pilotblake Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Where is a good place to buy bulk sodium bicarbonate? Does anyone know if there are any chain stores that would carry this in 50 lb bags or bigger. I am looking to strip a bed down and don't really want to use sand or traditional media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeegy410 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 check tractor supply or co-op. if anyone was going to have it would be them. lime is similar to baking soda in consistancy... are you trying to run it through a sand blaster? because i didnt know baking soda would strip paint... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeFan01 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 The biggest I have seen is at Cosco they sell 12 pound bags of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilotblake Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 Yeah it works good. You can run it through a regular sand blaster pot, or buy the equipment they sell for it. You can take the paint off an aluminum can without distorting the can. I was going to use it as an eco friendly way to strip airplane paint, but it wasn't passed yet in the regs. The baking soda explodes when it hits the metal removing the paint, unlike sand and other media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kro10000 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Possibly a pool supply store Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 A friend of mine had the body of his 1949 Hudson street rod stripped by blasting with baking soda. Worked great. It doesn't hurt the metal at all, and it takes off everything you don't want to put paint over. You don't even have to mask the glass -- it's so fine that it actually polishes out old sand pitting in the windshield. The glass will look better after blasting than before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasbulliwagen Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Search online for chemical supply companies... thats what the Mythbusters do. I have no idea where they found the humungous amount of cornstarch they used that one time, but I think they just searched online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrawombat Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 I was under the impression that the baking soda you use in soda blasters is a bit more coarse than the Arm & Hammer stuff you get at the grocery store? Â Let us know what you find. I have a portable sand blaster that I haven't used in years because the sand created such a mess and didn't really wash away with the rain. I feel like baking soda would wash right away after the first rainfall. I wonder how my EPA-employed neighbor would feel about this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilotblake Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 It is eco-friendly. And yes you don't have the huge sand mess. I started just sand blasting out in the driveway(gravel) with cheap fine sand you can get at the hardware store. But with aluminum and softer metals a guy had given me a big bag of the sodium bicarbonate that he had left over, but he is no longer around and I never asked where he had gotten it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeegy410 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 sounds like a great idea :thumbsup: I'll have to try that in our sand blaster :D does it work in any sand blaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djag12 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 My local Harbor Freight carries it as well as auto body paint supply stores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowey Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 HF sells a specific soda blaster unit... It is pretty cheap... I have been looking for an excuse to get one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroads Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Cool thread, I like new ideas! Sand is just too much mess if your doing anything big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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