Mike, Often on eBay you can actually get what looks like a spray gun attachment with a ceramic nozzle and instead of paint in the pot, yep you guessed it, it's sand. I've never used one but I did think about getting one, as they're quite cheap. See http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=2365513159&category=22664 But it you haven't already got a compressor you might as well send them somewhere to have them done, it would probably be cheaper. Aslo if you put in some elbow grease, wet'n'dry sandpaper will bring those pipes up nicely, then I suppose you have to lacquer them. James RG UK > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, billsfanmd@xxxx wrote: > > After seeing a few of the coolant pipes on ebay that have been > sandblasted I was wondering how much is involved to actually do this > yourself? Is there a tool or sandblasting system you can buy retail to > do this yourself? As part of our ongoing restorations of these cars > it would be nice to clean and sandblast parts as we need to make > repairs... > > > > Mike C