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W113 Pagoda SL Group => Photo Gallery => Topic started by: CJHenderson on August 16, 2017, 23:40:59

Title: Tearing down my Pagoda
Post by: CJHenderson on August 16, 2017, 23:40:59

Getting ready to go to the sandblasters and paint. Have the rear end and drive shaft to go and then build a dolly to roll it on to a trailer.

Title: Re: Tearing down my Pagoda
Post by: johnk on August 18, 2017, 03:25:44

are they using glass beads?

Title: Re: Tearing down my Pagoda
Post by: CJHenderson on August 18, 2017, 11:44:21

With the steel body that I have there is a lot of corrosion and several layers of paint so they will use sand. For the aluminum parts I have to find a shop that works with that type of metal.

Title: Re: Tearing down my Pagoda
Post by: Shvegel on September 12, 2017, 13:35:57

CJ,
I hope the shop doing the sandblasting is well versed in doing car bodies.  You can quite literally destroy a car by sandblasting it.  The metal gets hat and it warps horribly like the car went through a fire. 

Title: Re: Tearing down my Pagoda
Post by: dirkbalter on September 12, 2017, 15:39:15

CJ,
Have you considered "strip cleaning" it ? It takes everything off, paint, bondo , rust.... and goes to areas you wouldn't be able to reach with blasting.
I did it and liked the outcome very much.

Title: Re: Tearing down my Pagoda
Post by: CJHenderson on September 18, 2017, 11:21:17

What kind of stripper is the best? After reading the posts I'm hesitant about having my aluminum parts blasted.