Chris Wilson Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 I have heard soda blasting is a safe and viable means of removing paint from carbon fibre race car tubs. I have my Lola F3000 to do, plus a customers F1 tub. Whilst I am confident the media want damage the substrate there are areas of the tubs where the bare carbon is still unpainted and shiny from new, and I would want to mask these off, as well as apertures to stop the media getting into places I'd rather not have it. Does anyone know what a suitably durable masking material is please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Are you going to blast them yourself Chris or does someone do that for you? I'm interested in an idea of a price for soda blasting a set of wheels, do you think/know if it's the same sort of price as bead or sand blasting? Finding it hard getting somewhere in NI that does it too, I've found one place in the country that does it but it's not particularly local. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted September 7, 2010 Author Share Posted September 7, 2010 I will be paying someone else to do this, not sure who yet, if it's a viable method I will see if I can find somewhere that has done carbon before and who has independent customer appraisal. It would be bad enough to %$*&$ up my own tub, let alone a customers.... There's total media wastage with soda as the crystals "explode" and are not re usable, so it is a lot dearer than sand or glass bead blasting in a cabinet. Ibrar on this forum blasted and powder coated some road car wheels for me a couple of weeks back. I asked for a basic job as it's a track car and the wheels will be manky again fairly soon, but he did a good job at a very fair price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Ah, I didn't realise that it wasn't re-usable. I'm interested mainly because I want a paint finish rather than powdercoat so would prefer a smoother surface. I'll report back for info if I get a price CW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loks Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Sorry Chris but I when I read the title I thought you meant this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f309fSTWYo4&feature=email Meanwhile back on thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 ^^ LOL! Sadly I remember that being on the tele. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Chris, as far as masking is concerned, i used to use plastic/pvc tape IE gas tape or similar when sand/grit blasting, as the elasticity of it prevents it being eroded quickly, but if too much pressure or coarser media is used, it will be affected, However i think it should be fine for soda blasting, although i have no experience of this particular media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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