is it o.k. to SANDBLAST THE MOTOR COMPARTMENT ?

[rav440]

is it o.k. to sandblast the motor compartment EX : firewall , frame rails , inner fenders , rad support & under carrige ? i know body panels are bad to blast because they will warp but os the above fine to blast ? im using BLACK BEAUTY 80 grit wit around 80 - 120 lbs of air . mostly 80 pounds .



thanks RANDY

[Silver R/T]

You should be fine. Just make sure to tape off holes on firewall so bunch of media won't go inside interior.

[Belgium R/T -68]

My car is an example of that it works just fine.

Per

[elitecustombody]

it's been done for ages ,not much to warp there,I just finished etch and epoxy priming blasted front 2 days ago

[superbirdtom]

If  anyone knows what they are doing. I love sandblasting.   it is in the line with media blasting  media means blasting with Anything.   some cars are heavily rusted and need to be aggressivly blasted .    some are perfect and need soda blasting.    but even bead blasting is fine on the right part.   But boy if you make a mistake like my  boss did in 1990 and brought a jeep truck to an industrial blaster  because the paint was 4 paintjobs thick and was cracking . their media was so aggresive that when we painted it, even thick priming it and all the little pok marks came back millions of em. and even a repaint over the new job  they would eventually appear as a pebbeled paint job.   very horrible experience.     thank god I wasn't the one who suggested that particular  shipyard     so alls good with media but ya gotta get real pros to do it.

[hemi-hampton]

If I remember right the last time I used that Black Beauty it was pretty rough/course. Not sure I'd use that. LEON.

[Charger-Bodie]

If I remember right the last time I used that Black Beauty it was pretty rough/course. Not sure I'd use that. LEON.

It comes in differant grits. He said he is using 80 grit,That should be OK. I may consider something even finer ,but 80 grit will probably work out fine.