Originally Posted by jet sanchEz

I paid $25 to have a frame sandblasted by a fix-it guy whom I found in the yellow pages. It took him less than 5 minutes to do, a bicycle frame is pretty easy. That said, $40 isn't too bad a price, just be sure that he doesn't get any dust inside the tubes. And chrome will come right off, be sure there is nothing chromed under the paint.