Many people have been having issues with the soda. If it is not meticulously cleaned off from every nook and cranny it will eventually destroy the paint. Some paint places are stating not to use certain products on vehicles that have been soda blasted. Read
this PDF for one example.
Using soda is easy on the metal but be sure you know the pitfalls too. And if you go with soda blasting, make dang sure you get it incredibly clean afterwards.
