Post Soda Blasting surface prep

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Brian Arcella

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I know there have been a few post regarding soda blasting removing paint but not rust that I am fully aware of but a few guys mentioned that there are issues with the residue left behind effecting paint adhesion. I normally would send it to my power coating guy who also does media blasting. He's done several bodies for me and they have come out perfect, but right now due to family issues he is unable to blast my body.
My other alternatives are Dustless blasting IMO is out of his mind charging $1300 to do a convertible body with no door and no fenders, my other option is a local soda blasting guy who specializes in marine work but has done cars and parts. He did a great job for me on a scatter shield and some other parts for my gasser.
So my questions is for anyone who has had soda blasting done what post blasting surface prep is required.
Thanks again for all your input
 
There's zero residue left behind.....unless you're talking about wet soda blasting. I do it dry with a hand held gun, blow it off and prime and paint it. Just that quick.
 
There's zero residue left behind.....unless you're talking about wet soda blasting. I do it dry with a hand held gun, blow it off and prime and paint it. Just that quick.

Thanks I just got off the phone with my local guy who I thought used soda but he told me he uses ground glass, he said basically all one needs to do is wipe it down with a pre-cleaner and epoxy prime it, and what makes it even better he is less than half the price of dustless blasting
 
just be aware there will be dust FOREVER in every nook and cranny
 
The surface is blown clean with air and wiped down with a tack rag if you really want to see a disaster chemically strip a car and have residue seep out of little places and destroy a paint job
 
I see we have no shortage of comedians here
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Loved that show....@rustyratrod What setup do you use to blast soda, siphon gun? Would like to get a simple setup. I had a siphon gun but it would clog...maybe just humid media. No box, just hitting it in the backyard.
 
Originally had my frame sandblasted and powder coated for my truck and that turned out fabulous. Then I had the cab sand blasted and what a nightmare.. I have blown it with air and vacuumed dozens of times and still get sand drizzling out...
From now on anything that's enclosed like that I'm just not going to have sandblasted but if it's open and no pockets for sand to get into I'm good with it...
 
Originally had my frame sandblasted and powder coated for my truck and that turned out fabulous. Then I had the cab sand blasted and what a nightmare.. I have blown it with air and vacuumed dozens of times and still get sand drizzling out...
From now on anything that's enclosed like that I'm just not going to have sandblasted but if it's open and no pockets for sand to get into I'm good with it...

Years ago I had a 49 Merc all chopped and channeled a real lead sled so we got the bright idea to sand blast not media blast the entire body my friend lay down a killer gloss black paint job that looked 20 miles deep and I pinstriped the snot out of it, the car drew a crowd at every show even took it to an few big indoor shows, when ever you slammed the doors sand would come out and fall to the ground, one of the judges slammed the door and look down at the floor, what you guys just come from the beach...lol I always thought it was because we were a couple of dumb kids apparently dumb adults do the same things...:lol:
 
Years ago I had a 49 Merc all chopped and channeled a real lead sled so we got the bright idea to sand blast not media blast the entire body my friend lay down a killer gloss black paint job that looked 20 miles deep and I pinstriped the snot out of it, the car drew a crowd at every show even took it to an few big indoor shows, when ever you slammed the doors sand would come out and fall to the ground, one of the judges slammed the door and look down at the floor, what you guys just come from the beach...lol I always thought it was because we were a couple of dumb kids apparently dumb adults do the same things...:lol:
I've had some brackets sandblasted and some small stuff and again that frame done but I did learn my lesson on this cab. Not only that I gave him all the details of what I wanted blasted and how I wanted it done and they just blew all that off and did a completely half-*** job. Next time I'm just going to use a rust encapsular.. I could have easily bought 6 gallons of rust and capsular and poured it in there by the gallon until the whole damn inner works were full and let it drain out..
 
If you really don't want residue go with dry ice blasting, worst case would be paint chip debris.
 
I'm going to be trying out the pressure washer sandblasting once I put the leathers in the old LEESON/PAC-AIR HYPRO pressure washer apparatus I've got. I would think it would do really well on a body shell but that you'd really want to drop the pressure back to minimum and slowly increase it on thinner material.
 
I recall seeing some where about soda blasting... Pressure washing with water, then with a mild acid solution to nuturlize any soda left behind then water again.

Just what I remember may not be 100% accurate
 
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