Thread: starting series 1 restoration

Tony ..question here...are you going back to Sweden?


If not change your location


and again welcome back

Mrs hh

where we are going next is undecided could be coffs the gold coast cairns or rocky but it will definately be north.but will be going back to sweden as soon as i have finished uni

How was Sweden? Looks like a trip report might bi in order...

easo

it twas good ill see what i can do witha report and some photos

ok i pulled out some of the panels to strip the paint of ready to put on better new paint but i did not have any paint stripper and i was all excited and willing to get them ready so i started witha real fine sand paper it worked all right but i thought it was scratching it too much so i tried the sand blaster abit and it worked really well but i did not get much done before pack up time and back to work but i was wondering will sand blasting do any harm it is only a small one

so does anyone know about sandblasting alluminum with a light sandblaster

Hi , have you give thought to soda blasting rather than sand blasting. From the research I have done and the people I have talked to, it would be suitable for Landrover pannels. It is what I'm planning to do when I get to pannel stage. There is a bloke our here where I live with one. I have also posted a link to a video of a coke can being soda blasted. Soda Blasting a Coke Can - YouTube

There is lots of stuff on youtube, just do a search on soda blasting. I believe it is also enviromentally frendly as the blast media is just bicarb soda.

Hope that all helps, Cheers Jeff

Sand blasting is quite suitable for removing paint from aluminium, you just have to use the correct "grit" (softer than aluminium). Sodablasting is a variant that would seem to be more appropriate.

John