Has any one sodablast fiberglass

[basicfish]

Has anyone used sodablasting to remove paint, both bottom and topsides,and how did it work out? I have an old 22ft fiberglass hardtop that has a very bad ,poor quality application and material. I want to get the old paint off and repainted with a high quality gloss paint. I have not tried paint stripper yet, I was going to buy a sodablaster any way.
Any help would be great.
The boat will be on trailer,dry stored

 

[TheWoodCrafter]

Re: Has any one sodablast fiberglass

I was going to buy a sodablaster any way.

Your going the buy one?
Not the little hand held 3/8" hose type I hope.

I have not used soda but have used plastic media.
It will remove most paint just fine without damaging the fiberglass.
We tried it on Imeron and did not touch it.

 

[basicfish]

Re: Has any one sodablast fiberglass

I have been looking at the Eastwood conversion for my 50 or so pound pressure pot blaster. I will use it for my Garden tractor restorations, I thought it might work on removing the old peeling paint off the fiberglass. I was hoping to get more usage from a new tool purchase.
thanks

 

[109jb]

Re: Has any one sodablast fiberglass

Although not a direct answer to your question, have you looked into the soda blasters that hook up to a pressure washer? They are pretty inexpensive (less than $100) and you don't have any dust to deal with because the water stream knocks the dust down.

 

[superpop]

Re: Has any one sodablast fiberglass

I have not heard of these, do you have a source or place to get one.

Thanks

 

[tommays]

Re: Has any one sodablast fiberglass

If you google soda blasting you will get a pretty good idea about the results


Any type of dry blasting makes a MASSIVE mess outside if it is not draped and i cant see a homeowner having a big enough compressor to work at more than a snail pace

 

[109jb]

Re: Has any one sodablast fiberglass

I have not heard of these, do you have a source or place to get one.

Thanks

I have heard of people using the pressure washer sandblast attachments and just running soda through them. That's what I was referring to. Sorry for any confusion. BTW here is a link to what I'm talking about.

 

[TheWoodCrafter]

Re: Has any one sodablast fiberglass

i cant see a homeowner having a big enough compressor to work at more than a snail pace

Thats what I was thinking.
Blasting takes a huge volume of air or it will literally take weeks of work with a little 3/8" hose and a 5HP compressor.
Have you ever seen them sand blasting the painted lines off the road.
That is the kind of air volume needed to do blasting.

 

[basicfish]

Re: Has any one sodablast fiberglass

I have a 80gal 175psi 27cubic feet per min. aircompressor. I had forgotten about the pressure washer attachment, I bought one a few years ago it works well with blasting slag, black beauty. I will get a bag of soda and see how it goes.
I live on two acres and have a small shop/garage 28x36. so I guess I am not a typical homeowner.
Thanks for all of your help
Ron