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General Category => Unusual Microcar Discussion => Topic started by: Bob Purton on August 03, 2011, 02:17:04 PM

Title: Soda blasting
Post by: Bob Purton on August 03, 2011, 02:17:04 PM
Has anyone any experience of soda blasting? Can you recommend a company?
Title: Re: Soda blasting
Post by: Stuart Cyphus on August 03, 2011, 02:54:23 PM
 Apart from an exploding Soada-Stream once, alas not   ;D
Title: Re: Soda blasting
Post by: Jonathan Poll on August 03, 2011, 03:05:01 PM
Quote from: Bob Purton on August 03, 2011, 02:17:04 PM
Has anyone any experience of soda blasting? Can you recommend a company?

Funny you say that, we where also looking for it! We where thinking of the Nobel and a few of the schmitts.

JP
Title: Re: Soda blasting
Post by: Bob Purton on August 03, 2011, 03:19:04 PM
Soda stream! We also were duped into buying one of those things, its cheaper to buy pop ready made! Ours didnt explode though.

JP. I'm told its ideal for removing paint from fiberglass bodies, for a steel body I would settle for bead blasting.
Title: Re: Soda blasting
Post by: Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker) on August 03, 2011, 04:22:33 PM
No experience, but I happened to be looking at this video yesterday as I was looking into different ways of cleaning grimy bits. If you've got your own compressor, it looks like it has to be worth considering.

http://www.garagenight.tv/diy-soda-blasting-build-your-own-rig-cheap/ (http://www.garagenight.tv/diy-soda-blasting-build-your-own-rig-cheap/)
Title: Re: Soda blasting
Post by: Jonathan Poll on August 03, 2011, 06:25:22 PM
Quote from: Bob Purton on August 03, 2011, 03:19:04 PM
Soda stream! We also were duped into buying one of those things, its cheaper to buy pop ready made! Ours didnt explode though.

JP. I'm told its ideal for removing paint from fiberglass bodies, for a steel body I would settle for bead blasting.

Well its also very good for steel, apart from the rust removal. Otherwise, it remioves every speck of paint/filler (if you do it well!) without doing ANY damage to the paint!

JP
Title: Re: Soda blasting
Post by: jackiep on August 03, 2011, 09:47:16 PM
Seem to remember that someone at  Beaulieu was demo- ing a soda blaster must have been the last time I went . I 'll look up my old programmes & see if that is more informative .
Title: Re: Soda blasting
Post by: Grant Kearney on August 04, 2011, 10:18:19 PM
Hi Bob.
Soda blasting on fibreglass is great.  I bought a small blaster for doing localised fibreglass cleaning and it does the job very well.  Removes all layers of paint back to the gel coat without damage.  Would not like to do a complete body with my Eastwoods blaster as it would take for ever and use a lot of soda.  Ray Dilks had his Frisky body done and it was a great success. 
Title: Re: Soda blasting
Post by: Bob Purton on August 05, 2011, 08:28:16 AM
Thanks. I hope to see Ray at the weekend and will ask who did it for him.
Title: Re: Soda blasting
Post by: Grant Kearney on August 05, 2011, 07:05:19 PM
Ray & Jenny won't be at the East Anglian rally this weekend.  They are currently up at my end of he world ready for the start of the Scottish Microcar Club week long touring rally.
Title: Re: Soda blasting
Post by: Stuart Cyphus on August 05, 2011, 09:34:26 PM
Quote from: scootacar on August 05, 2011, 07:05:19 PM

 They are currently up at my end of the world ready for the start of the Scottish Microcar Club week long touring rally.


 Would they be staying at Milliways by any chance? (first person to get the joke gets to visit...)  ;D
Title: Re: Soda blasting
Post by: Big Al on August 06, 2011, 08:16:24 AM
Its a whole new joke!

Oh no, not another one!
Title: Re: Soda blasting
Post by: marcus on August 07, 2011, 04:11:43 PM
Milliways: The Restaurant at the End of The Universe, The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

QUALITY!
Title: Re: Soda blasting
Post by: Big Al on August 08, 2011, 08:18:31 AM
Quote from: marcus on August 07, 2011, 04:11:43 PM
Milliways: The Restaurant at the End of The Universe, The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

QUALITY!

And now the Labour leader, shortly to appear as Milliband: The Ignorant at the End of the Economy. The Hitch Pikies Guide to the Legacy by Berryman Plusdykes.

STREET!
Title: Re: Soda blasting
Post by: richard on August 08, 2011, 06:30:48 PM
suspect al is having one of his turns again looking at recent entries - NURSE PLEASE
Title: Re: Soda blasting
Post by: Big Al on August 08, 2011, 08:06:06 PM
Quote from: lightweight dickie on August 08, 2011, 06:30:48 PM
suspect al is having one of his turns again looking at recent entries - NURSE PLEASE

Yep. I prefer Yoda blasting, a hands free system.
Title: Re: Soda blasting
Post by: marcus on August 08, 2011, 08:16:15 PM
Quote from: Big Al on August 08, 2011, 08:06:06 PM
Quote from: lightweight dickie on August 08, 2011, 06:30:48 PM
suspect al is having one of his turns again looking at recent entries - NURSE PLEASE

Yep. I prefer Yoda blasting, a hands free system.


Er, surely: I Yoda bashing prefer, system hands free a!