6 , '59 MGA I6 2.8 GM, 4.0 Jeep

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Re: Paint remover
Posted by: Bill Young
Date: April 26, 2012 08:54AM

Jim, HF sells a 50 pound bag for $34 but I saw in the ad that it's an Armex product, made by Arm and Hammer. Looked up their website and they must have distributors in your area where you could get a better deal I'm sure.


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Dave Craddock
Redford,Michigan
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72 MGB V6 3.4

Re: Paint remover
Posted by: Preform Resources
Date: April 26, 2012 06:06PM

OK guys I'm confused ,,,, I thought soda blasting required special equipment?! you mean you can use a garden variety sand blaster with 125 or so psi?
Dave Craddock


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Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
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1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Re: Paint remover
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: April 26, 2012 07:22PM

I think so Dave. It's just media basting after all, no reason it wouldn't work that I know of.

Jim


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Tim Shumbera
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Re: Paint remover
Posted by: NCtim
Date: April 26, 2012 08:08PM

Jim,

It's baking soda. Buy it from a distributor. Cheap stuff, nothing special and biodegradable to boot!

Tim


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Tim Shumbera
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Re: Paint remover
Posted by: NCtim
Date: April 26, 2012 08:12PM

They advise that you wash it by hand and not pressure wash. Soap and water or just water. It's a neutralizer, you can use it in your pool or hot tub to balance the pH, or take the paint off your MG!

Cheers,
NCtim


Bill Young
Bill Young
Kansas City, MO
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'73 MG Midget V6 , '59 MGA I6 2.8 GM, 4.0 Jeep

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Re: Paint remover
Posted by: Bill Young
Date: April 26, 2012 10:06PM

Dave., you might need a larger nozzle on the sand blaster as the soda grain size is pretty large depending on the grade, other than that it's the same process as any other type of media blasting.


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Dave Craddock
Redford,Michigan
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Re: Paint remover
Posted by: Preform Resources
Date: April 27, 2012 10:39AM

Thanks guys.
Dave



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Tim Shumbera
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Re: Paint remover
Posted by: NCtim
Date: April 27, 2012 04:36PM

Dave,

Go here: [barebonesblasting.com]

and watch the video of him stripping an MGB. It's a pretty sizable nozzle.

NCtim


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Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
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Re: Paint remover
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: April 28, 2012 11:49AM

Clearly an industrial blaster, the limitation is the size of the air compressor. My local tool rental place has big mobile compressors that are fairly priced, (I rented one for a weekend to jack-hammer a concrete slab. Not an exercise I can recommend though as I still have residual carpal tunnel trouble because of it.) If your tool rental also has media blasting equipment that would work with soda blasting as well and it would be about a one day job. The blaster would basically consist of a hopper (possibly, and I'd say preferably pressurized), a nozzle, and a protective suit. These should be fairly common.

Jim


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Tim Shumbera
Western North Carolina
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Re: Paint remover
Posted by: NCtim
Date: May 07, 2012 04:36PM

Jim,

That's an even better idea! I completely forgot about the tool rental places. I'll definitely check that out when I get to that part.

NCtim
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