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[bwilli2]

Got the last of the 'forever gone' rivets off. Did some primary blasting to see what works. Borrowed a HF sand blaster, and I bought a soda blaster a while ago. Finally broke that puppy out.

The media/sand blaster had media (looked like sand) in it, so just ran it out. Did a fantastic job. Cleaned the rust off down to metal super fast. VERY slick. (Made sure to wear my hood and respirator as I'm not sure if that's low-silica sand or what in there.)

Tried the soda blaster. Does a great job cleaning and stripping paint. Handles surface rust, but not the tougher stuff. Tried it for grins on some pretty rough vette wheels that I picked up for rollers when I got my suspension parts. Looks like that'd clean them up nicely.

I'll be refilling with aluminium oxide and trying that, then glass bead to see what is the best balance.