DIY sand blasters?

[RichP]

When I used it on the hood of an old CJ-7, it took that ugly azz eagle and ALL the paint off the hood in no time....bare metal....clean. We did need to brush it on....wipe it off.

We could tell it was eating through the gloves when our fingers began to tingle....that was to late.

Just thought of this....as you are going to tear it all apart, have you thought about dipping it? It will come back clean, all bondo, undercoating, paint etc will be gone.
Rev

Dipping is the way to go IF you can find someone with tanks big enough for a whole frame. Dipping gets everything off. As for powder coating, I have really mixed feelings about that. I've never seen a really good powder coat I guess, yes, they all look good then the powder coat starts bubbling off, my tomken bumper did that. On the other hand the powdercoat on my warn front bumper on my TJ is going on two years old now and still looks new. To me a good paint and such is much more practical and can be touched up vs powder coat which can't. To me, that would be a really tough call.
If I was doing a frame, I might have it dipped n stripped and then dipped again in POR-15, if they can do that, then painted so that the POR gets inside the frame and in all the nooks and crannies..

 

[XJEEPER]

A few local shops use crushed dry ice to blast will and the only thing left over is the paint, etc. that you remove, the ice just evaporates. Only downside is that this shop charges about $125 for a setup fee, once they order the dry ice, they have to use it.

 

[89Daytona]

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=95502
Abrasive blaster with a vacuum = very little to clean up
If you use the correct abrasive it will only take off the paint and not damage the metal. Dry ice is a little on the expensive side.

Abrasive blasting media types-http://www.kramerindustriesonline.com/blasting-media.htm

http://www.pfonline.com/articles/0605qf1.html