On sand blasting, I have no problem with sheet metal detached or anything that has no chance of getting sand into it's internal workings. It does have to be clean first as grease doesn't come off easy and on sand I'd prefer silica type abrasives.
I bought a 1965 Starcraft 18' Holiday boat in about 1985 that was a painted aluminum marina queen and most of the time it was half full of water, besides sitting in the water. I stripped it to the aluminum shell, probably 0.100" 5052 T6 sheet material, and framing, and took it to a large professional sand blasting place with gantry cranes and a gantry rail going from the outside covered area to inside the building with closing doors. The blasting hose must have been 1 ½" or thereabouts and the blaster was HV commercial sized.
The operator winched the hull up off the ground a suitable working distance and blasted the outside....which is all I needed as the interior would be covered in vinyl and marine carpet...over the new, sealed plywood deck (floor) and painted new wooden transom. He explained that aluminum, unlike steel can get holes burned in it very easily and one must be careful in how they blast it. He was careful, was an experienced operator, and did a beautiful job with zero accidents, or even the hint of an accident.
He then washed it good and let it dry, subsequently moving it indoors, closing the doors and spray painting the whole outer hull with 2 part white epoxy paint. The job wasn't very expensive as he had everything available to do a super job in short time....I was surprised at the price. I was impressed with the job, completed the restoration and the family had a lot of years of enjoyment, having given it to the kids when they came of age, and they continued with it for I don't know how long.
I have cosmetically partially restored Ford tractors with round fenders and haven't had a problem using the HF smaller blaster. If buying one over again, I would opt for a larger unit as their smallest one takes a longggggg time to do anything when dealing with several coats of old paint on old tractors.
That's my take on to blast or not. However as far as the restorer goes.....for some of you that take in what you take in and put out what you put out, my hat's off to you. You are a different breed. Wayyy more than I can stand.
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