At 1:07 AM -0400 6/17/00, MGMagnette@aol.com wrote:
>Soda blasting versus sand blasting to avoid warping body panels is a little
>bit overboard for an MG Midget. I'd say that soda blasting is more for
>delicate aluminum or thin hand made panels... The Midget is made of pretty
>stout stuff, even if it is the later Midgets with the thinner sheet metal.
>It should hold up, without warping, to sandblasting. The question is with
>sandblasting though, do you want to use aluminum carbide, coal slag, or
>something else? And will you be using a suction feed sandblaster or a
>pressure feed sandblaster?
>
>-John
I respectfully disagree. I have seen door skins, fenders, bonnets and
boots all given surfaces resembling a pond surface on a breezy day by
blasting with sand. For body panels use soda, crushed walnut shells,
or plastic media. Use sand for bulkheads, rusty areas needing repair,
and heavy frame parts. You will save yourself a great deal of work.
--
Bob Shaw
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