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Cheers! I found a local shop that offers blasting with various different media. apparently they're specialists for vintage cars and know about the dangers of removing too much material (they offer low pressure blasting for example) so I contacted them and asked for their opinion and a quote. I'll start a cp thread and report back in time.
Sig_Arlecchino
There can't be many people who've stripped one frame by hand, have done two!
It cost me £20 for the blasting alone.
I agree with MCamb that "ordinary" filler won't survive either method, but I've never come across what was used on your frame.
No doubt there are plenty of places in NL/BE with experience, but logistics are then more complicated and expensive. On the other hand, I assume you're saving a good amount on the paint.
It's definitely worth going to a little more trouble and expense to get it done right: as any sprayer will tell you, poor prep = poor paint.
You're not derailing the thread: Max & paint-chat is what it's all about.
PS No progress on my build, as I've been training most of the year and only just started working again.