Soda Blasting

[YoteSmoker]

Not wanting to hi-jack GuyM's most recent thread, Powersmoke suggested soda blasting the bluing or metal on Guy's old barrel. Can someone please explain this process to me. I have never heard of it before. Thanks!

 

[Powerstroke]

Yotesmoker,

Facility in I belive Wheat Ridge called A-1 Soda Blast. I'm in the automotive business / resto / rods etc etc. Anyway, Soda works just as well, but less I guess you call it destructive. You can leave windows in cars / trim etc, and the soda won't hurt it, but it will take the paint / goo off in a heart beat!

 

[Richracer1]

Yotesmoker,

Facility in I belive Wheat Ridge called A-1 Soda Blast. I'm in the automotive business / resto / rods etc etc. Anyway, Soda works just as well, but less I guess you call it destructive. You can leave windows in cars / trim etc, and the soda won't hurt it, but it will take the paint / goo off in a heart beat!

Powerstroke is right, regular sandblasting using silica sand will leave minute pits in automotive sheet metal. I can't imagine what it, silica sand, would do to a barrel.

 

[Guy Miner]

Interesting. I hadn't heard of soda-blasting either. Bead blasting results in a nice soft matte finish on a stainless barrel. Sort of a light, dull gray.

The barrel is of course plugged, muzzle and breech, prior to the blasting.

FWIW, Guy

 

[Powerstroke]

That is the other nice thing about soda. ( Parts should be cleaned very well and all sand / beads etc once the procedure is done )
But soda if "by chance" is left in any moving parts area, isn't going to damage that area from movement such as sand / glass beads etc.

 

[YoteSmoker]

Thanks for the info.