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TorxKiwi Officially Full-On Dubber

231 posts · joined Jun 2011 ·

#920436
I had a bit of time spare today and thought I'd have a crack at one of the DIY Soda Blasters that are on YouTube ....



Total cost less than $20 + about half a $3.00 box of baking soda and this carb .....



ended up looking like this ......



Just need to run a rebuild kit through it and job done. Took about half an hour, looked a bit like casper the ghost and the back yard had a decent dusting, but all in all far more painless than hours of scrubbing and pissing around.
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whathaveidone Custom Title Time!

1,559 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#920439
gunna give that a go👍

TorxKiwi Officially Full-On Dubber

231 posts · joined Jun 2011 ·

#920440
Better with a bit of a breeze ..... heading towards the neighbour that you don't like much if you've got one. Passing the baking soda through a sieve first works better also.
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Stanley I guess the reward is in the doing of it

4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#920441
Nice...👍

TorxKiwi Officially Full-On Dubber

231 posts · joined Jun 2011 ·

#920446
Super cheap have got one on sale at the moment, but I was just being a tight arse. The only think I purchased was the baking soda the rest I had in the shed.
"Ownership of a Beetle is not a destination it is a journey."

whathaveidone Custom Title Time!

1,559 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#920449
Ive got one. Im gunna steal some soda out the kitchen and give it a go.

cam070 Custom Title Time!

1,332 posts · joined Jul 2009 ·

#920462
That's fantastic. Trying to do that by hand and get that kind of finish would take hours. Well done

Giddyarp Commited Dubber

62 posts · joined Aug 2012 ·

#920476
I am inspired 🙂 I did some youtubing to see how it was done... I like the electrolisis rust removal as well

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#920480
I've got a DIY sand blaster that I have used for cleaning up mag wheels, it has 3 different size nozzels and does a great job, only drawback is you need realy dry sand or it won't draw it up the hose I've been told that using sand is damned dangerouse though but I do as these fellas do and keep up-wind, and it realy gobbles up the air (I only have a small tank on my compressor) this looks the go for small parts though and probably won't user as much air, I've never tried the soda, that looks the go. 👍👍
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57 Cal look Officially Full-On Dubber

370 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#920685
This looks like it would also work quiet well, and from pricing it out, would only cost about 70 - 80 bucks to make.

dose a nice job of keeping the mess in and also recycling the soda, not to mention removing the likly hood of breathing the stuff in while working



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