I Want To Remove Paint From a V8 Intake Manifold

[Dan in Pasadena]

Hopefully this is a simple question:

The intake manifold on my new-to-me '46 half ton is a Holley Contender and a prior owner painted it black. I want to give it a near new, natural appearence. I am wondering if my little Sears sandblaster will be adequate for a small job like this? Yeah, I know this kind of blaster is Mickey Mouse. I've owned it a long time and never used it. I'm hoping it will be adequate for somethingl ittle like this.

OF COURSE, I would double tape all the mating surfaces, both so that they don't get damaged but especially so no sand gets in there. I'd use kids play sand. Then I am wondering if I could preserve that natural appearence with some rattle can VHT Clear?

Does this sound like it will work, or am I way off line? I'm sure bead blasting would probably be better but I've not researched anyone in L.A. that will do it nore the price. If anyone knows an L.A. shop they'd recommend, please advise. Dan

P.S. I tried to upload a photo but the site kept giving me "Upload of file failed". It was a semi-crappy cell phone photo I assigned a .jpg suffix to; should that change anything?