Rotisserie sand blasting; Would you do it different again?

[Topcat]

I read a posting recently (and have before) about full rotisserie resto's with sand coming out of them for years later.

So what would you do different if you had to do it all over?
Or would you do it the same again and just put up with sand coming out?

The main focus here is blasting the interior and undersides areas of the car on the rotisserie.

[Kapteenikosmos]

I did blast the undercarriage, inside floors, inside roof and some misc areas from my car when it was on rotisserie. I used few hours with pressurized air and industrial size vacuum cleaner to clean up the sand. It did take some time but I think that I got most of it cleaned up. Atleast the sand stopped dropping while rolling the car in rotisserie after the clean up.

So, I would probably do it again with the same way, just needs some patience when cleaning up.

[elitecustombody]

+1


Just spend more time blowing the sand out,use shopvac,light tapping/slapping on the body with your hand or piece of  rubber hose

[KZ]

I have no experience with sand blasting but am looking into both acid dipping vs sand blasting for when I would like to have my Mopar restored. Seems to me that if one used chemical dipping one wouldn't have any problem. Just my opinion

[Chryco Psycho]

as long as it is properly neutralized after

[ksierens]

And you have a lot of money.  Dipping is way more expensive than blasting.

[KZ]

good info to know, thanks

[elitecustombody]

in reality, it's impossible to get out all the acid 100% , so there is a good chance that years down the road you'll have rust in unusual places where acid just couldn't be neutralized,I'd preffer blasting, litle sand can't cause as much damage as acid,even if it's damp,

If you ever seen any late model cars torn down and sheetmetal removed,they have some rust forming in tight areas, just recently I was working on a door shell of couple year old Mustang,the skin came off the shell and there was alot of surface rust on the bottom edge where it folds and you know if it got dipped,acid would never been washed out or neutralized out of there, just imagine how many tight areas are thruout the whole car

[Topcat]

I have no experience with sand blasting but am looking into both acid dipping vs sand blasting for when I would like to have my Mopar restored. Seems to me that if one used chemical dipping one wouldn't have any problem. Just my opinion

I thought about the dipping but found out it removes the dum dum material between seams all over the car that locks out water and condensation. So I decided that dipping now isn't a viable option.

However there are places that dip the whole chassis in E coating then a neutralizer. It's pricey doing it that way I hear.

[Topcat]

Would I do it different again? Yes after seeing this.

http://www.dustlessblasting.com/automotive.php

Check out the brochure also.

http://www.dustlessblasting.com/dustless-db800.pdf

I showed this to my body shop guys today doing my Cuda and they went GAGA over it.
I think he's going to get one. They re-paint alot of farming equipment out near Salinas.

[Challenger III]

That is extremely slick! I wonder how much a setup like that would set a guy back?

[1970 RT Challenger 1970]

Good stuff.

[72cudamaan]

But I wonder how well it works on rust. Or a car that wasn't just freshly painted?
Looks cool, I just think there is a bit of "magic" going on. So yaa, I'm a
bit skeptical. Sure would be cool if it works as good as it looks.

[Topcat]

But I wonder how well it works on rust. Or a car that wasn't just freshly painted?
Looks cool, I just think there is a bit of "magic" going on. So yaa, I'm a
bit skeptical. Sure would be cool if it works as good as it looks.

I think the brocure explains it well. The media is encapsulated with water. You can get closer removing surface faster since the water cools the friction.
http://www.dustlessblasting.com/dustless-db800.pdf

[72cudamaan]

I guess my point was , How well does it work on old paint and rust?