if there's any film left it wasn't done right, it must be immediately flushed thoroughly, and water doesn't inhibit rust, - soda blasting is really a paint removal technique, it doesn't remove corrosion and leaves too smooth a surface - most paint mfgrs will not honor any warranty if soda blasting was used, regardless if it was defective paint product, poor application, or sloppy soda blasting - see here

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics