sparky24

I am trying to strip some paint in my bilge and this is seeming like the only reasonable way. I bought a small sandblasting gun and i just tried it out with bakingsoda and it works quite well, no clogging problems. The only thing is that it takes a rediculous amount of soda to clean an area...

Im wondering if this is normal or if maybe i need a different tip for my blast gun or something like that? Also does anyone have any recommendations on PSI settings?

Maybe walnut shells would be better for bilge paint???? will that hurt the fiberglass to much?

speicher lane

I have no personal knowledge of this company but a family friend mentioned that they were really good to get information from when he was doing research on having his Mooney airplane refinished

the web page below contains links to PDF for air/ nozzle requirements....

http://www.nortonsandblasting.com/ns...ml#specnozzles

VCMike

What type of blasting setup is it? What type of paint?

sparky24

Bilge paint not sure what type, im just using a cheapo blast cabinet type gun right now seems to work pretty good but i need a bigger compressor, i am picking one up this week, if i have to i will buy a dedicated soda setup

fordf350

Northern Tool has a few different blasters to pick from

VCMike

Hmm.. no experience with that style setup? Where in MA are you located?

502ss

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If that's the main purpose for buying the equipment why not just pay someone else to do it. There are several mobile soda blasting companies in MA/NH that can come right to your house and do it for a couple hundred bucks!

I paid $900 to have all the blue removed from my boat

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VCMike

I'm not sure of the rules in this situation, but I may know a guy who does such a thing.. thats also located in MA.

sparky24

Well............ i would like to be able to do this myself, yes i could easily pay someone to do it, but then i wouldnt have the ability to sandblast other things as the need arises, also i would love to be able to bring my air tools home from work and be able to use them...

And yes it is possible to blast things without extremely expensive equipment the last shop i worked in had a cheapo 80 gallon 16 cfm@90psi IR compressor and i would regularly use a blast cabinet with it and had no issues - not soda blasting but the principal is identical

jwurl

Did the soda blasting mess up the gelcoat when removing your graphics?? Jeff Wurl