soda blasting can be well done, just takes lots of fresh water flushing immediately after - but easiest to find a local business that does sandblasting and let them take care of the mess, it usually doesn't cost a lot

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