anyone know a place near Chucktown that will soda blast or sell the (apparently special) baking soda for it? I need to depaint a front bumper cover that has bad paint all the way through the primer, and chem-strip just isn't getting it.

 

Can't help you with that, Mike. If you find someone though, let me know. I have the same problem with my S5 bumper

 

Anyone want to split a 50# bag of media from Eastwood then? I've got a siphon abrasive blaster and compressor that would do the job.

 

how much? May be interested

 

It's like $50 or so for that many pounds, with shipping.

reese, PM me your email address so we can skip the forum pussyfooting.

 

Hell Mike ... I got a S5 front bumper for $50 and the paint is decent (white) ... one of your colors ...

 

Hey Ken, if Mike doesn't want that bumper I will take it off your hands.

 

wait, so this will remove paint off of polyurethane and not damage it? damn ive been trying to find a way to clean up my new front end.

 

Don't need the bumper ken, mine is fine. I'm priming the car black and painting it Brave blue.

Soda blasting supposedly removed paint etc without damaging the substrate. Some body shops use it because you don't even have to mask anything off. But apparently, no-one in Chucktown does it on a small scale (I found a company that will soda blast ships & bridges).

I'm going to try some pool bicarbonate in my siphon blaster and see how well that works. Anyone around have a large air compressor? Mine might not have the CFM for that wort of work.

 

I work for sunbelt rentals and we rent saoda blasting machines they are really expensive to rent and the media is also expensive.

 

eastwood sells smaller gravity feed soda blasters - apparently the difference between soda and normal media is volume of air. (Greater volume for soda)

That's why I'm kind of thinking my siphon blaster might work, since it uses a 3/4" hose to feed and 1/2"air. OTOH, my compressor is an old sears 5 gallon dealie that might not have the cojones, so we'll see.

This week starts the month run-up to exams, so it's not like I'll have time to look at anything soon anyway.