In response to the question about soda blasting, I've soda blasted with very good results. Several people have mentioned it in the past including Larry Crabb, Dean May and Doug Gregg. Here's a short video sample of what it looks like. In this video it was 30 degrees and my fingers were hurting so much I couldn't finish the job on video, but you'll get the idea anyway. http://youtu.be/HY-ewH20nP8 -John Parham
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