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I am in the process of restoring my 58 chevy. Instead of sand blasting, I am thinking of soda blasting, anyone with experiencing this method?

Check out this link for small parts. Wish I had know about this simple trick.

Cheap soda blasting

widman.
Thank You for posting that information very interesting.

Hi Badboy,

I highly recommend it!

Here are the plus' compared to sandblasting or paint stripper

- residue is easily hosed off when done
- does not pit glass
- does not harm chrome
- not as messy as paint stripper
- removes rust in pitted metal better than sand
- what do you do with the sand residue when finished??

Keep in mind, the baking soda is not what your wife uses in the kitchen. It is an engineered product with various sizes of grit depending on the severity of the cleaning process desired.

To be candid, I will never sandblast another frame or body.
I will only soda blast it.

Happy Holidays,,,,,,

Interesting!! I wonder if I can use my 5 gallon sandbaster machine and instead of putting sand, add soda to it.

Great! I've looked into these soda blasting machines and they aren't cheap. I don't know what ratio one will get when using. Depends probably on the size of the gun tip. I would like to know what one ounce of soda will cover how much of an area.

Best to talk with the supplier of the soda.

Depending on the grit size, will determine how aggressive the paint/rust removal is accomplished.

Too many variables for me to comment on "how many ounces for a specific square inch of coverage....."

I guess you could blast small parts over say a large plastic drum with a screen in it and recover a lot of the soda for re-use?I guess you could call it a recovery system.

Hi Mike,

I am not sure I would want to recycle soda.
It fractures during the blasting process and becomes less effective.

It behaves differently than sand - which can be recycled... along with all the debris and rust you just removed....