Removing 50 years of rust and dirt with a laser

You Tube ^ | 4-8-2024 | CT Moog

[Fai Mao]

Demonstration of a LASER cleaning device in an automobile restoration shop.

[dragonblustar]

Lasers… Imagine how it can clean your rooftop!

[Bob434]

Witchcraft!

[Yardstick]

That is incredible. Seems like a game changer for that kind of resto work.

[Menehune56]

[ansel12]

Dealing with rust is mostly a male situation, another little oddity of the different worlds of the male and female.

A lot of us males think about rust quite often.

[Magnum44]

[Magnum44]

Technology always improving. When I was young lasers were crude devices..

[Saintgermain]

It appears to beat sand blasting. Wonder what the price is of such a unit? What happens if contact is made with a human?

[Rinnwald]

Current dry ice blasters work just fine in car restoration.

[central_va]

plus it can cook lunch!

[Bigg Red]

:)

[TangoLimaSierra]

Lasers… Imagine how it can clean your rooftop!

Unless it's blue.

[subterfuge]

I would imagine the laser that can do that needs a beefy power supply.

[Enterprise]

Impressive! Out of my price range though.

[Enterprise]

"Unfortunately, there is a rather large drawback - the cost. These state-of-the-art contraptions ain’t sitting on Machine Mart’s shelves for £50. The cheapest version on the market is a much smaller, less-powerful 20W unit that starts at $80,000 (£62,000). That 1000W specimen from the video would set you back an eye-watering $480,000 (£370,000). So it’s fair to say that laser rust removal is probably out of the reach of most petrolheads trying to restore their project car for next month’s car meet."

Hugely expensive

[Saintgermain]

But for someone who specializes in sand blasting it may be a worthwhile invstment, all epending on the durability of such a unit.

[Fai Mao]

Mine too. $14,000 is a lot of cash

[Libloather]

Betcha they find something that’ll buff right out.

[minnesota_bound]

That could be used as a weapon.