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Sandblasting and prices

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Sandblasting and prices

Post by Bighazza »

hey everyone

I have a 40 series and the tub has some rust an is rather rough in some places, just wanting to know how much it would cost??

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Post by Bluefreak »

A mate of mine here in Melbourne used to have his own sandblasting business, sold up a couple of years ago. At that stage, he was charging around $120/hour but would often quote private jobs a fair way below this mark. may not be of any use to you but may give you a starting point.
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Post by skootin »

got frt n rear cab panels side steps n 2 doors done for 80 took the guy 20mins be sure to apply paint ASAP or surface rust will b there the next day. There is a guy (peter) in LINDORES cranes yard that does blastin his own bussiness tell him Col from blackwater sent u if that helps..
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Post by hokey »

my brother did his chassis and body and it cost us around 500 to do them both. was quite expensive but worked pretty well.
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Post by Bighazza »

skootin wrote:got frt n rear cab panels side steps n 2 doors done for 80 took the guy 20mins be sure to apply paint ASAP or surface rust will b there the next day. There is a guy (peter) in LINDORES cranes yard that does blastin his own bussiness tell him Col from blackwater sent u if that helps..
Hmm i forgot about the rust that could happen, because i need too take the body to the panel beaters aswell :cry:


Thanks for the prices that should be sweet now :cool:
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Post by plowy »

i think it was 5 minutes and then the rust action would start its process on bare metal a panel beater once told me
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Post by benhl »

Got a quote form Jim at All Blast in Brisbane about $100 for F + R Bar, roll bar and sliders.
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