Dustless blasting: whole car paint removal in 1 hour

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I found this today, looks like an awesome setup. [ame]http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bCehkkTTeMk[/ame] Does anybody here have any experience with one of these?

If you don't want to watch the video, it is a blaster using air, water, and glass beads. The results are pretty impressive. Practally no mess left over. It's amazing.
 
theres another dustless blasting using dry ice. the benifet i see over this kind is that you dont soak your car with water IF done on a dry day. i read somewhere that you might not even have to mask for dry ice.
 
am I the ONLY one who doesn't like the idea of blasting bare metal with water?
What about the fact that all that old paint/body filler ends up as dust on the ground, which will then go into the water runoff - back into local streams and water supplies?
 
Nope never have seen this one but it looks like it does a good job
 
I like the rivers of rust that come out of the trim holes.
 
Wow in 54 minutes the rusty hulk of the 4 door impala is ready to be crushed. Cool if its really like that though.
 
Wow, I wouldn't know what to do with myself if I wasn't getting chemical burns from paint stripper or filling the garage with paint dust from the paint remover scuff discs. This kinda takes all the fun out of stripping a car.
 
... Did a little more research. They claim no heat = no warpage. I think it's a great system. But the cost, that's the deal breaker. $5k for the small version. Maybe doable for a production facility, not for an average guy that likes cool tools.
 
Cal_gecko said:
am I the ONLY one who doesn't like the idea of blasting bare metal with water?
What about the fact that all that old paint/body filler ends up as dust on the ground, which will then go into the water runoff - back into local streams and water supplies?
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Cal_gecko said:
am I the ONLY one who doesn't like the idea of blasting bare metal with water?
What about the fact that all that old paint/body filler ends up as dust on the ground, which will then go into the water runoff - back into local streams and water supplies?
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Everything ends up as dust on the ground.
 
I'd be worried about buying that unit, then going out to various locations and then having a nosy neighbor start bringing the authorities in to question you about how you're able to do job after job in people's driveways, drop a car's whole paint job on the ground, then split. There's bound to be something stirred up in time......and I'll bet within just a few months.

I dunno.....I sand off my cars' paint, bondo then primer at my house and no one cares, but doing it commercially........naw....out here in CA, it would hit the fan fairly quickly, I'm thinking.
 
bighammer said:
... Did a little more research. They claim no heat = no warpage. I think it's a great system. But the cost, that's the deal breaker. $5k for the small version. Maybe doable for a production facility, not for an average guy that likes cool tools.
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And you still need an air compressor a local body shop/restorer purchased one but hasn't got it operational yet. I'm going to have him do my hood and trunk when he's set to go
 
67Dart273 said:
Well, oil CAME from the ground.........that doesn't mean I can drain my oil and dump it in the back yard.................
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Actually, if you wanted to you could, but that would be a waste. Eventually it to will end up in the air or on the ground or wherever. We've pumped a lot of oil since 1900, and it isn't all just safely stored waiting for someone to figure out what to do with it. After four or five hundred thousand miles my vehicles are all missing a lot of paint. Yup, blasted off by air, grit, and water.
 
See all that grass.
He could put the car in my yard and do it. The Centipeed and weeds would appreciate the silica ameliorating.the clay.
Little paint shouldn’t hurt. Good chemicals, man.
If you live in a neighborhood with covenants, bad neighbors or code nazis, you’re probably screwed.
Just better be ready to get the metal protected.
Instant rust unless you live in Arizona.
 
Glad I live out in the country in Texas.. Yes I do pour my oil on the ground. Right on top of the big pile of limbs, leaves, and other crap that I need to burn. That's my way of recycling....
 
WOW leave it to liberals to fly off half cocked. Personally I would take a shop vac and vacuum it up but that's me. Nice system. Live and Let live :finga:
 
Cal_gecko said:
am I the ONLY one who doesn't like the idea of blasting bare metal with water?
What about the fact that all that old paint/body filler ends up as dust on the ground, which will then go into the water runoff - back into local streams and water supplies?
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Well it's no different than sandblasting parts in the yard...

My concern is pouring water all over bare metal especially in those crack and crevices that hold water.

Ever see how fast blasted metal will rust?

Media blasting for this guy.
 
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