Blasting Auto Sheet Metal

There really isn t a way to get down to bare metal more efficiently than media blasting.

Blasting auto sheet metal. But if you plan your projects accordingly the money you lay out for equipment now will pay huge. Blasting is fine on panels i was referring to parts where the sand can enter but a pain to remove such as unibody boxed parts such as a sub frame or underside of a hood etc. It is an excellent rust remover and is intended for more robust metals. The distance between the top of the peak and the bottom of the valley is known as the depth profile.

Join the ccrc community to access a huge library of instructional classic car restoration videos. Convenient added services to our powder coating are silk screening parts machining and sheet metal fabrication plus sand or media blasting. Sandblasting uses a higher pressure of air to propel sand. I ve hit rusty sheet metal with sand just kept the feed higher lower pressure and further distance.

Thus we use our plastic media blasting process in this case. Every other method of stripping is an attempt to get around the major disadvantage of media blasting namely the investment in rather costly equipment. Due to the high pressure and heat generated by the sandblasting procedure a car body s sheet metal and thinner metals can be warped beyond repair.