soda blasting

I know one of the guys at Chicago Streets and Sanitation, and they soda blast the salt trucks when they re-paint. He say's it works really well, and it is alot easier on the metal.

I know one of the guys at Chicago Streets and Sanitation, and they soda blast the salt trucks when they re-paint. He say's it works really well, and it is alot easier on the metal.

I saw a machine that was soda blasted and repainted and looked good.
Will probably have a D2 done this summer.

What is "soda"? I know about sand and glass beads, but soda? GWH

I would try aluminum oxide. It comes out with a bright crystaline finish.

Soda blasting is getting popular here in Minnesota. Lots of marina's use it to clean below the waterline on fiberglass boats. It doesn't have the potenial to ruin the soft fiberglass like sand blasting does. I understand that sodablasting a piece of steel can almost be done in layers Some advertise taking the paint off of a seafoam can without hurting the can. It can be controlled closely and is therefore used in antique and classic car restoration. I had a quote to sodablast my 60 for $750.00. Once the sodablasting is done I have heard that you have 4-5 days to paint before rust is an issue. This is unlike sand blasting where you have a matter of hours.
The bad news is that you must pressure every tiny particle of soda off the tractor or it will react with the paint and you will have a very poor paint job.
Good Luck
Biggastractor

I'm in the same boat as GWH on the soda----are you talking about a product like baking soda?

How do you apply it?? Dry with an airblaster system----or, possibly wet via a pressure washer?

Give the uneducated more "basic" information----never heard of it before.

Thanks--

Delta Dirt

I beleive the baking soda is blasted wet with a hi pressure stream of water/soda mix. I have actually added baking soda to wall paint on request by a client because they were allergic to the chemicals in latex paint. The baking soda absorbed the offensive odors and it didn't cause too much of a change in the paint texture.