47-55.1 What would you consider a fair price to sand blast an S10 frame?

[paintman]

Just got quoted a price and seems a bit steep. I know location means a lot (I'm in NJ), but what is the going rate in your area? Thanks!

[leegreen]

$205 Canadian an hour here at the nearby place that caters to projects like this. They don't publish anything further, you have to call for a quote.

4-8 hours for a bare frame? just a guess

[Accelo]

Check with powder coating businesses. My experience has been they will blast and powder coat the frame for what some charge just for blasting.

[mr48chev]

It all depends on what the going hourly rate in your area is now.

I'm thinking somewhere between four and five hundred here locally to have one done.

We had a couple of semi truck trailer shops that did it as a sideline back a few years ago but I am not sure one is still in business or if the other one still does it.

I ran into a guy who has an AD truck that does it at a car show last spring who sand blasts and I am going to get ahold of him when I have my frame ready.

[paintman]

So to transparent I got quoted a price of $1,450. I am a 35 year retired self employed painter , so i knd of know what the goin labor rate is in my area. I hust don't know what the material cost for him are. I mean how much media does it take to blast a chassis and what does a bag cost. Just seems awful expensive to me.

[3drburb]

Yikes! That's pretty high, that is the we don't really want to do it kind of quote.

[paintman]

Originally Posted by 3drburb

Yikes! That's pretty high, that is the we don't really want to do it kind of quote.

I know right? The crazy thing is he's the one advertising his services.

[mr48chev]

Originally Posted by paintman

So to transparent I got quoted a price of $1,450. I am a 35 year retired self employed painter , so i knd of know what the goin labor rate is in my area. I hust don't know what the material cost for him are. I mean how much media does it take to blast a chassis and what does a bag cost. Just seems awful expensive to me.

That sounds pretty high. I'd be shopping around for a better price even if I had to rent a trailer to haul the frame further from home base.

[62c30]

I got my 61 frame blasted here a few years ago and it was around $150. When I lived in NC I had a Ford truck frame blasted and powder coated for $400 about 9 years ago.

[dsraven]

also check the mobile sandblasters as they come to your place. I have sandblasted lots of stuff at a do it yourself place and they have a minimum, a frame is gonna take more than the minimum anyway. you could look for a do it yourself place. try checking your area for sandblast supplies and maybe one has a do it yourself yard or knows of an economical alternative. guys that repaint semi truck wheels are usually economical. sometimes a company that does large equipment will look for smaller jobs to fill in a day schedule or get a break from blasting semi trailers or heavy equipment. anyway, worth a try. several guys here have also used the pressure washer wet blasters with luck, either way a really good high pressure power wash with a decent degreaser is a good idea first, before a blaster company sees it for a quote. it shows you spent some time getting it ready for them, less surprises for them once they start
a frame will be required to be stripped down of brake and fuel lines and their plastic frame clamps, oil and grease (because it takes time to strip that off with the blaster and when it does it blows it around contaminating other spots) screws and bolts that don't have a real purpose, brackets (because they will have rust etc behind them), fuel tank, battery ground cables, anything loose that may blow off and cause injury, steering linkage because it will get blasted and joints will get packed full of sand, exhaust etc etc. really just an absolutely bare frame is best. the other parts you may want cleaned up, like control arms etc, can usually be left with the blaster and will also get done. some blasters will also prime the parts but really, blasting leaves a profile on the surface that needs to be sanded a bit to remove the peaks of the profiles. otherwise the primer fills the valleys and the peaks get left with nothing on them. they will rust straightaway. regular primer is not gonna seal moisture out so it really should be epoxy or powder coated after.