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Old 04-12-2007, 09:27 PM
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Sandblasting Plastic?

What can i use to sandblast plastic?? Can you put some sort of media through a sandblaster? Any ideas?
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Re: Sandblasting Plastic?

why in the world would you want to? It didn't rust did it?
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i painted it bare, but didn't prep it right so i gotta take it all off. Sanding time is killing me...
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Re: Sandblasting Plastic?

On most plastics oven cleaner can be used to remove paint without damage to the plastic. I used to use this on model cars, and used it when I tried to paint my air cleaner housing myself.

* I would recommend trying it on the backside of the part first to make sure it has no adverse effects!
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