My recommendation is not to blast period. What happens is, no matter what media you use, some of it will remain in the microscopic pits of the metal. This will cause issues later after painting. If you want a paint job to last as long as the original, don't blast. If the original paint is good, and you do not discover any unexpected past repairs while prepping for the new paint, just sand the original paint and paint over it. You can do a test on the existing paint to make sure the new paint, primer, and cutting agent is not going to react with the original paint. If it does not, then leaving the original paint on is the way to go. I am assuming it has not been repainted. If this is the second paint job on the car, I would recommend a chemical strip. This is not that hard to do, but yields far better results. This can be done by hand. I would recommend removing all the glass when doing the new paint job. Earl -----Original Message----- From: Bob Fortson [mailto:bobt1885@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 10:49 AM To: 1962to1965mopars@ Subject: Re: paint prep Don't sand blast! Stretches the metal they say. I don't know about the prices, but ................... Bob Fortson --- bigroberta@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I am getting ready to strip and repaint my car. > Any thoughts on sandblasting, media blasting > > or soda blasting. I just came back from a shop that does soda blasting > and this seems like the way to > > go. My car doest have any heavy rust. The guy wants $ 1400 to do > everything here in MD. > > > I plan on taking everthing off except what is needed to roll the car. > He says " the soda will not > > hurt anything." > > Robert > 63 spt fury conv. > > > > > > > ROBERT GILLIS... > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and > security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from > across the web, free AOL Mail and more. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ---- > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- > directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and > negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended > recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will > protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune > the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Get your email and see which of your friends are online - Right on the New Yahoo.com (http://www.yahoo.com/preview) ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. ---- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. This email was sent to: arc.6265@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx bSONJP. Or send an email to: 1962to1965mopars-unsubscribe@