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I,too,have heard of too many issues with soda blasting,and dip stripping,,I have always used good old paint stripper,the best I can find,,which I have been using for 30 years,it might be a liitle slow,but after stripping,I wash the residue off with thinners,or prepsol,and use a 60grit disc on a soft 8inch pad,and carefully sand back to a smooth surface,and epoxy prime..Never had any probs,it just takes longer,but you are in control of the situation..A friend had a big double decker London bus done a few years back,,what a mess....it went every where and he had to spend heaps redoing his stereo system,and cleaning all the inside,as the operator didnt really take the time to be careful enough...AND the job cost him big time too..

thanks lamin i think that i am going to have to go with the old stripper and lots of elbow grease.

Originally Posted by jyardgirl

thanks lamin i think that i am going to have to go with the old stripper and lots of elbow grease.

Barb - WHY O WHY are you taking all of the old paint off? Is it cracked, peeling or just plain rusty. Then maybe, just maybe you might consider mechanical removal (use a D-A sander). This may more work then necessary. A good surface prep. i.e. 180/220wet, shoot some good 2K over the existing paint, epoxy the bare spots then sand (lots) with 320 - 600, then sand some more, then paint. Why make more work then necessary(unless you want bulging biceps).

There are downfalls with stripper as well - if you don't get it all off or some 'hides out' in a seam - instant paint failure. And at the price of automotive paints,

paint is really bad in some areas. it has fish eyes and ridges. just trying to plan my winter work after i get all the mechanical work done. saw a video that was using soda blasting and thought i would ask you guys about it.

Originally Posted by IC2

Barb - WHY O WHY are you taking all of the old paint off? - :

a good point i had`nt thought of .. old good paint is old good surface protection

Barb - fish eyes and ridges only need to be sanded smooth, some good 2K primer sprayed on, sanded out with 320 - 600 until you are happy then paint. If the paint surface is still in decent shape without cracks, rust or peeling, you should be OK with just a real good surface prep. Is this the same car you painted a while back? If so, you might have to get somewhat aggressive with your surface prep, but probably not to bare metal. And that creates its' own set of problems as you have to prime each panel as you finish to make sure there isn't any rust forming and that can happen in minutes to days. Fish eyes are tough - you need to clean off what originally caused them - oil, finger prints, silicone polish, WD40, etc, then prime.

Now, have I mentioned primer and sanding yet

I once had a body dipped, Never again !!!

what happened roadster?

It kept leeching out of the seams even though it was cleaned several times Barb

Originally Posted by jyardgirl

what happened roadster?