i had my 1200 ute done by a mate in dubbo using soda couple years back, what a great finsh cost me $600 mates rate........id go that way.

where do u get soda from

I'm pretty sure at the pressure the soda is ejected you'll need to get a mobile guy around to do it, or drop it off somewhere. The guy who did mine had a massive compressor on a 7x5 trailer.
Oh and the noise- very loud- warn your neighbors! And you may wanna set up a tarp catchment for dust.

I was lucky it rained the day we did mine under the carport and the rain washed the rest away

some photos of the rust converting all getting striped back lol good funn but i dont mind putting the labour in

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soon to be blasted hoopfully by me

got sandblasting kit gonna try out on spare old pannel just to try will probibly soon pay somone to do it but still wanna learn a little bit lol i was told that u now can get a wallnut(or other nut i not sure) shell for the abbrasave and that it dose not heat up so will not warp the pannels anyone no where to source the abbrasives from ?

Warped steel in sand blasting is a combination of heat and air pressure, if you've bought a kit it sounds like it's a baby, so you shouldn't be too fussed about excessive heat.

I used garnett on my 1000 and then recycled the old stuff off the floor and this produced a much better more delicate cut (although is was much more dusty).

With your panels avoid the large expanses that are somewhat unsupported (bonnet for example) but like I said if you have a small kit you should be okay with the pressure & heat.

If you do have a small kit have the paint gun at the ready and blast an area then throw some primer on to seal the steel. Smaller kits mean you are blasting longer, meaning your steel is exposed for longer. Big kits will blast a panel in a matter of seconds so I actaully blasted most of the car then primed.

How big is the kit you got? If it's a big bastard then ignore most of what I said. Hit the panels on a decent angle so as not to direct the full pressure perpendicular to the surface of the panel.

Make sure your pressures are good and that your nozzle is correct for the job, like I said I reccomend Garnet which is an orangey reddish maybe even pinkish colour.

Keep in mind if you use a very course grain you will pit the steel meaning your calculations for paint usage will go out the window as you have more surface area to cover and you also have to build the primer base so as it covers the pitted steel. Buy some high solids primer in bulk and be prepared to do lots of rubbing back.

Soda blasting is much more delicate and would therefore attract less paint prep work, compared to grit blast.


Here are some pictures, let me know if you want me to take them off after you've seen them, afterall it's your build thread not mine

this is the one i got its pretty small where did u get ur abbrasive from good pic

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and how much will 20 kgs do

need bigger air compreser going to tey to run two into one hose hopfullly works better lol