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I am about to being a restoration of my 66 Chevy Pickup that has a good amount of rust in the floor of the cab, bottom of doors, rocker panels, etc. and I have some questions.
First thing is I am new to taking apart an automobile at this level, I have fixed up a 63 Chevy II before and removed panels and bumpers and such but the body was in better shape than my truck.
I live in an area where houses are very close together and have a single car garage to do all my work in, so even though I have an 80 gal compressor I am going to have to farm out the media blasting.
The place I was considering is quoting $1200 for the cab and bed and $250 for the frame and is using Starblast.
Questions are:
Here is my loose plan.
Remove the engine and transmission, and start taking all glass, wiring, gas tank, foam insulation around doors, bench seat, everything in general to just have a cab to blast.
Then figure out who locally is reputable at blasting cars and trucks.I was going to call around to local body shops and see who they use and recommend.
Then figure out how to transport all of the disassembled truck to a media blasting company.
Ive got a lot to learn, but I have made the first step in buying the SPI epoxy primer after hearing a reading such great stuff about it.
http://www.southernpolyurethanes.com/Products/2014photos/epoxy primer.jpg
Barry at SPI has been so great to help answer questions, thought I would try the forum for this one and give him a break.
First thing is I am new to taking apart an automobile at this level, I have fixed up a 63 Chevy II before and removed panels and bumpers and such but the body was in better shape than my truck.
I live in an area where houses are very close together and have a single car garage to do all my work in, so even though I have an 80 gal compressor I am going to have to farm out the media blasting.
The place I was considering is quoting $1200 for the cab and bed and $250 for the frame and is using Starblast.
Questions are:
- Is Starblast too agressive for the whole job?
- For the frame, what steps need to be taken to keep sand from getting into parts that would be damaged? Meaning things like brakes and drive shafts and such.
Here is my loose plan.
Remove the engine and transmission, and start taking all glass, wiring, gas tank, foam insulation around doors, bench seat, everything in general to just have a cab to blast.
Then figure out who locally is reputable at blasting cars and trucks.I was going to call around to local body shops and see who they use and recommend.
Then figure out how to transport all of the disassembled truck to a media blasting company.
Ive got a lot to learn, but I have made the first step in buying the SPI epoxy primer after hearing a reading such great stuff about it.
http://www.southernpolyurethanes.com/Products/2014photos/epoxy primer.jpg
Barry at SPI has been so great to help answer questions, thought I would try the forum for this one and give him a break.