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05-05-2002, 02:42 PM
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Sandblasting Frame
Does anyone have a clue of about how much sand it would take to sandblast a frame? And I am going to paint it. Would you guy suggest spay painting it with rustolum. This is for my daily driver, not a show truck. Does anyone how an idea how many cans it would take??
Thanks Taylor ------------------ '72 S/S Chevy- in progress '99 S-10 Ext. Cab 2.2 5 speed- something to drive while I fix the '72
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05-05-2002, 05:05 PM
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Do you have a pressure pot or siphon feed? Myself I would NOT attempt it with a siphon feed. Maybe see how much it would cost for a pro to do it if you have one in your area. Its less hassle and a whole lot better for your health
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05-05-2002, 07:52 PM
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10 gallon pressurized blaster. 6 (100lb)bags of sand. About 5 hours.
If you put builders plastic down to collect used sand then run it through some screen to filter you might be a strech 3 bags a long way. Thats what I've started to do and it saves me about half a bag for every one I use. ------------------ http://www.forsakenproductions.com/1971_K5 |
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05-05-2002, 07:58 PM
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I called around by me and the going price to sandblast a frame is about $100-$150. They are charging $100/hr. Man I should go into that business!! They use much larger blasters though. Still think I'm gonna have it done. depending on how thick you put the paint on, I would think like 4 cans should do you, but I would put undercoating on after the paint to help it last longer. Especially for a daily driver.
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05-05-2002, 08:04 PM
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Also if you have some extra funds available and want your frame to retain its niceness look into powdercoating if its available where you are. It will last forever.
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05-05-2002, 10:22 PM
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My friend has a pessure pot that I think will hold 2 100 lb bag of sand and a 160 gallon air tank. Do you think that will do??
------------------ '72 S/S Chevy- in progress '99 S-10 Ext. Cab 2.2 5 speed- something to drive while I fix the '72
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05-05-2002, 10:43 PM
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Oh yah for sure, just be sure to wear proper breathing appuratus, silica sand is a carcenogenic.
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05-06-2002, 07:31 AM
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We blast frames and with a pressure pot we go through an average of 15 bags of 60lb 30-70 sand after degreasing a frame with DAD'S spray on paint stripper. Then we osphos it and give it 2 days to dry,then etch primer then either PPG industrial black for show trucks or rustoleam hard hat black for daily drivers. Powder coating will crack and peel on flexing frames but works good on a-arms,front crossmember etc.
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