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[QUOTE=legion;4145896]Laundry detergent is basic too. It is probably more basic than baking soda.[/QUOTI was waiting for that. Nasty stuff.

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Originally Posted by 1968Cayman View Post
Blasting sand is $8.5 for 50 lbs. Build a booth in your garage/living room/spare bedroom. Use a few bags to do heavier pieces (door shells, but not skins, etc.) and reuse it to do panels or have a bucket of masonary sand delivered for a few hundred dollars. Blasted my whole car in the garage and didn't warp any panels or have to expose it to any water afterwards . . . except for spittle when I'm cussing at it . . .
You were lucky. Sand is a not a good medium for sheet metal blasting. If it doesn't warp the metal, it still work hardens it.
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