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My sandblasting guy was aware of the warping issue, he didn't want to touch the hood but felt the metal was thick enough elsewhere. Ive never found heat a problem when sandblasting though, I could always put my hand on the backside of the metal while doing it, I think its another issue that causes warpage when sandblasting, kinda like the little body hammer with all the spikes that will shrink metal that it hits. Thoughts? Hard to believe that soda blasting will get all the rust off, I have heard of it but could only think of the ensuing sneezing frenzy that would likely occur. Keith Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo" 65 Squareback "Eggcrate" 87 golf "Winterat" 93 RX7 "Redstur" -----Original Message----- From: Hal Sullivan [mailto:tristessa@tristessa.us] Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 8:53 PM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: Re: [T3] Sandblasting vs Mediablasting > Any reason to not go for the plain sandblasting over a Media blaster > (should > I find a local one) ?? Media blasting has much less chance of warping things than sandblasting does .. that's a *big* consideration right there. Either one also has the chance to have sand/media coming out of the nooks & crannies for years, you just get to choose *what's* coming out. You also might be able to find someone who does soda-blasting; the same idea, but with baking soda instead of sand/media .. beauty of it is that soda washes out/off with water. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~