Fine sand blasting

[Rick Baerg]

I have a couple of old fly reels that I want to re paint. Im looking for a place to rent or purchase a fine parts sand blaster to get rid of the old paint or something similar, any ideas?

[phearless]

I think you might run into a problem " blasting " the finish off your reels there buddy.
If you call or take your reels down to an industrial paint shop, they will probably have some stripper that will take the hide off a rhino.
The aluminum is pretty soft and any type of media you would use to strip the paint would probably leave you with a lot of polishing.
Pretty tought to take the paint without leaving a matte finish.
That is from my limited personal experience.
Maybe there are new medias that are "strong yet soft on your reels"

[Rick Baerg]

I wondered about a stripper? Thought it might cause some major corrosion problems. I will look into that?