Grit blast

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About to buy a grit blaster now and looking at the stuff available to use in it I have to confess to being flumoxed. I want to get rid of deep rust and old paint from my old car mudguards. Should I use sand, glass balls, fine grit or coarse grit. Please help

[MikeyT]

Tell the guys you're buying it from what you want to do and they should advise you. Sand or fine grit I'd guess - depends how bad they are though.

Just in the process of ordering some blasting stuff myself (plus compressor). From dontlift on here ...

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?h=0&memberId=19720

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Thank you again MikeyT, seems your the only person who actually provides some hints and answers at the moment.

[deecee]

80 Grit Silica Sand.

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Thanks deecee, I'm off to buy some today.

[ELAN+2]

I wouldnt blast body panels, you are likely to damage them(dents and distortion) youd be better off having them chemically cleaned and primed by a specialist.

Just my opinion, but I've seen some badly damaged "bead blasted " shells in the past,

regards

Mark