Re: Paint! pros and cons!

Christopher Albers (Christopher.Albers(at)bubbs.biola.edu)
Sat, 13 Jun 1998 11:52:53 -0700


gumby(at)connectexpress.com,Internet writes: > Blasting with Sand can and WILLl eat through metal if left in one
>spot too
>long. be careful. Walnut shels chips also clean very well, and will
>not eat
>through the metal, but will have a tendancy to leave the walnut shell
>oil on the
>surface which then requires a laquer thinner wash afterwards. Porably
>the best
>solution, is to use Plastic beads. No damages to the metal, cleans a
>bit slower
>then sand or walnut, but leaves no oil or residue other than dust,
>which they
>all do. Disadvantage to plastic, is you have to replace the beads more
>often,
>becasue they get punded and no longer clean well. So the supply costs
>may be a
>bit higher..End result is better, in my opinion.

>Rich

I used chemical paint strip to get the paint off my car. Granted, it was dirty and time consuming but I saved myself a bunch of cash and have the satisfaction of saying I did it myself. All that was left was a slight film of primer which came off easily with the prep sanding for paint.

Christopher