I just picked up the large hopper sand blasting cabinet from Harbor Freight and wanted to share the first fruits of my labor. It's always fun to see before and after pics of sand blasting. Enjoy

They certainly use up a lot of air don't they? Keep posting pictures of your progress.
Glad I'm almost done......Well until I need to do the next thing.

Nice job! If I ever restore another classic car in my lifetime I'm def getting one of those...

Recommend that any parts that get blasted get coated with Eastwood Rust converter, or you will see flash rust in a couple of days. Basically stops the rusting process so that you can get a good coat of primer and paint on it.
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Even if I paint it immediately? I do have some of that. But you have to wait a day to prime it I believe.

I use it regardless of when I am going to paint as I always manage to get interupted while trying to work on the car and associated parts.

I see. if I am blasting no one is allowed to interupt. Lol. I stay home with my four kids every day. So when itvis alonevtime, itis ALONE TIME. HA!

not sure where you live. if your climate is dry enough, you can get by without a metal conditioner. Here is AZ i can go weeks without seeing any surface rust. In oregon i would see surface rust in a half hour. be sure and rinse your parts with a degreaser or be very thorough with a tack rag before painting. sandblasting leaves a pretty good residue on your parts.

I used eastwoods Acid etch. After I coat it, I wash it very well getting off the wax. Wait a half hour and prime.
Problem is if you don't get all the wax off. It will peel. I haven't had any problems. That stuff is great for restoring bolts, nuts, and washers. You don't even have to paint them if you don't want to.

Is this sand-blasting, or media (soda) blasting?

(Reference): http://www.eastwood.com/abrasive-blasti ... 5QodqBVRLA

aluminum oxide.

would you guys paint caliper brackets?

I paint the brackets, but not the wedges or calipers. You could paint the calipers, but I'd avoid the slides. I wire wheeled the wedges and coated them with a special Toyota brake grease,(seems like really thick silicone grease), and have never had any brake pull issues.

I'l have to look into that grease. I have anti rattle goo.

i use anit-seize on my sliders

I'll have some more pics tonight I hope. Just sanded cleaned and primed the cover and one splatter guard. I used self etching primer.