CarmonColvin

Can anyone in the Birmingham area recomend a company that can sandblast a set of wheels?

I have a set of '91 5-stars that I need cleaned up before I mount the Hooser race rubber.

Any Ideas how much it would cost to have 4 wheels blased on both sides?

TT_Rex_7

What size wheels?

I'm 30 min. out of Nashville, and could do them for ya for cheap. PM me if your interested.

-Alex

blown 83

a place off of hwy. 79 in Tarrant did mine a few years back. Engine Rebuilders used a glass bead blaster that left a really nice finished product. Really easy to paint/polish. E.R. is only listed now in Trussville (655-3777) but I don't know if this is the same place. The old # from the old business card that I have is 849-0530. Hope this helps.

CarmonColvin

I appreaciate the offer but you are too far away to drop them off and shipping them would cost more than it is worth. I did call around to a few places in Birmingham yesterday and they either didn't do jobs that small or didn't want to touch wheels. I did find a place that would do them but wanted $25 each. That is a bit high considering that not much more than the cost of doing both sets of my wheels I could buy the blasting cabinet I want and do them myself.

One interresting bit of information. The guy that agreed to do them for $25 each said that you can't use normal "sand" media on aluminum alloy and that he would have to use baking soda blasting media.

GARCO MOTORWORKS

The cost of baking soda is high because it is only sprayed through one time.Other media can go through several times .The cheepest metering valve for soda that I found for my cabinet was $ 2500 .So $ 25 per wheel bothsides may not be a bad deal .One hundred dollars plus tax or buy the cabinet you want for ? and have it to use .I would buy the cabinet for future use . I have one and it gets used more than you can guess .Allways invest in tools .