Has anyone had any experience soda blating a tractor? I want to paint my D7 and wondered if this would be the route to go. Thanks Jeff

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.

Saw a machine that was sodablasted 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 have done a little soda blasting. We used baking soda as the media. This very fine media works good at removing the normal stuff but it biggest benefit is that it helps nuetralize the active oxidation in the rust. Since it is not as abrasive it can take a bit longer in certain areas on some types of hardened paints. There are a lot of different types of media blasting, plastic beads, ceramic beads, aluminum oxide and I have even heard of using talc on aluminum materials. Hope this helps.

what media has any of you guys used to remove the heat stains when welding stainless steel. as many know i built a truck bed out of it last spring and stainless wire cups wouldn't do the job. when home in a couple weeks i'm going to blast all of it, so it looks the same. its 1/8 thick and i was going to use silica sand. any thoughts?? tanks.

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