sandblasting
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Does anyone no of a good place to get a mini shell sandblasted ???

thanks darrell

SON, WHATEVER FANCY SHIT YOU'VE GOT UNDER THAT BONNET, SEEN IT A MILLION TIMES

I've read that sand blasting will warp the metal panels (most point to heat, but that's a shed-load; it's the work-hardening of the surface that warps things). Best is to soda blast. However, I had very good luck stripping mine with an abbrasive wheel from 3M: http://www.drjing.com/Mini/BLOG/BareShell.htm. For a few hours' work, you too can have a bare shell! :)

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depends where you are Darrell...

Acid dip is a favourite that a mate had done. no piece is left untouched then, the hardest bit would be making sure it gets coated with paint, not sure if the same place can dip in paint as well.

If you get it acid dipped, it is a good plan to then get it electro galvenised. Obvoiusly this cost shed loads.

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There is a place that advertises in PPC that can do the whole job, dip, galv' coat. I'll get a price for a shell and post it up here ... be patient though MEGA busy at work at the moment!

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

If you still want to get in lightly blasted then i can recommend 'Essex & Herts shotblasting'.

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Ok, the company is called surface processing ( www.surfaceprocessing.co.uk ) 01384 242010

I have rung them and for a Mini it would cost;

Stripping £575 + VAT (£675.63)

Etch primed and oven baked (spray coating so external only)
£350 + VAT (£411.25)

Electrophoretic (dipped) coating
£750 + VAT (£881.25)

The work they do is supposed to be brilliant and the electrophoretic coating should make the shell much more resistant to tin worm than anything else going BUT it's not cheap at £1556.88 for strip and coat!!!!!!!!!!

Back to the manual stripping for me .... anyway if it didn't rust I'd have no fun replacing panels and respraying would I!!!!

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

£600 was the price i'd heard for acid dipping. supposed to be the best way to get a shell clean though!

Certainly expensive with the coating. basically the price of half a new shell that comes already done.

Different if its something like a miglia shell though with cage etc fitted.

Might be worth it for an early (59 / 60) mk1 shell but a bit out of my price range!!!

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

Bead blasting is also an option, a little less harsh the grit blasting, as they use PET (plastic) regrind as the blasting medium.
Shane.

Well does anyone know where i can get mine bead blasted in the north west. Cant find anywhere just shot blasting and i dont think my mini would survive it! LOL

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Where i used to work (restoring 356's & early 911's) we used to get them bead blasted, never had any problems of panel distortion or anything like that

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

Having mine done at the moment, alot less £ than has been quote above. He won't touch large panels as the media he uses is too tough.
Will post pictures and final cost hopefully with in 2 weeks.

The gentlemans a one man band and seems to do it as a hobby/business. He's near Wotton-under-edge.

Mark

i did a search on google in my local area for businesses and it came up trumps. About 10 places within 20miles of northampton and the closest was less than a 1/4 of a mile away from my house.

I've seen the future and tbh its Pie