Sand-Blaster Question

Anyone ever use a sand blaster like this?
Blaster

They work at all or am I better off buying one with a hopper?

Thanks,
Primo

 

pretty much a waste of time....a pressure blaster is what you need, plus a big*** compressor to run it, and a place to do it, and appropriate safety gear.

 

Works OK if your blasting outside and doing something you can't fit in a blaster box.

 

I've got a 65 gallon 5hp compressor, looking for something to do a hood with.
Something like this a better option?
blaster II
Primo

 

If you're only doing a hood, and won't want to do much other blasting work, none of it big, and you have lots of patience, then the first one would probably do the job. But what will the future hold? think about it.....if you will want to do more blasting later, get the big one.

Also what's the CFM rating of your compressor? unfortunately hp ratings are mostly meaningless these days, they've been inflated by the salesmen

 

The second blaster should work.

 

I have both of those.

Siphon blasters ****.

The pressure fed from TSC is a good little tool for the money - $99 on sale.

Rich

 

I have 2 siphon blasters, and yes they do ****... But, considering that I don't hardly ever use it, don't have a big enough compressor(s)(2 in parallel) to run one for a long time, and I only do parts that I can't get with a flap brush in my angle grinder or a rough Scotch Brite pad in a right angle drill, they're good enough for me. I only use it for indentations or crevices I can't use something else to clean up (I plan on clearcoating the bare steel of my A, and LOVE the brushed look the Scotchbrite pad leaves).

If you plan on using it alot, save yourself some aggrivation and get a better one. If you only plan on using it rarely like I do, I wouldn't invest alot into it personally (and 60 bucks for a siphon one is steep, I think I paid around $20 for the one I bought and the other was free, both look exactly like the first one you showed). If the sand is even somewhat moist, it'll clog. If it's not a good quality sand and has big chunks, it'll clog. And when it clogs, if it does it just right, it will blow the siphon hose off with a giant annoying cloud of sand and ****, or cause the hose to become the pressurized output, blowing air directly into a bucket of sand, which is always pleasant.

I don't use mine very much, so the siphon ones do me fine... If I actually used the tool more, I would DEFINITELY buy a better one; when I'm only doing a little job the aggrivation is typically minimal. If I had to use one to do a big item, I would rather just rub handfuls of sand on the part with my bare hands, it would be less aggrivating.

I don't have a blasting cabinet. I also don't like my neighbors, at all. I therefore do my blasting in my back yard. And laugh, laugh, laugh.