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I've got a 52 f2 bed and fenders with the original paint and surface rust. I've read not to sand blast or plastic bead blast because of heat warpage. Will that be avoided by water power washing with a gas powered power washer and then lightly sanding by hand? Or is that a major "don't do". I've already bought the rotary sanders for drills and grinders but wasn't looking forward to the time involved doing it that way.
I stripped my truck using a precess called, "Dustless Blasting". It's like sand blasting, but the sand is delivered in a stream of water which minimizes the danger of heat warpage. A guy brought his equipment to my house and did the blasting on my driveway. I forget what it cost--maybe $300. I would do it again. I have a thread documenting my experience. Good luck and welcome.
I had a man use the dustless blasting on the hood of my 49 and it didn't do any warping. I would check in on having this done. You will be happy with the process and they also add a chemical so it don't rust while giving you time to primer it. Also welcome
I did power wash my hood, but just to get the grease off from inside. It didn’t really do anything for the paint. If you’re going to get any paint to adhere properly you’ll need to get to bare metal.
I used my angle grinder and a quick strip disk like this…
Very time consuming, and it doesn’t get into corners, so you need to do them with sandpaper and elbow grease. If I had it to do over, I’d do the dustless blasting.
Just to be clear, "dustless blasting" is kind of a misnomer. Maybe technically it isn't dust, but you will for sure have a mess to clean up. My driveway is gravel and it all sort of blended in, but if you live in a fancy neighborhood with close neighbors you like, the mess and noise of dustless blasting probably isn't something you want to share with them. Maybe a remote location should be considered.
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