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Old 09-13-2017, 09:49 AM   #26
Robert Haas
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Re: Two is easier then one 1965 GMC S/W/BB build

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Originally Posted by Captainfab View Post
The dustless sandblasting just uses water along with the blast media. What I have seen done, leaves quite a bit of caked on blast media in the corners and crevasses that is a bit of a pain to take care of. I assume that you are aware that not all blasters know what they are doing on sheetmetal and not all do a thorough job? Also I would not allow anyone to use silica sand as an abrasive. Reason being that not all primers, particularly epoxy, is compatible with a surface that has silica imbeded into the metal. Yes the silica does get into the base metal.

Mobile Soda blasting is what I was considering, however these dry ice blasters seem like the best of both worlds.
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