I Was Quoted $3,000 To Sandblast My SVT Lightning Frame So I Did It Myself For $100 & So Can You!

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In this video, I DIY Sandblast the frame on my SVT Lighting. This was definitely a "while I'm in there" deal as I'm waiting for my engine to come back from the machine shop but it turned out great and you guys can do this too! Enjoy and let me know what kind of pickup you drive.

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[LegitStreetCars]

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[frankiethebear]

Peter deserves more on screen time, Alex. He's a very positive introduction to the channel. He comes across as a thoroughly decent chap!

[GldRush]

I don't know how we went from head gaskets to frame off sand blasting, but I love it. I've never seen one of those DIY sandblasters before. Very cool.

[markg]

I love that any build on YouTube I watch has a garage that looks as destroyed as mine while in project mode. You can tell who does work by how the garage looks. I really need to spend a good hour on my garage to get it in order.

[TheBrokenLife]

It didn't take me to terribly long into my sandblasting "career" to recognize the value of an angle grinder and a wire wheel/flap disc. You can race over the large flat areas with the grinder and then just touch up with the sandblaster. I do not suggest using your finest grinder for that job. Harbor Freight corded for $15 is the perfect tool to pack full of rust dust and overheat.

Drills are useless.

[onlycodered]

This is why I love watching your channel. Instead of plunking down a few thousand to get it done professionally like most big YouTubers would, you roll up your sleeves and go the DIY route which is what most of us commonfolk can afford to do.

[darthphilfy]

Use a tennis ball to hold the trigger on. It will pop in and out easily and if you do drop the pressure cleaner gun the ball will pop out stopping it automatically. This trick makes the job a lot less physical.
Also you probably should bund around any drains to catch the sand so you can shovel it up. The sand may be natural but it will block up drains eventually.
Great video.

[Robsav-yxvi]

Gotta love Peter ! He’s lots of fun . Thank goodness for him .

[brianparker]

Alex, I know you probably don't have to do this very often but investing in a set of chest high waiters, would make the job less missing!! It would Also help me wash bay!!!

[MrWoowootila]

I was always wondering if anyone has used electrolysis first to removed rust from a automotive frame. You could build forms around the frame to hold water and just let sit and let electrolysis do the the work for several days. Follow up with blasting in the video. Finally evaporust to remove in areas you could not get into with the previous two processes. You could place stones or other material that would take up space to limit the evaporust required.

[get_wrx]

A needle scaler is a great tool that helps remove scale and surface rust.

[rhiantaylor]

Glad you mentioned the flash rust, I was thinking that taking the frame to bare metal with water in 100 deg heat might create its own problems. Clearly much less of an issue if you can keep water out of the picture either using compressed air-fed sand or even vapor blasting but they are much less DIY friendly.

[karljay]

I used a HF pressure sand blaster and it worked great. You need a LOT of compressor to do real sand blasting, but it's really pretty effective.
I treat the metal with phosphoric acid, as many times as needed to get a good dark grey color, then clean and POR15 or paint. IDK about pressure washing with sand, it seems to have gone slower and the thing about sand is really the speed and how sharp the sand is. One quick tip is that if you clean things up so you don't have all the grease and oil, it really helps. Sand doesn't do well against grease.

[RESTORATIONRESCUE]

Cost me about 500 bucks to do it myself with a sandblaster from Harbor Freight. Worked out well. Also might help if you use a more abrasive sand. I used coal slag.

[markchip]

Pro-tip! Try to keep the jet at 90 degrees to the surface you're blasting as a general rule. Using it at an angle diminishes the impact energy of each sand particle and therefore its power!

[djwickstrom]

Can I just say I love that you were willing to accept possibly changing course with the sanding pad upon realizing it might be of some use instead of trying to push the blasting method. That's super cool.

[fahndraco]

I normally repaint the underneath of my truck with Bitchumen, as it has Oil in it so it seems to last a long time without any rust issues...

[LujinCustom]

For rust removal, I like flap discs and wire wheels and twisted wire cups for grinders. You can really strip away big areas fast. And for smaller areas, they make wheels for drills and dremels too.

[ahmedalmurshidi]

I liked the Bernoulli principle.. where you create a vacuum due to the pressure you introduce in the hose line. Way to go, Peter.. as for you Alex, you need to put more time into reading hahahhahahaha.. thanks for the efforts you put into this channel dudes, we really enjoy every second of it, especially the comedy parts .. by that, I mean the jokes Alex throws every now and then, cheers bros.

[detsoob]

I had a guy who owned a portable dustless sandblaster on a trailer come to my house and did my 16ft trailer for $700. He put some kind of anti flashing agent mixed in and he said that gives you 24hrs before the surface rust comes out.