As far as i know no Abrasive blaster will use sand anymore as it is very harmful for your health and the environment. Most Abrasive company's will use garnet, wall nut shells, ally oxid, galss beeds all depends on the surface that needs blasting. soda blasting on the other hand will not touch rust and is great for paint removal, It does leave a residue on the surface that needs to be cleaned off before painting, I have talked to many abrasive blasting companies about pro's and cons of both and nether really out way the other. It all depends on what your surface is like. The great thing about soda blasting is that most guys use 100% food grade abrasive and unlike other abrasive materials it can be washed off with water. leaving no trace besides the light residue that needs to be washed off before painting, I Have a portable soda blaster and will be blasting my datto ute in the next week or so..

After paint stripping a starion in side and out back to bare metal i was not interested in doing this again, At 60 bucks a tin ( por 15 paint stripper ) we used easy 6 maybe more cans.


Keep an eye on my project build..