[68droptop]

I had this guy come to my house yesterday to soda blast the firewall and under side of my 68 GTO. If anyone is in the Pittsburgh area, he's a great guy and I thought it was a fair price at $300. For me, it was worth it. I don't have time to sit there and grind away at 48 years of grime.
It did reveal some rust issues that I need to fix. My garage is very close to my neighbors house so sand blasting and dry soda was not an option for me. I had to go with the wet soda.
Anyway....it's been 5 or so years since I've done anything major to this car. It feels so good to get back into it. My kids are getting older and want to help too. The whole family just wants to see the car on the road and to be able to enjoy it.

[The Boss]

"Stripper For Hire!"

[GOAT WHORE]

Very fair. We charge $250/hr when we're mobile. That job would be at least $500 and that's if you caught me on a good day and I didn't charge a 4 hr minimum!

[MDGOAT69]

Looks like it stripped really nice, that price sounds great to me as well!

[nytrainer]

What do you plan on using for primer/paint after blasting is through? Guess you have a heated garage to do this in? Looks real clean.

[68droptop]

I'm going to try to grind off as much as I can of the surface rust, then throw some rust converter at it. Then I'll use POR15 or something similar on the entire thing.
I do have a great garage to work in. At one point, the old man that built it had a furnace running in it. I was kicking around the idea of getting it running again, but there's no insulation in the attic and big gaps around the garage doors. For now, I'm using a torpedo heater when needed.

[TedRamAirII]

I thought Glass would be a good way to do it. Water and Glass, so then they could blast the rust at the same time. Plus there is no issues with sand or clean up. I've heard about issues with using soda. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCehkkTTeMk

[GOAT WHORE]

Originally Posted by TedRamAirII

I thought Glass would be a good way to do it. Water and Glass, so then they could blast the rust at the same time. Plus there is no issues with sand or clean up. I've heard about issues with using soda. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCehkkTTeMk

Crushed glass may have been a good way to go but you still have the same clean up as with sand. Do you think the crushed glass just magically goes away?
Lot of misconceptions out there when it comes to blast cleaning.

[Alanjnc]

So what residue was left in your driveway after soda blasting wet?
Is it a messy cleanup?
Does it take off all of the road grime undercoating etc.?

[400 4spd.]

Originally Posted by GOAT WHORE

Crushed glass may have been a good way to go but you still have the same clean up as with sand. Do you think the crushed glass just magically goes away?
Lot of misconceptions out there when it comes to blast cleaning.

Yes. It still compacts and rests in the same places that sand will.

[68droptop]

Originally Posted by Alanjnc

So what residue was left in your driveway after soda blasting wet?
Is it a messy cleanup?
Does it take off all of the road grime undercoating etc.?

I did absolutely zero clean up after he was done. There was some soda in the driveway but the rain took care of it.
It took of everything but rust.

[GOAT WHORE]

That's one of the nice things about the soda, it dissolves in water and is carried away. Sand, crushed glass etc, only gets pushed around by a stream of water. It can be pushed off your driveway but it's going to be in your flower beds or lawn.