72 Demon now underway
After disassembly I started blasting the front clip with a small 100lb blast setup in my driveway. I tried a couple different media types, I liked the recycled glass #40-80 the best. I also tried a garnet sand product that was pretty efficient but didn't hold up to recycling more than once before it produced a lot of dust. The glass is good for 4-5 passes if you filter it good between sweep ups.
2 things quickly got my attention: nothing compares with a production quality blast shop's system to turn out a complete car, and don't try this at home with the standard dead-man valves that Eastwood, Northern Tool, etc include with their blast pots. They will fatigue you needlessly no matter how strong your grip and forearms are!
Note the body cart. We were going to go with a rotisserie on this project but wanted to put the $$ that would cost into the car instead, so I went through all the scrap lumber I had around and built the cart you see for nothing but the cost of the casters ($45 Harbor Freight) and some good construction galvanized lag screws (Simpson). Eastwood sells a steel cart for $500! This one is working out awesome.
After disassembly I started blasting the front clip with a small 100lb blast setup in my driveway. I tried a couple different media types, I liked the recycled glass #40-80 the best. I also tried a garnet sand product that was pretty efficient but didn't hold up to recycling more than once before it produced a lot of dust. The glass is good for 4-5 passes if you filter it good between sweep ups.
2 things quickly got my attention: nothing compares with a production quality blast shop's system to turn out a complete car, and don't try this at home with the standard dead-man valves that Eastwood, Northern Tool, etc include with their blast pots. They will fatigue you needlessly no matter how strong your grip and forearms are!
Note the body cart. We were going to go with a rotisserie on this project but wanted to put the $$ that would cost into the car instead, so I went through all the scrap lumber I had around and built the cart you see for nothing but the cost of the casters ($45 Harbor Freight) and some good construction galvanized lag screws (Simpson). Eastwood sells a steel cart for $500! This one is working out awesome.