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Home bead blasting - practical?

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Subject: Home bead blasting - practical?
From: Cliff Hansen <chansen@access1.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 20:47:11 -0400
I've got the fenders off my tub.  There's enough surface rust
on the insides, as well as some spots of more serious rust, to 
make me want to bead blast the panels to clean them up for 
primer.  I mean the four fenders and much of the tub.

There's one guy in Albuquerque that does blasting for whole
cars.  He quoted me $75 per fender, $100 for the hood, and
$500 (at least) for the tub.  For that kind of money, seems like
I should be able to get my own equipment (including the big-%&*!
air compressor) and do it myself.  Then I can do the frame
as well.

Of course, you can't just walk out and buy a cabinet big enough
to roll a tub into.  Can this be done in a 20' square garage?

Thanks,

Cliff Hansen


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