I have used one. My friend Mark bought it a few years ago. And we have used it on the 56 Studebaker Power Hawk I am helping him restore. Although it WILL strip paint, we have used it mostly on floor boards, bottoms of floors, trunk areas, etc. I don't think I would like to use it to strip an entire car. My preferred methods of paint stripping are, 1) Dustless Blaster (Mark has one), 2) Chemical Paint Stripper (that is how my wife and I stripped the paint on my 69 about 8 years ago), and 3) a DA with 80 grit. I know that some people really don't like using paint stripper, but I find it to be fast and easy. Specially if you have an assistant. She was a really big help.
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Not always the right choice but controlled heat can do some jobs for about $20I seen a little while back that harbor freight is going to release something similar to this tool in the near future. So drums should be easier to get and hopefully cheaper. That's what's kept me from buying one.
He has had it for about four years now. Its the DB225 model. It holds 100lb of blasting media. It does a really good job, but it is a bit messy. They show it on TV to be so easy and neat. You know, guys practically doing it in suits. Either we were doing it wrong, or it is messier than they show on TV. But it DOES work. You can easily strip a whole car in a day. One thing I will say is that the rust preventing solution that is supposed to prevent flash rusting for a few days does not work very well. You will need to get the parts / car dry and either wiped down with some sort of rust preventer or epoxy primer.Which dustless blaster does he have? How does he like it? I assume you are satisfied with the results? Reasons for the questions are that I bought a used DB-800 and probably will give it the maiden voyage this summer. Looking for real world experience.
24 bucks a piece for the replacement drums
Paint stripper nowadays is crap, I tried 10 coats to get black wrinkle finish of my valve covers 6 hours later in the blasting cabinet they're donePaint stripper on all exterior panels is the only way to prevent damage and warpage to the body lines. DA is fine after the paint is removed with stripper. Heat is the enemy to metal when it comes to stripping a car. Unless the whole car is heated at once in an oven.