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Media blasting of flexible plastic bodywork?

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Post  GTmustang April 19th 2011, 7:36 am

I'd like to remove the paint from the flexible plastic bumpers and sideskirts on my !992 Mustang GT. I figure that it would be a good idea to clean all the old paint from the bodywork so that the paint chips and other defects in the original paint doesn't come back to haunt me when I get the car repainted. Is anyone familiar with media blasting with plastic media?
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Post  PROSTREET66 April 19th 2011, 7:58 am

I would be careful and turn down the air pressure hold the gun a little farther away and do a test as not to warp the piece.I do alot of glass beading in my cabinet,but not to experenced on plastic.Just take it slow and you should be alright.
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Post  Race Ready Fabrications April 19th 2011, 9:48 am

I had mine soda blasted, worked real good but expensive.
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Post  Nevs April 19th 2011, 10:23 am

Race Ready Fabrications wrote:I had mine soda blasted, worked real good but expensive.

Soda blasting does a great job, but bring a big billfold! I didn't ask what it was going to cost on a recent job I had done, to say I was shocked by the bill would be an understatement!
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Post  Frank Merkl April 19th 2011, 11:21 am

cost me $200 for the frt & rear bumper covers
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Post  GTmustang April 19th 2011, 12:59 pm

Frank Merkl wrote:cost me $200 for the frt & rear bumper covers
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What did they use to blast them?
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Post  Frank Merkl April 19th 2011, 1:13 pm

100-200 grit glass
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