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Originally Posted by frankc
Chris,
It appears media blasting was used to strip your chassis. What media did they use?
I am picking up a '73 tub on Saturday and want to get it stripped before I begin work on it. My body shop guy said he won't work on a car that has been soda blasted, and there are no places to dip close to here, so that only leaves me with some type of abrasive media, but one that hopefully won't warp panels in the right hands.
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We used crushed and recycled glass. It takes longer than other media, but when applied properly it will not warp panels. It is surprisingly gentle on plastics, wiring, and other "fragile" parts as long as you don't dwell on them. It took nearly a full week to strip three layers of paint (the car had been resprayed twice in its life) and all of the undercoating.
I'm going to dip my next project - an '86 911 - to compare metal stripping techniques. I'll start that build thread soon.