To do or not to do......
I blasted my own frame.... my supplies and tool cost exceeded 350 dollars.. not counting my time.
Had another frame done for $250 while I waited....shopped around in rural areas where they do farm equipment. I would NOT do another frame again...health risk is too high even with proper masks and hood..... the back yard looks like a Xmas scene from all the white sand leftover and the darn sand gets into everything even yards away including your underwear.......
..... before sandblasting you should have your frame steamed cleaned to remove any and all oil and grease or you will have painting problems.
Dipping can have its own pitfalls..... any chemical residue left being rivets... welded seems... inside/between multi layer frame re-enforcements or frame crossmembers.... will later bleed out and give you real headaches when you finish/paint the frame.
Do you ever wonder why we are spending so much time and effort restoring a frame/body to last the next 100 years when the darn thing has already survived, quite well, for fifty or sixty years with no special preparation from Detroit????
Is there a medical treatment for that condition??? my wife would like to know!!
Bob C.
