tregath Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Can anyone give me a idea on price for sodablasting a car? I have been geustimated 700 plus GSt to do Mk1 escort, is this about right? How much crap will it get off, underbody etc? should i just sand my ass off? (metaphor FYI) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Its the way to go man, don fuck around sanding shit. Id have thought it more costly than that, but have a ring around and see. Just fork out for teh blast action! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insani-T Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 700 plus GST? Fuck me that is cheap, where did you get that quote from. I was quoted 3000 plus gst to get my EJ done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Its been covered a few times before, heres some threads: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15457&st=0&sk=t&sd=a viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8990 viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3851 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I've said it before, and i'll say it again... Go for acid dipping!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 With acid dipping, you have an epic cleanup afterwards, to get the shit out of the seams and what not. Also wont eat all the bog out if there is any there, and often leaves nasty paint sludge. Sodablasting brings back the same back to steel effect, but cleaner, and is water soluble, so you just hose it off and blow it dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 With acid dpiing, they clean, dip in acid, clean and dip in primer. Main good part is dipping in primer, no fucking about with getting EVERYWHERE. Personally went with sand blasting and regret it would NOT EVER do it again (with a car) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insani-T Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Yeah, but didnt we come to the conclusion with your sand blasting that the guy was in fact a drop kick and screwed you over more then the sand blasting fucking anything? Would still love to know who gave you the quote, because for that kind of coin I would be keen as to get the EJ done sooner rather then later. Or else its going to be paintstripper and glad wrap on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Pretty much. I' also going away from sand blasting because there is sand EVERYWHERE and basically impossible to remove from sills etc. There was also a little bit of warp-age in the engine bay here and there but not too bad realy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 SODA blasting Is in question here, not sand. As such, Shutup Ned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 i know dick weed. I also know that others have had bad experiences with SODA blasting and that its probably worth looking into acid dipping simply because i havent heard a bad thing about it and it wasnt too much more expansive when i looked into it years ago. Just giving the poor cunt some usefull fucking information. Just stay out of it unless you have something useful to say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock-Lee Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Kettle, shut the fuck up^ Mate got a rx3 coupe shell dipped and Had a cunt of a time sealing the bare metal afterwards(big panels were sweet but in the cunty lil tight spaces was as hard as a motherfucker). As others have said (aside from ned) soda blasting would be my pick. Doit, and especially at that price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insani-T Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 You havent heard anything bad about Acid Dipping? Obviously havent heard the story of the Mustang featured in last years NZV8 that was acid dipped and pretty much dissapeared when it came out then. Cool thing about Soda Blasting is you dont have to strip the car right down of all your interior and stuff like that, because it wont eat any of your rubber and fabric. But just keep in mind that scaling from rusty areas isnt removed like when its Sandblasted. (so I have read) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Mate got his car blasted and it came out mint as. Not too sure what they blasted it with, don't think it was soda but it def wasn't sand. They did a bloody good job though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Glass? Glass and Soda are the best options. Dipping is a pain in the ass and I almost guarantee they'll not neutralise all the acid so rust will start up pretty much straight away and this time from the inside, out! FUN! A good blaster should be able to do even the larger panels but if the roof etc is in good nick then I say why even risk it? 700 seems pretty good to me, I would make sure they're likely to stick near that though, rather than when you come to get your shell back they say "Oh, it took way longer than we thought and you owe us 1000+" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tregath Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 It was a guy in New plymouth that quoted me that, he has a portable unit and said he could do it in my shed, i can post his name and number tomorrow if people are keen. Its at work. Will soda blasting strip underbody seal? or should i leave it and seal over it? all the bit panels/ body i can hand sand but its all the fiddly aresd bits i cant get to. Im about to start a project thread so people can see how bad it is and if i need to really bother. Some people are telling me my car isnt that bad, but others are telling me to scrap its so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cute wee gem Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I use crushed glass in my blaster and it works a treat. With a decent unit and compressor it wouldn't take long to do a whole car. 700 sounds very reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I know a dude personally in taupo who operates one he charges $300+ per hour for soda blasting plus media as well I think. Ends up being under 1k usually any way so $700 sounds good. And Ned you cant let your weak experience with sand blasting put other people off soda blasting. Ive seen many a show hot rod go through his doors all coming out mint, the soda washes away as said above. Most bad soda blasting experiences are from bad operators Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 A good friend had his XL falcon BEAD blasted, which is glass based I believe. Came out fantastic, was cheap (under a K) and no clean up cos they did it all for him Edit: You'd be a fuckwit to sandblast any sheetmetal on an old car, I'm fairly sure it can warp the panels quite easily. Old cars typically have thinner panel steel too, I'm led to believe, which definately doesn't help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 A good friend had his XL falcon BEAD blasted, which is glass based I believe. Came out fantastic, was cheap (under a K) and no clean up cos they did it all for himEdit: You'd be a fuckwit to sandblast any sheetmetal on an old car, I'm fairly sure it can warp the panels quite easily. Old cars typically have thinner panel steel too, I'm led to believe, which definately doesn't help i have a few panel beater mates that say the opposite about the panel steel comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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