I am planning to get the rest of my M715 sandblasted to bare metal in the coming weeks. The place I bring it to actually heats all the parts first to the point where the paint starts to blister and then after it is removed from the oven, they let it cool down and then sandblast the parts.
This way, the paint is already somewhat loose and comes off easier with the sandblaster.
Considering these trucks are 40+ years old, I would think the metal of yesteryear could handle sandblasting without warping. The only part of the truck I am concerned about is the hood, which I may strip myself or have it media blasted since the hood is made with thinner metal.
Anyone have their entire trucks sandblasted? Any warpage?
Like I said, the place I use first heats the parts up so that the paint blisters whereby the sandblasting goes faster since the paint is already loosened up.
Any thought etc?