Avocado Green 1972 UK RHD 240z Project

[Rushingphil]

About as good a job as you could get at home I guess. Perhaps using a paint stripper to get it to bare metal and then finishing it with the blaster would be a quicker job?

Surprised your compressor can't keep up, I recently installed the same compressor in my garage, hoping it can keep up with a blasting cabinet. Wouldn't mind a last pot also sometime, for the odd thing that I can't do in my cabinet. I reckon if the wind was in the right direct I could use it in the field right next to my garage. Would probably go for their small pressure pot blaster, and keep its use to outside only.

You may well be right regarding chemicals being quicker - but I've used them in the past and hate them. I'd rather plod along slowly enjoying my iPod. I'm in no great hurry

Are you still hoping to get your car back in April ?

 

[Rushingphil]

It’s probably a good thing the compressor can’t keep up as blast large areas of panels can distort the pane due to heat generated from blasting even specialist blasters sometimes won’t do roofs door skins or bonnet many a classic car have been ruined due to blasting large panels good progress but be careful

Thanks for the warning Derrick, but the vacuum sand blaster is a slightly different process. There is no heat build up - the blasted area stays cool to the touch.

 

[candy red]

Thanks for the warning Derrick, but the vacuum sand blaster is a slightly different process. There is no heat build up - the blasted area stays cool to the touch.

Sorry Phil I didn’t realise there was no heat build up during blasting the that type of equipment sounds like the right tools for the job.

 

[Ian]

You may well be right regarding chemicals being quicker - but I've used them in the past and hate them. I'd rather plod along slowly enjoying my iPod. I'm in no great hurry

The right chemicals help, anything you can buy in a hardware or DIY shop is useless these days. But in the body shop I sometimes do work in we use one designed for stripping planes. Works great.

Are you still hoping to get your car back in April ?

No chance of that now. Hasn't been worked on in nearly two months. But I am planning to visit at the end of my next leave period around the first week of May. I have asked that all the metalwork be complete by then, so I still hope to get it back for my leave after that sometime around Aug/Sep.

I hope he manages it or I might think about taking it somewhere else.

Thanks for the warning Derrick, but the vacuum sand blaster is a slightly different process. There is no heat build up - the blasted area stays cool to the touch.

Still need to be careful as even without heat it can still stretch big panels.

 

[Rushingphil]

Thanks Ian,

Are you able to give me the product name of the paint stripper you use? Might be tempted to give it a go.

Sorry to hear of the additional delays, you must be so desperate to get it back!! Fingers crossed for a quicker outcome.

Not sure how I can be more careful with the blasting, its pretty slow going - or even how I can judge if I'm even causing any stretching?? Looks ok at the moment!

 

[Ian]

Are you able to give me the product name of the paint stripper you use? Might be tempted to give it a go.

Don't remember it off hand, but I will check and get back to you.

Sorry to hear of the additional delays, you must be so desperate to get it back!! Fingers crossed for a quicker outcome.

Yes, I really want to have it on the road, or at least ready for the road during this year.

Not sure how I can be more careful with the blasting, its pretty slow going - or even how I can judge if I'm even causing any stretching?? Looks ok at the moment!

Not sure you can be, and it might be 100% fine. But on mine I didn't have the roof (just the outside edges) or middle of the doors blasted. Often its only in the filler stage that you realise the effects.

I do however think that your blaster may be using less pressure and volume than a traditional style blaster, so it could well be fine, would certainly seem to be the case given the time taken to strip it.

 

[Rushingphil]

Don't remember it off hand, but I will check and get back to you.




Yes, I really want to have it on the road, or at least ready for the road during this year.




Not sure you can be, and it might be 100% fine. But on mine I didn't have the roof (just the outside edges) or middle of the doors blasted. Often its only in the filler stage that you realise the effects.

I do however think that your blaster may be using less pressure and volume than a traditional style blaster, so it could well be fine, would certainly seem to be the case given the time taken to strip it.

Thanks Ian,

It certainly doesn't perform like a full scale blaster

 

[Rushingphil]

Managed to finish the roof.

I took a look at the blaster gun and found that the nozzle was well worn! Replaced it with a new one and it speeded things up a lot. 'Only' took another 3 hours to finish the rest of it

 

[Faster Behr]

Looking good there Phil