Thought some of you guys might find this interesting. Every person in this site will be the proud owner of a plastic fantastic. The problem is a lot of them do need a repaint and local body shops don't always seem to be very keen in doing it especially if the car has been painted before ( and most of them will have ) This is because of the amount of work required to prepare the body. My A610 was especially bad, the previous owner had somebody to paint it with a flip effect in mind, but it all went wrong and he decided to re prime it with a really thick build primer which then reacted with the paint, basically it was a disaster!!! The guys at my body shop were not keen in rubbing the thing down and when I looked further into it I knew there was more than just a few coats of paint. At the same time it worried me because I was not sure what was hiding under all that paint, so I was all set and ready to sand the car down myself, until Mr Dell approached me with a very interesting article SODA BLASTING.
I decided to get it done, even though it was not cheap, I thought it was worth the cost. Below you can see a few pictures from the beginning to the end. MY ADVISE IS TO TAKE THE CAR TO THEM ALL STRIPPED OUT AND LEAVE IT THERE, IF THE PROCESS IS RUSHED IT WILL TAKE TOO MUCH OFF. THIS STUFF GETS EVERYWHERE AND IT'S A NIGHTMARE TO GET OFF. BE WARNED!!
DOING A TEST PATCH.... QUITE A FEW LAYERS FOUND!!!
IT DOES GET REALLY REALLY DUSTY
FINISHED ARTICLE, GLAD TO SEE NO MAJOR REPAIRS
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