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Soda Blast My H

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George Rausch

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Have my H all stripped down, all the sheet metal, tank, fenders, supports, etc. all removed and alreqady blsated and painted. Thinking of having all the cast iron (body, engine, casings, transmission, radiator, belly pump, bolsters, etc.) soda blasted beside the barn.
Any thoughts / ideas / horror stories?
Thanks.
 
I have heard good things about it on collector car sheet metal. Not sure (+ or -) on a complete engine or things like that.
One thing I wouldn't be afraid of is ice blasting a complete engine. It uses Carbon Dioxide as the media. It is frozen when it comes out of the gun and then turns to vapor in seconds.
 

Any kind of media blasting should be done ONLY if the tractor will be fully disassembled AFTER the blasting is done so the media can be fully cleaned out. I suppose the soda media would not be as abrasive as sand, but I still wouldn't want any of to get inside the engine or transmission.
 
Soda blaster was developed to restore the Statue of Liberty, which thin copper and sandblasting would warp and damage the skin.

We have been using a soda blaster to remove the paint from a 1958 Corvette with great results. Soda has not damaged the gel coat on the fiber glass. Also will not damage glass or chrome.


Keith
 
Keith, Nice to see your handle on the forum again and trust the Super C is still in great shape. What is the composition of the media used in soda blasting as I might explore that in the future? There is a tractor restoration person here in Missouri who advertises only soda blasting is used on the tractor's cast parts. We used the dry ice thing on an airplane we took out of desert storage and refurbished for the Natural Air and Space Museum when I was back at Boeing. It was the original model 367-80 prototype for the model 707 airliners. Good luck with your Corvette, Hal.
 
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