The media blasting is good to take the paint off, and yes in panels like the hood and decklid, you seem to keep getting that stuff coming out all the time, but it boils down to time vs cash, like flying vs driving to a destination, we fly when we want to save time, usually costs more, but we are buying time, media blastic is buying time, you take the car to thier shop and it comes back done, no mess (except what is mentioned above) and no shop cleanup, you are ready to start on the car, more money? you have to ask your self what your time is worth, if you have nothing but time, hand stripping or chemical stripping, or DA'ing the car down, sand paper wear and tear on compressor, and the fact you cannot get in the cracks or inner panels very well, you can justify it any way you want. every car seems to tell you how it should be done.
There are many different media materials out there and I have heard of the walnut shells I am sure it works just like the others, I think I spent $750 to have EVERY panel, inside and out stripped and to me it was worth every penny, then all I needed to do was start working on it, but I also hate stripping paint, one panel is not so bad, but a whole car makes me loose interest real fast.
Now I did the frame and the bottom of the car, the frame I dissasembled and took out to my brother in laws farm, rented an industrial sand blaster and it took about 700 lbs of silica sand, the 250 mentioned above sounds pretty good right now, but I took the time to get every little nook and cranny I could, I was happy with the results. but left a pretty good sand mess at the brother in laws
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Roy how did the paint come out?
don't worry about pics yet, you have other priorities, but we will hold you to them. :eek: