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 posted on January 8th, 2010 at 09:40 PM |
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What to do - blast or repairs
For those that have done a full body off restore, what would be the best approach, soda blast then rust repairs, or the other way around.
I have abit of rust in the channels, under the guards where the channel comes out, around the hood seam, back end not too bad.
I didn't realise these cars could rust so much, oh well, new parts and a welder should fix that.
I was thinking of getting blasting so everything that is wrong is exposed to be repaired?
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 09:49 PM |
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thats the way to go.Soda blast first to find any hidden nasties
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 10:07 PM |
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Thanks
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| posted on January 9th, 2010 at 09:38 AM |
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depends how fast you can get everything done, once blasted it will have surface rust if you take too long to get the repairs done prior to painting
just be prepared to find twice as much that needs fixing after you start
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| posted on January 9th, 2010 at 10:51 AM |
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You cold alwyas fix what you can now and can see then get it blasted and then do what the blasting has exposed. And get some primer on it quick smart
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| posted on January 9th, 2010 at 01:55 PM |
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On big restorations, we get the whole body and panels garnet blasted with bead blasting done on outer panel skins. Garnet 100% removes all rust with
nothing left. If there is a bit of metal that is 90% rusted through, then the garnet blasts that through too.
Then all the rust work is done. After it is finished, the shell goes for another light blast to remove any new surface rust 100%. Understanding there
can be up to 800 hours labour in some of them, so working every day that is 20 weeks or about 5 months.
So depending on the timeframe, quality, and some other factors it is really up to you what way you want to approach the job.
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| posted on January 9th, 2010 at 04:39 PM |
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Blast first otherwise you'll be repairing more rust after you blast later. Fresh surface rust can be chemically treated or do a light prime or pref
both.
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