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Date:         Sat, 16 Mar 1996 09:34:27 -0800
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Thom Fitzpatrick <thom@calweb.com>
Subject:      Re: Rust treatment, or repair?   please read (a little too long)

>
>I THEN had the opportunity to see firsthand the effects that sandblasting had
>on a rusty piece of steel.  I was amazed to say the least.  When sandblasted,


I'm going thru this right now - its tru, folks!


>I have given up miracle coatings for sandblasting.  I have a 5 hp air
>compressor in my home garage, and a Harbor Freight plastic shoulder carried
>blaster that holds 10 lbs of media.  I can usually blast for about five


I have the 40# pressurized blaster. I probably works better, and I can go
about 45 minutes on a tank of sand.  Which is what I will be doing today...
Thom Fitzpatrick
thom@calweb.com - http://www.calweb.com/~thom
Keeper of the Barndoor Bus Web Page: http://www.calweb.com/~thom/barndoor.html
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