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And believe the folks when they say sand gets everywhere. I pulled 30lbs of black beauty from a parts car I cut up. When I blasted the trunk in my 69 I made up some tools for my shop vac and air gun. I picked up a length of 1/2" flexible copper and used a rubber stopper to stick it into the vacuum hose. It allwed me to get down into crevises to get the sand out. A long extension of 1/4" copper on the air gun allowed me to use pressurized air to dislodge some of the sand. Its also nice on a rotiserrie as you can flip the car around several times to get material out of areas. I spend a whole evening removing sand out of my 69 RR shell. And I just blasted the trunk floor!

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with everything you said.
I'd like to add this.

I like to use my big compressor that I use to blast with and use it to blow out the car. Mine is 100CFM and will remove the sand pretty easy without alot of trouble. There again having the car on a rottisserie is almost a must and definety helps get the old media out. Using a compressor with enough air is paramount and alows you to use way less media and makes the cleanup easier. I've been blasting since the early eighties and have blasted many tons.


Maybe ask your blaster to blow out your car when he's done, whatever he charges should be worth it because a little wimppy 5 HP 2 stage shop comprssor will wear you out using it to blow out sand.

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I should also add that if the car has undercoating on it you'll want to remove it first. I don't think it comes off very well during the blasting process.

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What about ultra-high pressure washing (just water)?

Hans

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Hans, believe me thats not an option on this car It needs the big guns, but its complete and worth saving (RT/SE Track Pack car with lots of options)

thanks JD, thats good info Im too lazy (and welder-less) to fab my own caster frame and thats one of the reasons Ive been trying to avoid that route but it sounds like I need to bribe a very good welding friend of mine. Think I need to take the whole car to bare metal?

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It sounds like Hans has read some of my posts.
A steam pressure washer will do wonders before media blasting on any car.

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Strip the car completely - including all suspension parts. To keep it rolling, spend the few extra bucks and make up a set of stands with casters on the bottoms that bolt to the rear spring front mounts and the front bumper bracket holes. This will leave you with only minimal areas that won't be blasted. You can also make these long enough (about 18") to bring the car up to a decent working height.

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