Mobile soda blasting

[77cruiser]

I ran across a thread recently where the guy said someone came to his house to do all his blasting and that it was a very clean process and seems like a no brainer so I did some research and found there are at least 3 in Charlotte

Www.carolinasodablasting.com
Www.lakenormansodablasting.com


I'm sure there are businesses in other cities as well.

Thought I would share after I saw Ramon doing his Proj last weekend!

 

[Cirbo]

I can't say for sure if these processes are the actual thing I heard about, but I body shop owner was telling me that some type of stripping process ruined a Chevelle he painted. Apparently the seams retained some of the blasting compound. Months after the paint process was complete, all seams started bubbling on the car.

A word of caution.... do your research before signing on the dotted line.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Did the guy you're talking about use a chemical stripper? I can't see how baking soda, glass or silica, could cause that problem so far after the fact. Who knows though!

 

[Mtbcoach]

If that were the case, whomever "prepped" the car made the error, not the media used to blast it. Baking soda blasting is one of the "softest" and easily washed away with plain water.

Yet, Jim's advise is sound, make sure to know what one is getting into before signing on the line...

 

[kulangot]

I doubt very much that soda blasting caused that - sounds like an issue with chemical dipping but I am surprised that is even done anywhere anymore.

Soda blasting is the most gentle form of blasting.

Dry ice blasting would be next but the damage would depend on the size of the media

More damaging in this order:

walnut shells - very gentle

plastic media

glass bead

sand

then black beauty coal slag as the most potential to cause damage


Sand and black beauty will mess up some panels pretty darn fast

Been there and done it myself! I wish I knew less about blasting. LOL.

FYI - the dust from the media is super bad for your lungs so you should never use playsand. What ever your blasting that is coming off is bad for you lungs too. Wear a real respirator.

 

[Cirbo]

That does sound very much like the conversation we had, although it was some time ago. I may have asked about the soda blasting and had the shop owner rail (in general) on anything but the traditional stripping methods. It sounds correct that the dipping process was the culprit in the Chevelle incident.

 

[sarca]

I used a simple electrolysis removal on all my rusty parts, but that's if you want to do it yourself...lmk if you need more info!