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Cleaning those grubby carbs ?
clanger - 12/2/09 at 07:12 AM

Soda Blasting - DIY


speedyxjs - 12/2/09 at 07:48 AM


Thats pretty effective. I must buy one of those new fangled air compressor thingys

[Edited on 12-2-09 by speedyxjs]


Mr Whippy - 12/2/09 at 07:56 AM

looks very good though he doesn't seem to say how long that took to clean


r1_pete - 12/2/09 at 08:44 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
looks very good though he doesn't seem to say how long that took to clean


Or how much soda he got through.

Pretty impressive though, going to give it a try with a spot blast gun I have.


coozer - 12/2/09 at 09:33 AM

Interesting... you could always do the blasting in a plastic bucket to collect the soda then simply add water to make a handy electrolysis bath for those stubbern hard to remove stains

Nice


MikeRJ - 12/2/09 at 10:14 AM

quote:
Originally posted by coozer
Interesting... you could always do the blasting in a plastic bucket to collect the soda then simply add water to make a handy electrolysis bath for those stubbern hard to remove stains


You need washing soda for electrolysis, not baking soda


coozer - 12/2/09 at 10:22 AM

Ooops! thought they were the same??


Peteff - 12/2/09 at 10:51 AM

Caustic soda in buns, way to go there Remind me not to eat your scones Cooz


wax-it - 18/2/09 at 07:38 PM

Do you think this would be good to strip paint off alloy wheels?


MikeRJ - 18/2/09 at 07:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by wax-it
Do you think this would be good to strip paint off alloy wheels?


Coozers scones or baking soda?

I suspect this won't be agressive enough to do anything as the laquer finish on alloys can be very tough.


Peteff - 18/2/09 at 11:09 PM

quote:
Originally posted by wax-it
Do you think this would be good to strip paint off alloy wheels?


No, it works on the oxidising but you need something more aggressive to remove paint like sand blasting