Thanks to all for the replies. Seems there is consensus that sandblasting
this is a bad idea. As one already suggested, I'm going to look into having
them dipped and stripped.

Thank You
Ed Walsh

"Ed Walsh" wrote in message
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Folks,

Looking for some insight a good sand blaster. I have 6 - 100+ year old
mantels that I want to restore. I was thinking that sand blasting might
be the best way to get thru all of the layers of who knows what that is on
each of them. They have been uninstalled and can be blasted outdoors.

I was hoping there might be something reasonable out there that could do
this job.

Thanks,
Ed Walsh