Re: 56 Carib Driver's side fender alignment

Posted by Mr.Pushbutton  On 2008/6/2 7:32:36

Packprince--I'm not a big fan of sandblasting suto sheetmetal for the reasons you cite: if you use sand or glass bead you work-peen the metal and then you have a real project on your hands! I prefer to send un-bolt items like front fenders to a chem-strip typs place, the nearest one to us is in Toledo, OH, an hour's drive from home, and worth it.
We had a whole car blasted clean with plastic medium at the shop I used to work at, that was very satisfactory, it did not work-peen the metal. Some shops use crushed walnut shells as a blasting medium, again, very satisfactory results, you can bring it back, epoxy prime everything and start bodywork with no backward steps.